Applied Sciences Webinar | Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures
Applied Sciences Webinar | Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures
Advanced Computational Methods, Auxetic Materials, Buckling Behavior, Carbon Nanotubes, Complex Materials, Composite Beams Plates and Shells, Constitutive Models, Damage, Delamination
Welcome from the Chair
6th Webinar of Applied Sciences
Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures
In line with the interests of the Special issue (SI) “Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures”, the present webinars will focus on the theoretical and numerical modeling of heterogeneous materials and structures at different scales. The series of talks will show different results from a large numerical campaign, focusing on enhanced structures and composite materials featuring internal length scales and non-local behaviors, whose response accounts for the effect of the staking sequences, ply orientations, agglomeration of nanoparticles, volume fractions of constituents, and porosity levels.
In addition to fiber-reinforced composites and laminates, the series of talks will discuss about innovative materials and applications, such as functionally graded materials (FGMs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene nanoplatelets, or SMART constituents and applications involving large stroke SMART actuators, piezoelectric sensors, shape memory alloys, magnetostrictive and electrostrictive materials, as well as auxetic components and angle-tow laminates. Among many possible engineering applications (e.g., aerospace components, aircrafts, boat hulls and sails, car bodies, long span roofs, as well as biomedical prostheses, electronic devices, and drones) composite beams and shells with different geometries will be discussed, due to their unique shapes and outstanding mechanical behavior, accounting for their possible size-dependence. In a context where an increased computational demand is required to solve such complicated problems (including large deformation, high gradient, damage, fracture mechanics, vibration, or buckling problems), the webinar will discuss about different high-performing computational strategies and advanced theoretical formulations that could serve as useful tools for design purposes.
Date: 17 November 2022
Time: 3:00 pm CET | 9:00 am EST | 7:30 pm IST | 10:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 861 4567 5769
Webinar Secretariat: applsci.webinar@mdpi.com
Chair
Francesco Tornabene is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento. He was born on 13 January 1978 in Bologna, where he received the high school degree at Liceo Classico San Luigi, in 1997. For a long time his scientific interests include the Structural Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Innovative and Smart Materials, Computational Mechanics and Numerical Techniques, Damage and Fracture Mechanics. He is author of more than 280 scientific publications, and collaborates with many national or international researchers and professors all over the world, as visible from his scientific production.
Invited Speakers
Rossana Dimitri is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy (since 2019). She received from the University of Salento, a M. Sc. degree in “Materials Engineering” in 2004, a Ph.D. degree in “Materials and Structural Engineering” in 2009, and a Ph.D. degree in “Industrial and Mechanical Engineering” in 2013. In 2005, she received from the University of Salento the “Best M. Sc. Thesis Price 2003-2004” in memory of Eng. Gabriele De Angelis; in 2013 she was awarded by the Italian Group for Computational Mechanics (GIMC) for the Italian selection of the 2013 ECCOMAS PhD Award. Her current interests include Structural Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Damage and Fracture Mechanics, Contact Mechanics, Isogeometric Analysis, High-Performing Computational Methods, Consulting in Applied Technologies and Technology Transfer. During 2010 and 2011 she received a research fellowship by ENEA Research Centre of Brindisi (UTTMATB-COMP) for the development and the characterization of some thermoplastic composites for thermal solar panels and adhesively bonded turbine blades under severe environmental conditions. She is author of 112 scientific publications, and she collaborates with many national or international researchers and professors worldwide, as visible from her scientific production. She also collaborates with different prestigious international journals in the structural mechanics field, as reviewer, member of the editorial board, and guest editor for different special issues.
DIMEAS Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
After earning his degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in 2005, Brischetto received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering (Politecnico di Torino) and in Mechanics (Université Paris Ouest–Nanterre La Défense) in 2009. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Politecnico di Torino from 2006 to 2010, as Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2018 and as Associate Professor from 2018 to 2022; currently he is Full Professor since June 2022. He is the author of 158 articles, 85 of which have been published in international journals, and 1 patent. He serves as a reviewer for more than 100 international journals. He has been Guest Editor for "Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures", for "Technologies" and for "Journal of Composites Science". He has been Teaching Assistant at the Politecnico di Torino for courses on "Computational aeroelasticity", "Structures for aerospace vehicles", "Nonlinear analysis of aerospace structures", "Principles of structural mechanics", "Aeronautic constructions", "Aeronautic structures", and "Numerical modelling and simulation techniques for aerospace structures". He was chair at the Politecnico di Torino for the course “Aeronautic law and human factors and safety" and "Design and additive manufacturing for aerospace applications" and currently for "Aeronautic constructions", "Numerical modelling and simulation techniques of aerospace structures" and "3D shell models for composite structures". He is co-founder and co-chair of the group “ASTRA: Additive manufacturing for Systems and sTRuctures in Aerospace”, and also founder and chair of the project “PoliDrone, A multipurpose modular drone produced via 3D printing".
Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Prof. S. Chakraverty has 30 years of experience as a researcher and teacher. Presently he is working in the Department of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics Group), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha as a Senior (Higher Administrative Grade) Professor. Prior to this, he was with CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India. After completing Graduation from St. Columba’s College (Ranchi University), his career started from the University of Roorkee (Now, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) and did M. Sc. (Mathematics) & M. Phil. (Computer Applications) from there securing the First positions in the university. Dr. Chakraverty received his Ph. D. from IIT Roorkee in 1993. Thereafter he did his post-doctoral research at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, U.K. and at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Canada. He was also a visiting professor at Concordia and McGill universities, Canada, during 1997-1999 and visiting professor of University of Johannesburg, South Africa during 2011-2014. He has authored/co-authored/Edited 29 books, published 416 research papers (until date) in journals and conferences and two books are ongoing. He is in the Editorial Boards of various International Journals, Book Series and Conferences. He is in the list of 2% world scientists recently (2020, 2021) in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing category based on an independent study done by Stanford University scientists. A good number of international and national Conferences, Workshops, and Training programs have also been organised by him. His present research area includes Differential Equations (Ordinary, Partial and Fractional), Numerical Analysis and Computational Methods, Structural Dynamics (FGM, Nano) and Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical and Uncertainty Modeling, Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy, Interval and Affine Computations).
Webinar Content
Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CET |
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Dr. Francesco Tornabene Chair Introduction |
3:00 - 3:10 pm |
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Dr. Rossana Dimitri Advanced Numerical Methods for the Mechanical Study of Composite Materials and Structures |
3:10 - 3:30 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Salvatore Brischetto 3D Full Coupling in Hygro-Thermal Stress Analysis of FGM, Composite and Sandwich Plates and Shells |
3:30 - 3:50 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Snehashish Chakraverty Dynamical Behaviours of Nano-Beams via Numerical Solutions |
3:50 - 4:10 pm |
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Q&A |
4:10 - 4:25 pm |
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Closing of Webinar |
4:25 - 4:30 pm |
Relevant SI
Advanced Theoretical and Computational Methods for Complex Materials and Structures
Guest Editors: Dr. Francesco Tornabene & Dr. Rossana Dimitri
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020)
Guest Editors: Dr. Francesco Tornabene & Dr. Rossana Dimitri
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2022
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