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Professor Federico Guarracino

Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Selected Publications:
Book:
Federico Guarracino & Alastair Walker, Energy Methods in Structural Mechanics: A comprehensive introduction to matrix and finite element methods of analysis, Thomas Telford, 1999, 423 pages

Journal Articles:
Guarracino F (2001) The elastic-plastic behaviour of cylindrical tubes under bending: finite elements analyses, experimental data and theoretical consideration. In: Zaras J, Kowal-Michalska K, Rhodes J (eds) Proceedings of international workshop on the application of finite element method to the analysis of thin-walled structures, addendum to proceedings of third international conference of thin-walled structures, Cracow, pp 5–14
Guarracino F (2003) On the analysis of cylindrical tubes under flexure: theoretical formulations, experimental data and finite element analyses. Thin Wall Struct 41:127–147
F. Guarracino, “Considerations on the numerical analysis of initial post-buckling behaviour in plates 
and beams,” Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 45, no. 10-11, pp. 845–848, 2007. 

Guarracino F, Walker A (2008) Some comments on the numerical analysis of plates and thin-walled structures. Thin-Walled Syst 46: 975–980
F. Guarracino, M. Fraldi, and A. Giordano, “Analysis of testing methods of pipelines for limit state design,” Applied Ocean Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 297–304, 2008. 

F. Guarracino, A. C. Walker, and A. Giordano, “Effects of boundary conditions on testing of pipes and finite element modelling,” International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol. 86, no. 2-3, pp. 196–206, 2009. 

F. Guarracino, “A simple formula for complementing FE analyses in the estimation of the effects of local conditions in circular cylindrical shells,” Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 167–184, 2011.
M. Fraldi and F. Guarracino, “An improved formulation for the assessment of the capacity load of circular rings and cylindrical shells under external pressure. Part 1. Analytical derivation,” Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 1054–1061, 2011.
M. Fraldi, R. Freeman, S. Slater, A. C. Walker, and F. Guarracino, “An improved formulation for the assessment of the capacity load of circular rings and cylindrical shells under external pressure. Part 2. A comparative study with design codes prescriptions, experimental results and numerical simulations,” Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 1062–1070, 2011.
F. Guarracino, M. Fraldi, S. Slater, and R. Freeman, “Hydrostatic collapse of deepwater pipelines: a rigorous analytical approach,” in Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Tex, USA, May 2011. 

Massimiliano Fraldi and Federico Guarracino, “An analytical approach to the analysis of inhomogeous pipes under external pressure”, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 2012, Article ID 134896, 2012
Rabee Shamass (1), Giulio Alfano (1) and Federico Guarracino, “A numerical investigation into the plastic buckling paradox for circular cylindrical shells under axial compression”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 75, pp 429-447, 15 September 2014
Massimiliano Fraldi and Federico Guarracino, “Stability analysis of circular beams with mixed-mode imperfections under uniform lateral pressure”, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6, August 2015,
DOI: 10.1155/2014/294507
Rabee Shamass, Giulio Alfano and Federico Guarracino, “An investigation into the plastic buckling paradox for circular cylindrical shells under non-proportional loading”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 95, pp 347-362, October 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2015.07.020
Rabee Shamass, Giulio Alfano and Federico Guarracino, “On elastoplastic buckling analysis of cylinders under nonproportional loading by differential quadrature method”, International Journal of structural stability and dynamics, September 2016, DOI: 10.1142/S0219455417500729

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