Research Area

Active Research fields

 

The research activity concerns the design, modelling and analysis of aerospace structures manufactured with metals and composites. The involved topics are:

•  Composite laminates, Smart Structures and Structural Health Monitoring;
• Variational formulations and meshless methods;
• Fracture mechanics;
•  “Fast Solver” for huge models.

 

Research projects of the last 5 years

Collaborations

• prof. M.H. Aliabadi, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London, UK.
• prof. M. D'ottavio, SITEC - Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre, France.

Active research

Services delivered under the right of third parties

Consulting services for

• modeling, analysis and design of  advanced composite materials and structures
• intelligent multi-field structural systems (sensors, actuators, structural health monitoring).