SILVIO VALENTE
Professor of Structural Engineering at the Politecnico of Turin since
1994. He has been teaching Strength of Materials and Structural Mechanics
since 1988. He is active in research in the domain of the
Materials and Structural Mechanics. He is author and co-author of about
70 papers and communications to congress on topics as:
equilibrium stability, dynamics, fracture mechanics of quasi-brittle materials.
The focus is mainly adressed to numerical simulation problems.
He has been in charge of italian research programs PRIN (MIUR) for the year
1998,2000, 2002, 2004,2007 and of research programs for
ENEL (1996:Hydraulic and Structural Pole, 2008:Eureka project).
Member of scientific board of
doctorate course on Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
Reviewer for the following international journal:
Computational methods in applied mechanics and engineering,
Computer and Structures,
International Journal of Solids and Structures,
Engineering Fracture Mechanics,
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures.
Member of IACM,EUROMECH and FRAMCOS international associations.
Title: "Preservation, Safeguard and Valorisation of Masonry Decorations in the
Architectural Historical Heritage of Piedmont", Research project supported
by Piedmont Region Administration, acronym:RE_FRESCOS, years 2010-2012.
1
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
The cohesive frictional crack model applied to the analysis of the
dam-foundation joint.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, pages 2182-2191, 2010.
ISSN: 0013-7944, doi: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.02.030.
2
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Subcritical crack propagation under cyclic load of concrete
structures.
Magazine of Concrete Research, 62:489-496, 2010.
ISSN: 0024-9831, doi: 10.1680/macr.2010.62.7.489.
3
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Modeling water penetration at dam-foundation joint.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75/3-4:629-642, 2008.
4
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Lifetime evaluation of concrete structures under sustained post-peak
loading.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 72:2427-2443, 2005.
Elsevier Science Ltd. (Gran Bretagna).
5
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
A fractional order rate approach for modeling concrete structures
subjected to creep and fracture.
International Journal of Solids and Structures,
41/9-10:2607-2621, 2004.
6
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Creep and fracture in concrete: A fractional order rate approach.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 70:611-623, 2003.
7
A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, F. Barpi, and S. Valente.
Cohesive crack model description of ductile to brittle size-scale
transition: Dimensional analysis vs. renormalization group theory.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 70(14):1809-1839, 2003.
Elsevier Science Ltd. (Great Britain).
8
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Fuzzy parameters analysis of time-dependent fracture of concrete dam
models.
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in
Geomechanics, 26:1005-1027, 2002.
9
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Numerical simulation of prenotched gravity dam models.
Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 126(6):611-619, 2000.
10
F. Barpi, G. Ferrara, L. Imperato, and S. Valente.
Lifetime of concrete dam models under constant loads.
Materials and Structures, 32:103-111, 1999.
11
F. Barpi and S. Valente.
Size-effects induced bifurcation phenomena during multiple cohesive
crack propagation.
International Journal of Solids and Structures,
35(16):1851-1861, 1998.
12
A. Carpinteri, S. Valente, F. P. Zhou, G. Ferrara, and G. Melchiorri.
Tensile and flexural creep rupture tests on partially-damaged
concrete specimens.
Materials and Structures, 30:269-276, 1997.