It is with great pleasure that I announce that from mid-May
Prof. Luca Caracoglia (Northeastern University, Boston MA, USA)
will be UniGe Visiting Professor.
During the visiting period, starting from 17 May, Prof. Caracoglia will hold a PhD course entitled
"Probability-Informed Wind Engineering against Synoptic and Non-Synoptic Wind Hazards".
All information is contained in the attached file.
Those interested in participating are invited to write to me.
Thank you very much for the attention,
kindest regards
Giuseppe Piccardo
Artificial Intelligence Center at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague invites applications for Ph.D. candidates interested in cross-disciplinary research between structural dynamics and mathematical optimization.
This paper aims at assessing the influence of environmental parameters on the modal characteristics of age-old masonry constructions. The results of a long-term ambient vibration monitoring of the San Frediano bell tower in Lucca (Italy) are reported. The tower, dating back to the 11th century, has been fitted along its height with four triaxial seismometric stations, which were left active for about one year.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.10.045
Enjoy !
Dear colleague,
the abstract submission deadline for
CIVIL-COMP 2019
The Sixteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing
16-19 September 2019 Riva Del Garda Congress Centre, Lake Garda, Italy
http://www.civil-compconf.com/
is extended to 6th May 2019.
Mini-symposium on Current and Future Needs in Sub-microscale Vibration Analysis
Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019
California Institute of Technology
Arzhang Alimoradi* and Marie Levine†
In this paper, we study the dynamic flexural behaviour of a long bridge, modelled as an infinite periodic structure. The analysis is applied to the ‘Brabau’ bridge across the river Tirso in Italy. The approach reduces to a spectral problem leading to the analytical expression of the dispersion relation, which provides the ranges of frequencies for which waves do and do not propagate. The contributions of the bridge structural elements on the dispersive properties of the structure are investigated in detail.
A funded PhD position is open for summer or fall 2017 in the Mechanics and Dynamics Laboratory in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Wichita State University. The research program will focus on the design and development of mechanical metamaterials, their application towards aerospace structures, and will involve a combination of analytical, numerical, and experimental methods. The candidate must have a MS in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering and a strong background in structural mechanics and dynamics.
The effects of blast loading on structures can be very dangerous: damages and failures are expected with serious threats to structural safety and human life. Materials stresses and strains are often pushed to the limit and the modelling of these phenomena can be very complex. In order to design blast-resistant structures it is very important to determine what are the key parameters of this problem.
The interaction between cars or trains and bridges has been often described by means of a simplified model consisting of a beam loaded by a traveling mass, or by a traveling oscillator.Among others, two aspects are essential when dealing with masses traveling along flexible vibrating supports: (i) a complete relative kinematics; and (ii) a continuous transition between a traveling mass, rigidly coupled, and a traveling oscillator, elastically coupled with the support.
