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ARCHITECTURE

  Theory and Design of Structures

(taught in English)

3rd Year of the Bachelor in Architecture

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teachers:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

Dr. Mario Sassone

Programme

(1) FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLID MECHANICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS (12 hours)

The strain and the stress tensors; the Cauchy Tetrahedron; concepts of homogeneity, isotropy, anelasticity, linear and nonlinear elasticity; constitutive relations; Mohr's circles for the determination of principal stresses, principal strains and principal directions; properties of the elastic solution; fundamental theorems of elasticity (Kirchhoff, Clapeyron and Betti's theorems).

(2) THE SAINT VENANT PROBLEM (30 hours)

Properties of areas; the Saint Venant problem: introduction and fundamental hypotheses; centred axial force; flexure; eccentric axial force; torsion in beams of circular or generic cross-section; torsion in open or closed thin-walled cross-sections; shearing force; thin-walled cross-sections subjected to shear; combined shearing and torsional loading; beam strength analysis; the differential equation of the elastic line; buckling.

(3) ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR THE SOLUTION OF STATICALLY INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES (21 hours)

The method of forces; the method of displacements; introduction to the use of a finite element programme and solution of simple structural problems.

(4) DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (21 hours)

Strength assessment according to the semi-probabilistic method of Limit State Analysis; fundamental concepts for the design or reinforced concrete structures.

 

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Exercises: shear and torsion

Exercises: statically indeterminate structures

Examples of the written exam

 

 

CIVIL ENGINEERING

  Plasticity and Fracture

(taught in Italian)

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

 

Programme

(1) PLASTICITY (18 h):

Elasto-plastic flexure; incremental plastic analysis of beam systems; theorems of plastic limit analysis; proportionally loaded beam systems; non-proportionally loaded beam systems; cyclic loads and shake-down; deflected rectangular and circular plates; strip method.

(2) PLANE STRESS AND PLANE STRAIN CONDITIONS(18 h):

Plane stress and plane strain conditions in cartesian coordinates, deep beam; plane stress and plane strain conditions in cylindrical coordinates, thick-walled cylinder; circular hole in a plate subjected to tension; concentrated force acting on the edge of an elastic half-plane; Analytical functions; Kolosoff-Muskhelishvili method; elliptical hole in a plate subjected to tension.

(3) LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (18 h):

Griffith’s energy criterion; Westergaard’s method; Williams’ method; fundamental relation between the energy and the stress approaches, crack branching criteria in Mixed Mode condition; plastic zone at the crack tip; size effects and ductile-to-brittle transition.

(4) NON-LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS (18 h):

Cohesive crack model, snap-back phenomenon; advanced applications of the cohesive crack model: Mixed Mode crack propagation; overlapping crack model for concrete in compression; bridged crack model, minimum reinforcement; advanced applications of the bridged crack model: repeated loading.

(5) ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (12 h):

Size-scale effects on the plastic rotational capacity of reinforced concrete beams in bending; application of Fractal Geometry to damaging and cracking phenomena; Multi-fractal Scaling Law (MFSL), size effects in the international standard codes; composite and hierarchical materials; fatigue crack growth and residual life of structures subjected to repeated loads, Paris’ law; structural monitoring by the acoustic emission technique: seismic precursors.

 

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  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Giuseppe Ferro

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

 

Programme

(1) STATICALLY INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES

Structural symmetry; Rotating- and translating- frames. Thermal loads and imposed displacements. Frames with non-orthogonal beams; Method of displacements: automatic computation of beam systems. Plane trusses, plane frames, plane grids and space frames.

(2) TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES

Beams with rectilinear and curvilinear axes: static-kinematic duality. Beam on elastic foundation; Plates in flexure: static-kinematic duality. Sophie-Germain equation with boundary conditions. Shells with double curvature; Symmetrically loaded shells of revolution: membranes and thin shells, circular plates, cylindrical shells; Finite Element Method: Principle of minimum potential energy, Ritz-Galerkin method, Principle of Virtual Work.

(3) DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES

Single-degree-of-freedom linear systems: Free response, Damped response, Forced response to harmonic, periodic, impulsive or generic excitations, Non-linear elastic oscillator, Elasto-plastic oscillator; Multi-degree-of-freedom linear systems: modal analysis, Rayleigh’s quotient, Stodola-Vianello method; Continuous systems: modal analysis of deflected beams, Membranes and plates in vibration; Finite Element Method; Dynamics of beam systems; Element of Seismic Engineering; Italian Code and practical concepts for earthquake design.

 

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Examples of the written exam

Method of displacement: nodal reactions

Method of forces: nodal displacements

 

Past Activity

 

A.Y. 2012/13

  Plasticity and Fracture

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Giuseppe Ferro

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structure

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Architecture – Sustainability Design

ECTS: 6

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Giuseppe Ferro

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2011/12

 

 

 

  Plasticity and Fracture

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Pietro Cornetti

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Solid Mechanics

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Mathematical Modelling in Engineering

ECTS: 6

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Pietro Cornetti

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Static and Dynamic Instability of Structures

(taught in Italian)

 

2st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 6

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Pietro Cornetti

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2010/11

 

 

 

  Plasticity and Fracture

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 8

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Pietro Cornetti

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Theory of Structures

(taught in Italian)

 

2st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2009/10

 

 

 

  Materials and Fracture Mechanics

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 10

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Theory of Structures

(taught in Italian)

 

2st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2008/09

 

 

 

  Materials and Fracture Mechanics

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Structural Mechanics II

(taught in Italian)

 

1st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 10

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Theory of Structures

(taught in Italian)

 

2st Year of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Alberto Carpinteri

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2006/07

 

 

 

  Structural Engineering

(taught in Italian)

 

3st Year of the Bachelor in Civil Engineering in water management

ECTS: 10

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Luca Giordano

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

A.Y. 2005/06

 

 

 

  Constructions A

(taught in Italian)

 

3st Year of the Bachelor in Civil Engineering in water management

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Luca Giordano

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

  Constructions B

(taught in Italian)

 

3st Year of the Bachelor in Civil Engineering in water management

ECTS: 5

Tenure Teacher:

Prof. Luca Giordano

Lecturer:

Dr. Mauro Corrado

 

Proposals for Final Projects

 

  Failure mechanisms transitions in RC elements: flexure, shearing and crushing.

  Numerical modelling of reinforced concrete structures

  Application of the Extended Finite Element Method to the plastic analysis of frame structures

  Multiscale and multiphysics analysis of photovoltaic modules

  Cohesive Zone Model for metallic materials

  Low velocity impacts on brittle materials

  Dynamic crack propagation in finite thickness interfaces

Tutoring of Bachelor and Master Theses

 

8.    Fulvio Savarino: “Experimental study of the durability of photovoltaic modules”, Master Thesis, Advisors: M. Paggi, M. Corrado, A. Infuso, 2014.

7.    Alessandro Cinquia: “Retrofitting of damaged reinforced concrete structural elements”, Master Thesis, Advisor: M. Corrado, 2014.

6.    Mirko Manca: “Mechanical characterization of concrete-like materials and rammed earth by means of non-destructive testing techniques”, Master Thesis, Advisor: M. Corrado, 2014.

5.    Davide Villani: “Experimental validation of a theoretical model for the shear strength of reinforced concrete beams”, Master Thesis, Advisors: A. Carpinteri, G. Ventura, M. Corrado, 2013.

4.    Davide Leone: “Modelling of the viscoelastic behaviour of polymeric materials used in photovoltaic modules”, Master Thesis, Advisors: M. Paggi, M. Corrado, 2013.

3.    Giusemaria Goso: “Size-scale effects on the interaction diagrams of reinforced concrete elements subjected to eccentric compression”, Master Thesis, Advisors: A. Carpinteri, M. Paggi, M. Corrado, 2010.

2.    Alessio Chianese: “Lateral load distribution in high-rise building: effects of bracings of different height”, Master Thesis, Advisors: A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, M. Corrado, 2010.

1.    Sandro Cammarano: “Dynamics and instability of open thin-walled beams according to the Vlasov’s theory”, Master Thesis, Advisors: A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, M. Corrado, 2010.