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Professor Nicholas Fantuzzi

Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials—DICAM
University of Bologna, Italy

Short Biography:
Nicholas Fantuzzi got his Master degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Bologna in 2009 cum laude.
PhD in Structural Engineering and Hydraulics at the University of Bologna in 2013.
Research Fellow from 2013 to 2017 at the DICAM Department.
Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna.
Member of Scientific Committee, Promoter and Secretary of CIMEST Center, Center for Studies and Research on the Identification of Materials and Structures - “Michele Capurso” - at the Department DICAM of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
Assistant Editor and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal Curved and Layered Structures since 2014.

Research Interests:
Mechanics of structures, Theory of plates and shells, Computational mechanics; Generalized differential quadrature

Selected Publications (For more see the link Prof. Nicholas Fantuzzi):
Book:
Franceso Tornabene & Nicholas Fantuzzi, Mechanics of Laminated Composite Doubly-Curved Shell Structures, Publisher: Esculapio, ISBN: 978-88-7488-647-6

Journal articles:
N. Fantuzzi, S. Brischetto, F. Tornabene, and E. Viola, “2D and 3D shell models for the free vibration investigation of functionally graded cylindrical and spherical panels”, Composite Structures, Vol. 154, pp 573-590, October 2016
Erasmo Viola, Luigi Rossetti, Nicholas Fantuzzi and Francesco Tornabene, “Generalized stress=strain recovery formulation appled to functionally graded spherical shells and panels under static loading”, Composite Structures, Vol. 156, pp 145-164, November 2016
Michele Bacciocchi, Moshe Eisenberger, Nicholas Fantuzzi, Francesco Tornabene and Erasmo Viola, “Vibration analysis of variable thickness plates and shells by the Generalized Differential Quadrature method”, Composite Structures, Vol. 156, pp 218-237, November 2016
Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi and Michele Bacciocchi, “On the mechanics of laminated doubly-curved shells subjected to point and line loads”, International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 109, pp 115-164, December 2016
Nicholas Fantuzzi, Giovanni Della Puppa, Francesco Tornabene and Martin Trautz, “Strong formulation isogeometric analysis for the vibration of thin membranes of general shape”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 120, pp 322-340, January 2017
S. Brischetto, F. Tornabene, N. Fantuzzi and M. Bacciocchi, “Interpretation of boundary conditions in the analytical and numerical shell solutions for mode analysis of multilayered structures”, International Journal of Mechanical Scienes, Vol. 122, pp 18-28, March 2017
Nicholas Fantuzzi, Francesco Tornabene, Michele Bacciocchi and Rossana Dimitri, “Free vibration analysis of arbitrarily shaped functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced plates”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 115, pp 384-408, April 2017
Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi and Michele Bacciocchi, “A new doubly-curved shell element for the free vibration of arbitrarily shaped laminated structures based on Weak Formulation IsoGeometric Analysis”, Composite Structures, Vol. 171, pp 429-461, July 2017
Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi, Michele Bacciocchi and J.N. Reddy, “A posteriori stress and strain recovery procedure for the static analysis of laminated shells resting on nonlinear elastic foundation”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 126, pp 162-191, October 2017

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