BIOGRAPHICAL RESUME OF GIULIO MAIER
Professor
Emeritus of Structural Engineering at the
Rector, International Centre of
Mechanical Sciences,
Education: Master in mechanical engineering,
Research contributions to: structural plasticity (shakedown
theory and methods; extremum properties of
solutions); structural design optimization by mathematical programming;
constitutive parameter identification by inverse analyses, in particular by Kalman filters; boundary element methods, in particular
based on Galerkin symmetric formulations;
quasi-brittle fracture mechanics; diagnostic analysis of structures based on
non-destructive testing and simulation; mechanics of composites and
micro-systems; structural engineering problems, in particular concerning
tension structures, offshore pipelines and concrete dams.
Publications: Author or co-author of about 260
papers; co-author or co-editor of 9 monographs and books.
Editorial board
member of 18 international scientific journals. Former Editor of "Meccanica" and Associate Editor of "European
Journal of Mechanics A/Solids".
Honors:
Member of:
National (Italian) Academy ("Lincei"),
National (Italian)
“Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Letter”, Milan;
“Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti”, Venice.
“Accademia Udinese di Scienze, Lettere e Arti”, Udine.
Foreign Member of:
Polish
Russian
National
Royal Society of
Honorary Visiting
Professor,
Fellow of:
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE);
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME);
International Association of
Computational Mechanics (IACM);
American
Former President
of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA).
Awards: Honorary doctoral degrees from:
Faculté
State
Copernicus Medal
from
Feltrinelli Prize from
Warner Koiter Medal 2000, from American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME).
O. C. Zienkiewicz Medal from Polish Association for Computational
Mechanics.
Addresses: Department of Structural
Engineering (DIS),
International Centre of Mechanical
Sciences (CISM), Piazza Garibaldi 18 - 33100
CURRICULUM VITAE OF
PROFESSOR GIULIO MAIER
Department of Structural Engineering
(DIS)
Technical University (Politecnico) of Milan
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 - 20133 Milano, Italy
Office phone: 0039 0223994221; private phone: 0039 0226411033
telefacs: 0039 0223994220; e-mail: giulio.maier@polimi.it
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EDUCATION
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1941-1949 |
"liceo classico" (highschool with
emphasis on humanities) |
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1950-1955 |
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1956-1958 |
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
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1959-1960 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Structural
Engineering, |
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1961-1964 |
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture,
Technical |
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1964 |
Research Associate, Division of Engineering, |
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1965-1969 |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture
and, since 1966, Faculty of Engineering, |
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1966 |
Visiting Researcher, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium |
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1967 |
Research Associate, Department of
Engineering, |
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1970-2006 |
Professor of Structural Mechanics and
Engineering ("Scienza delle
Costruzioni"), Faculty of Engineering,
Technical University of Milan, Italy |
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1970-1971 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, |
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1975-1978 |
Head, Department of Structural Engineering,
Technical |
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1973-1986 |
Chairman, Continuing Education Committee,
Technical |
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1993-2002 |
Co-ordinator of the |
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1997 |
MTS Visiting Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
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2006-present |
Rector, |
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2007-present |
Professor Emeritus of Structural Engineering,
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
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1963 |
Virgilio Affer
Prize, Italian Association for Steel Construction (ACAI) |
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1968 |
Professor L.Stabilini Prize, Politecnico di Milano |
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1978 |
Rancati Prize, Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, Milan |
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1981 |
Feltrinelli Prize, for Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications, Italian National Academy (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei), Rome |
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1984 |
Copernicus Medal, Polish |
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1984-present |
Foreign Fellow, Polish Association
of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, |
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1985-present |
Member of Italian National Academy (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei), Rome |
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1985 |
Doctoral Degree in Civil Engineering
"honoris causa",
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1990-present |
Member of Academy of Lombardy (Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere), Milan |
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1991-present |
Foreign Associate, Royal Society
of |
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1992-present |
Fellow, American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) |
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1992 |
Docteur ès Sciences Appliquées "honoris
causa", Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Mons, Belgium |
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1993-present |
Member of Italian National Academy of Sciences (Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL), Rome |
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1995 |
Fellow, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
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1997-present |
Foreign Member, Polish |
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1998-present |
Fellow, International Association
of Computational Mechanics (IACM) |
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1998-present |
Fellow, |
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1998 |
University Medal , |
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1998-present |
Honorary Member, Hungarian |
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2000-present |
Foreign Member, Russian |
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2000 |
The Warner T. Koiter
Medal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
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2000-present |
Honorary Visiting Professor, |
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2002-present |
Fellow, |
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2003-present |
Foreign Associate, National |
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2004 |
Doctoral Degree "honoris
causa", |
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2005-present |
Member of Academy of Venice (Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, Venice) |
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2006-present |
Member of the |
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2007 |
O. C. Zienkiewicz
Medal of Polish Association of Computational Mechanics |
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
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1971-present |
Advisory Editorial Board, International
Journal of "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering" |
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1971-present |
Advisory Editorial Board, "International
Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering" |
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1974-present |
Advisory Editorial Board, Int. Journal
"Mechanics Research Communications" |
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1976-1991 |
Board of External Editors, Int. Journal "Solid Mechanics Archives" |
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1978-present |
International Editorial Board, Int. Journal
"Engineering Structures" |
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1980-present |
International Editorial Board, Int. Journal
"Applied Mathematical Modelling" |
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1982-1986 |
Editor, "Meccanica",
Journal of the Italian Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(AIMETA); since 1986 member of its Editorial Board |
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1986-1996 |
Editorial Advisory Board, Int. Journal
"Microcomputers in Civil Engineering" |
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1988-present |
Editorial Board, Int. Journal
"Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" |
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1988-1994 |
Associate Editor, "European Journal of
Mechanics/Solids"; since1995 member of its Advisory Editorial Board |
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1989-present |
International Editorial Board of "Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica" |
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1990-1996 |
Editorial Board, "International Journal
of Solids and Structures" |
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1994-1998 |
Editorial Board "International Journal
of Engineering Analysis and Design" |
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1995-present |
Editorial Board, "Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale Lincei: Matematica e Applicazioni" (Proceedings of the Italian Academy) |
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1996-present |
Advisory Editorial Board, "Archives of
Mechanics" |
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1997-present |
Editorial Board, "Archive of Applied
Mechanics" (“Ingenieur Archiv”) |
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1998-present |
Board of Editors, "Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze. Memorie di Matematica e Applicazioni". |
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1999-present |
Editorial Board, Int. Journal "Global
Optimization" |
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1999-2007 |
Board of Editors, "Computer Modelling in
Engineering and Sciences" |
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2000-present |
Editorial Board, "Computers and
Structures" |
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2001-present |
Editorial Board, Int. Journal "Mechanics
of Advanced Materials and Structures" |
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2001-present |
Editorial Advisory Board of the book series "Modern
Mechanics and Mathematics Series" |
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2003-present |
Editorial Board, Int. Journal "Inverse
Problems in Science and Engineering" |
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2004-present |
Editorial Board, "Int. Journal of
Applied Mathematics and Mechanics" |
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2004-present |
Editorial Advisory Board, "Bulletin of
the |
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2004-present |
Editorial Board “Int. Journal of Structural
Stability and Dynamics” |
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
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1961-1966 |
Committee "Stability Problems",
European Convention for Steel Constructions |
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1972-1978 |
Committee "Plasticity", European
Convention for Steel Constructions |
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1972-1982 |
Working Group on Tension Structures of the
International Association for Shell Structures (IASS) |
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1973-1986 |
Chairman, Committee for Continuing Education, |
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1974-1993 |
Council of the Italian Association for
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) |
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1974-1986 |
International Scientific Committee,
Conferences on Structural Mechanics in Nuclear Technology (SMiRT) |
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1981-present |
Scientific Council of the |
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1982-1988 |
Committee for European Mechanics Colloquia
(EUROMECH) |
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1982-2006 |
General Council of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM). Fellow since 1998 |
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1983-1991 |
Congress Committee of the International |
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1984-2000 |
IUTAM Solid Mechanics Symposia Panel |
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1984-present |
Offshore Structures Committee of RINA
(Italian Naval Certification Institute) |
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1986-1990 |
President, Italian Association for
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) |
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1989-1997 |
International Committee for European
Mechanics Conferences |
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1989-1999 |
Council of the International Association of Boundary
Element Methods (IABEM) |
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1989-1993 |
Comité de Recrutement, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris |
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1990-1997 |
Activity Group 2"Structural
Analysis" of "Codes and Standards" Committee, Directorate for
Science, Research and Development, EU, |
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1992-1996 |
Scientific Council of ISMES, |
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1994-1997 |
Council of European Mechanics Society ( |
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1995 |
Advisory Panel for "Structural Systems
and Construction Processes", National Science Foundation (NSF), |
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1998-2001 |
Council, Italian Association of Offshore and
Marine Engineering (AIOM) |
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1999-present |
Italian Committee for Large Dams (ItCOLD) |
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2000-present |
General Assembly of the International |
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2000-2003 |
Strategy Board, European Network MAthematics, Computing and Simulation for Industry
(MACSI) |
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2001-2002 |
RILEM Technical Committee on
"Experimental determination of stress versus crack opening curve" |
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2001-2004 |
Technical Committee 9 of the European Society
for Integrity of Structures (ESIS) |
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2002-2004 |
National Committee on Natural Calamities and
Risks, appointed by the Italian Government |
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2004-present |
Steering Committee of the Italian Commission
of Large Dams (ItCOLD) |
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
Italian Association for Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA): Vicepresident, from
1978 to 1983; President 1986-1990
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE); Fellow since 1992; Life Member since 1998
Italian Group on Fracture (GIF)
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME); Fellow since 2000
European Structural Integrity
Society (ESIS)
European Mechanics Society (EuroMech)
Italian Association of Tribology (AIT)
Italian Association of Nondestructive Testing (AIPnD)
MAIN SERVICES IN ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Coordinator of the
Continuing Education Program of the
Head of the Structural Engineering
Department, Politecnico,
Member of the
Scientific Council, at the
Coordinator of the Doctoral School
in Structural Engineering in the Politecnico of
Supervisor of ABOUT 140 theses for
the Master degree (“laurea”) and of 22 doctoral
theses for Doctor degree (“dottorato”),
in the Politecnico of Milan.
Member of
examination committees for doctoral degrees (PhD) in various countries.
STAYS IN FOREIGN
INSTITUTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND/OR LECTURING
Faculté Polytechnique
de Mons (1966)
Dept. of Engineering,
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Polish
Applied Mechanics Unit,
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Laboratorio Nacional de Computaçao Cientifica,
CNPq., Rio de Janeiro (1982)
Division of Engineering,
Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie, Paris-Cachan (1988)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
University of
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS (IN
TIME SEQUENCE)
(reference
is made to the list of publications)
In the early Sixties analytical and numerical
methods for the nonlinear analysis of tension structures and their application
to the design of Palasport in Genova
(
In the late Sixties and early Seventies, extremum theorems characterizing the solutions of
incremental elastic-plastic analysis problems (in rates) and in holonomic plasticity (“deformation theory”) with piecewise-linearized yield criteria and hardening laws. Ref.: 29, 30, 31, 34, 45, 69, 71,
151.
In the Seventies, mathematical programming (inequality-constrained
optimization) approaches and solution procedures for shakedown analysis and
elastic-plastic analysis and structural optimization problems based on finite
element modelling. Ref.: 29, 32, 36, 44, 47, 48, 52, 58, 60, 65.
In the early Seventies, extension of shakedown
theory to second-order geometric effects, nonassociative
laws, and to various kinds of piecewiselinear
hardening models; dynamic shakedown theorems by a kinematic
approach and various bounds on post-shakedown quantities. More recently,
extensions of shakedown theory to nonlinear hardening and nonassociative
laws. Ref.: 26, 43, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, 63, 73, 89, 127, 137, 144, 170.
Optimum (minimum weight) design methods in plasticity based on concepts
and algorithms of mathematical programming (continuous and integer) in the
Seventies. Ref.: 38, 40, 46, 59, 61, 94, 148.
In the early Eighties, Methods of deterministic and stochastic parameter
identification in elastic-plastic, statistically loaded structures based on
mathematical programming and Kalman filter
techniques. Ref.: 77, 86, 87, 92, 95, 97, 98, 101, 106.
Since 1963, Computational methods and various
theorems concerning constitutive (material) instabilities such as softening and
their consequences in computational structural mechanics. In more recent times related
results have been achieved, particularly in structural dynamics, were the
possibility of peculiar chaotic manifestations was pointed out. Ref.: 3, 11,
13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 28, 35, 41, 51, 74, 76, 123, 129, 131, 133, 155, 165, 169,
175.
In the Eighties, various results concerning boundary element modelling
applied to layered systems, cyclic symmetries, shakedown analysis. Ref.: 103,
107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120, 122, 125, 128, 132, 174.
Development of the “symmetric Galerkin” boundary element method and relevant variational and convergence properties in elastoplasticity, nonstationary
heat conduction and viscoelasticity. Ref.: 12, 138, 139, 141, 142, 147,
153, 156, 164, 167, 171, 200.
In the late Eighties and Nineties, extremum theorems for the finite-step solutions in
computational plasticity. Ref.: 134, 135, 136, 140, 146, 150, 154, 162.
Methods of crack-propagation analysis in
quasi-brittle solids, such as concrete, on the basis of boundary element
approaches and cohesive crack models. Ref.: 145, 152, 157, 158, 161, 168, 172, 177.
Various methodological contributions, as a
consultant, to various offshore engineering projects. Ref.: 78, 80, 83, 91, 96, 99, 100,
115, 176.
In the two years since Summer 1994 to Fall 96:
further developments of the symmetric Galerkin boundary element method in quasi-brittle fracture,
gradient plasticity, transient heat conduction, poroelasticity
and elastoplastic dynamics. (Ref.: 181, 184, 186,
188, 191, 193, 195, 196);
extensions of static and dynamic shakedown theory to more
general material models (Ref.: 179, 180, 182);
strain localization and finite element analysis of
cohesive fracture by linear complementarity methods
(Ref.: 183, 185, 192, 194).
In the years 1997-2001:
extensions of shakedown theories to poroplasticity
of fully saturated two-phase porous media. Ref.: 205, 212, 215, 219, 220, 228;
applications of poroelastic
analysis to living bones. Ref.: 202, 215;
implementation, comparative computational assessment and
reformulation for periodic ductile composite materials of a kinematic
approach to limit and shakedown analysis. Ref.: 201, 203, 208, 213, 214, 216;
further developments of the symmetric Galerkin method, namely: a saddle-point-theorem for
transient heat conduction (Ref. 199); modelling quasi-brittle fracture (Ref.:
200, 204); use of time-independent kernels in elastoplastic
dynamics (Ref. 209).
developments of mathematical models, in particular piecewiselinear models, for cohesive cracks in
quasi-brittle materials and interfaces. Ref.: 224, 227;
simplified simulations of ductile fracture. Ref.: 196,
206, 210, 211;
inverse analysis procedures for deterministic and
stochastic parameter identification in mechanics of materials. Ref.: 207, 211,
217, 225.
In the years 2001-2006:
the diverse research issues dealt with in these years are specified by
the titles of the recent papers, book chapters and invited lectures, listed
after the biographical resumé; these reference lists
evidence that research activities after 2001 primarily concern inverse
structural analysis, in particular parameter identification methods and their
applications to several real-life problems in diverse practical situations,
from microtechnologies to large dam engineering.
MAIN CONSULTANCIES AND
PROJECTS UNDER CONTRACTS
Cable structure of the Palasport in Genova: structural
design in collaboration with Leo Finzi, 1962-63 (cf.
No. 8, 9, 10,
Transmediterranean Pipeline: structural problems
concerning the deep-water laying operations (up to
Subsea tunnels crossing the Messina
Straits: analysis of the structural damages due to impact loads such as
explosions, 1990-94. Consultant, through Department contracts, to the
Consortium of offshore companies engaged in the design (cf. No. 176, 189).
Simulations of damages due to
explosions in offshore pipelines and on some equipments
onboard of submarines; 1994-95. Consultant to the companies SNAMProgetti
and Riva-Calzoni, respectively..
Pressurized pipelines: experimental
and numerical analysis of soil-structure interactions in the presence of
landslides and simulations of ductile fracture processes, especially with
reference to dent-and-gauge accidents, 1993-96. Consultant,
through the Department, to the Company SNAM (cf. No. 195).
Structural mechanics problems
related to nuclear powerplants: “study contracts” on:
applications of boundary element techniques (1988-89); bounds and estimates on
inelastic deformations (1991-93); simplified inelastic analysis methods in
structural dynamics (1994-96). Contractor and consultant to
the Working Group Codes and Standards of the Directorate General for Science,
Research and Development of the European Union,
Dam engineering: contracts on
various structural issues, in particular simulation of fracture processes in
concrete dams and their integrity assessment. 1988-1998. Contractor,
through the Department, with the Italian energy-generating state-company
(ENEL); (cf. e. g. No. 161, 177).
European Project on "Structural
Analysis for Design at Ultimate Limit States" in the frame of "Human
Capital and Mobility". 1995-1998. Co-ordinator of the
Project.
Experimental and computational
characterization of the fracture and inelastic behaviour of polymer-matrix
syntactic foam and sandwich panels for new ships called "surface piercing
wings" (SPW); 1998-99. Consultant, through the
Department, of the company Intermarine, Sarzana, (cf. N.
European Project INCO-Copernicus on
"Inverse problems in structural and material mechanics". (Partner
teams at: Bulgarian and Polish Academies of Sciences; Ecole
Polytechnique, Paris;
National Research Project (PNR) on
"Offshore structural components of composite materials", contract
with AGIP-ENI. 1998-2000. Supervisor of training.
Research project on "Inverse
problems in mechanics of materials by mathematical programming", sponsored
by Australian Research Council, coordinated by Prof. F. Tin-Loi,
UNSW, Sydney, 1999-2000. Invited foreign researcher.
Research project
on "Polymer-matrix composites for special applications" sponsored by
the National Research Council (CNR),
Elastic plastic analysis of fast
train wheels: Project for Lucchini SpA under contract with the Mechanical Eng. Dept.
2001-2002. Team Leader.
National Project
on "Integrity assessment of large dams". Partners:
University of Genova, Padova, Palermo, Trento,
Trieste, Techn. Universities of
European Network
on "Mathematics, Computing, Simulation for Industry" (MACSI);
2001-2004. Member of the Strategy Board.
European Network on "Integrity
Assessment of Large Dams" (IALAD); 2002-2005. Coordinator
of the
State-of-the-art
study on Alkali-Silica-Reaction (ASR) in concrete dams, with reference to Poglia Dam. Contract with Edison SpA,
Research contract
on mechanical characterization of paper, with the Experimental Laboratory
("Stazione Sperimentale")
of the Italian paper industry, 2005-2006. Project Coordinator.
Research projects on diagnostic
analysis of dams, contracts with CESI SpA, Segrate, 2004 and 2005. Project
Coordinator.
Analysis of dam-foundation
interactions, with applications to Beauregard Dam: contract with Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque, Aosta;
2005-2006. Project Coordinator.
European Network
of Excellence (NoE) on "Knowledge-based Multicomponent Materials (KMM); 2005-2008. Task Leader for
"Integration".
Research contract
with ENI on diagnostic analysis of pipelines through indentation tests;
2007-2010. Project Coordinator.