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Professor Stefano Valvano

Aerospace Structures, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Kora University of Enna, Italy

Education:
2017 PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Thesis Title: Development of computational efficient shell formulation for analysis of multilayered structures subjected to mechanical, thermal, and electrical loadings.
Advisors: Prof. Erasmo Carrera, Prof. Maria Cinefra DOI:

Research Interests:
Composite materials, Sandwich structures, Numerical methods, Advanced modeling for plate and shell structures, Smart materials systems and structures, Thermoelastic modelling, Multifield analysis, Viscoelastic materials, Optimization analysis and algorithms, Modelling and control of vibroacoustic systems, Active noise control.

Short Biography:
Postdoctoral Fellow at Politecnico di Torino 2017 and 2018.
Quality Award 2016, November 2017 1st place for Mechanical Engineering Doctorate, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Assistant Professor , from May 2018 at Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kore University of Enna, Italy.

Selected Publications:
Alaimo A, Orlando C, Valvano S (2019), ”An alternative approach for modal analysis of stiffened thin-walled structures with advanced plate elements”, European Journal of Mechanics/A Solids 77: 103820

Alaimo A, Orlando C, Valvano S (2019), ”Analytical frequency response solution for composite plates embedding viscoleastic layers”, Aerospace Science and Technology 92: 429-445
 Valvano S, Alaimo A, Orlando C (2019), ”Sound transmission analysis of viscoelastic composite multilayered shells structures”, Aerospace 6(6): 69

Valvano S, Orlando C, Alaimo A (2019), ”Design of a noise reduction passive control system based on viscoelastic multilayered plate using PDSO”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 123: 153-173

Carrera E, Valvano S (2019), ”A variable ESL/LW kinematic plate formulation for free- vibration thermoelastic analysis of laminated structures”, Journal of Thermal Stresses 42(4): 452-474

Filippi M, Carrera E, Valvano S (2018), ”Analysis of multilayered structures embedding viscoelastic layers by higher-order, and zig-zag plate elements”, Composites Part B: Engineering 154: 77-89

Carrera E, Valvano S, Filippi M (2018), ”Classical, higher-order, zig-zag and variable kinematic shell elements for the analysis of composite multilayered structures”, European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids 72: 97-110

Carrera E, Valvano S, Kulikov GM (2018), "Electro-mechanical analysis of composite and sandwich multilayered structures by shell elements with node-dependent kinematics", International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 9(1): 1-33.

Keshava Kumar S, Harursampath D, Carrera E, Cinefra M, Valvano S (2018), ”Modal analysis of delaminated plates and shell using Carrera Unified Formulation-MITC9 shell element”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 25(8): 681-697

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