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3D boundary element analysis of delamination crack using the Modified Crack Closure Integral
2012
Coupled VEM–BEM Approach for Isotropic Damage Modelling in Composite Materials
2023
Numerical prediction of composite damage behaviour at the microscopic level is still a challenging engineering issue for the analysis and design of modern materials. In this work, we document the application of a recently developed numerical technique based on the coupling between the virtual element method (VEM) and the boundary element method (BEM) within the framework of continuum damage mechanics (CDM) to model the in-plane damage evolution characteristics of composite materials. BEM is a widely adopted and efficient numerical technique that reduces the problem dimensionality due to its underlying formulation. It substantially simplifies the pre-processing stage and decreases the compu…
Fast Hierarchical Boundary Element Method for Large Scale 3-D Elastic Problems
2010
This chapter reviews recent developments in the strategies for the fast solution of boundary element systems of equations for large scale 3D elastic problems. Both isotropic and anisotropic materials as well as cracked and uncracked solids are considered. The focus is on the combined use the hierarchical representation of the boundary element collocation matrix and iterative solution procedures. The hierarchical representation of the collocation matrix is built starting from the generation of the cluster and block trees that take into account the nature of the considered problem, i.e. the possible presence of a crack. Low rank blocks are generated through adaptive cross approximation (ACA) …
Structural Health Monitoring of delaminated composite structures by the Boundary Element method
2012
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for composite materials is becoming a primary task due to their extended use in safety critical applications. Different methods, based on the use of piezoelectric transducers, strain memory alloys as well as of fibre optics, has been successfully proposed to detect and monitor damage in composite structural components with particular attention focused on delamination cracks. In the present paper a Structural Health Monitoring model based on the use of piezoelectric sensors, already proposed by the authors for isotropic damaged components, is extended to delaminated composite structures. The dynamic behavior of the host damaged structure and the bonded piez…
A HYBRID VEM/BEM NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE FOR SIMULATING DAMAGE IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS
2021
Composite materials are nowadays widely used in the aerospace sector both for primary and secondary structures for their high mechanical properties and the ability to model them according to project needs. Therefore, accurately predicting material behaviour when subjected to operating loads is extremely important in making the design process more efficient. For this purpose, computational approaches based on continuum damage mechanics have been largely used to study the progressive loss of material integrity due to the propagation and coalescence of microscopic defects. In this contribution, a recently developed hybrid computational technique, which combines the Virtual Element Method (VEM)…
Application of dual boundary element method in active sensing
2013
In this paper, a boundary element method (BEM) for the dynamic analysis of 3D solid structures with bonded piezoelectric transducers is presented. The host structure is modelled with BEM and the piezoelectric transducers are formulated using a 3D semi-analytical finite element approach. The elastodynamic analysis of the entire structure is carried out in Laplace domain and the response in time domain is obtained by inverse Laplace transform. The BEM is validated against established finite element method (FEM).
Architettura per i beni confiscati : figure del progetto nei territori del conflitto fra democrazia e criminalità
2023
L’articolo affronta il rapporto fra città, territorio e democrazia a partire dai risultati di una ricerca internazionale, che ha indagato le forme peculiari di crisi del pubblico nei territori del conflitto fra Stato e criminalità mafiosa. Le domande di ricerca si situano in un quadro che intende il territorio come luogo elettivo per leggere le tracce costruite dal rapporto fra comunità e poteri illegali. Esse hanno posto la necessità di indagare l’insieme dei beni confiscati reclamando la necessità dell’intervento progettuale per le trasformazioni spaziali, linguistiche e simboliche senza le quali la loro transizione a beni pubblici non può dirsi pienamente compiuta. Riferiti al terr…
La nuova edizione del libro di Cesare Brandi "Disegno dell'architettura italiana"
2013
L'articolo è una lettura del libro di Brandi che si riferisce principalmente al ruolo dello spazio e al rapporto tra spazio interno ed esterno, con una riflessione finale sull'architettura italiana contemporanea
La Europa de los Estados
2003
Buckling and post-buckling analysis of cracked composite plates via a single-domain Ritz approach
2018
Thin and moderately thick composite multi-layered plates are widely employed in many engineering applications, especially in naval and aerospace structures. These structural components can experience in service the presence of cracks, generated for example by corrosion, fatigue or accidental external causes. Cracks can affect the load carrying capability, buckling and post-buckling behaviour of plates; therefore, their effects need to be investigated and taken into account for fail safe or damage tolerant design. Additionally, attention should be devoted to the interaction of cracks with buckling and post-buckling behaviour, as the energy release rate in post-buckling regimes can be adverse…