Search Results - "Salomoni, Valentina"

A Continuum-Tensegrity Computational Model for Chondrocyte Biomechanics in AFM Indentation and Micropipette Aspiration by Arduino, Alessandro, Pettenuzzo, Sofia, Berardo, Alice, Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo, Carniel, Emanuele Luigi

“…Mechanical stimuli are fundamental in the development of organs and tissues, their growth, regeneration or disease. They influence the biochemical signals…”
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Thermal storage of sensible heat using concrete modules in solar power plants by Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo E., Giannuzzi, Giuseppe M., Miliozzi, Adio, Di Maggio, Rosa, Girardi, Fabrizio, Mele, Domenico, Lucentini, Marco

“…•Guidelines for designing a concrete storage module of a CSP plant are proposed.•Simplified procedures as well as simulation techniques are adopted and results…”
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Shear Wave Splitting and Polarization in Anisotropic Fluid-Infiltrating Porous Media: A Numerical Study by De Marchi, Nico, Sun, WaiChing, Salomoni, Valentina

“…The triggering and spreading of volumetric waves in soils, namely pressure (P) and shear (S) waves, developing from a point source of a dynamic load, are…”
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A thermo-hydro-mechanical numerical model for plain irradiated concrete in nuclear shielding by Pomaro, Beatrice, Xotta, Giovanna, Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo E.

“…The need for long-term predictions of the performance of old nuclear power plants concrete shielding all around the world has recently relaunched the issue of…”
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Modelling and simulation of natural hydraulic fracturing applied to experiments on natural sandstone cores by Wang, Junxiang, Sonntag, Alixa, Lee, Dongwon, Xotta, Giovanna, Salomoni, Valentina A., Steeb, Holger, Wagner, Arndt, Ehlers, Wolfgang

“…Under in-situ conditions, natural hydraulic fractures (NHF) can occur in permeable rock structures as a result of a rapid decrease of pore water accompanied by…”
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An Enhanced Bounding Surface Model for Modelling Various Cyclic Behaviour of Clay by Wang, Junxiang, Xotta, Giovanna, De Marchi, Nico, Salomoni, Valentina

“…Many results from cyclic triaxial experiments indicate that porous media, such as clays, exhibit various long-term behaviours under different cyclic stress…”
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Plasticity and strain localization around a horizontal wellbore drilled through a porous rock formation by Spiezia, Nicolò, Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo E.

“…Predicting plastic deformation and localization band around a wellbore drilled through a porous rock is a challenging task that could have important…”
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Biomechanics of Chondrocytes and Chondrons in Healthy Conditions and Osteoarthritis: A Review of the Mechanical Characterisations at the Microscale by Pettenuzzo, Sofia, Arduino, Alessandro, Belluzzi, Elisa, Pozzuoli, Assunta, Fontanella, Chiara Giulia, Ruggieri, Pietro, Salomoni, Valentina, Majorana, Carmelo, Berardo, Alice

“…Biomechanical studies are expanding across a variety of fields, from biomedicine to biomedical engineering. From the molecular to the system level, mechanical…”
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Tomography reconstruction of concrete materials for mesoscale modelling by Mazzucco, Gianluca, Pomaro, Beatrice, Xotta, Giovanna, Maiorana, Carmelo E, Salomoni, Valentina A

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is the numerical assessment of concrete behaviour close to failure, via the development of robust elastoplastic models…”
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Experimental campaign and numerical analyses of thermal storage concrete modules by Giannuzzi, Giuseppe M., Liberatore, Raffaele, Mele, Domenico, Mazzucco, Gianluca, Xotta, Giovanna, Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo E., Di Maggio, Rosa

“…•Three-stage study on the behaviour of storage plants.•Concrete with upgraded thermo-mechanical characteristics.•SolTeCa experimental system…”
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Fully implicit numerical integration of the Yoshida-Uemori two-surface plasticity model with isotropic hardening stagnation by Fincato, Riccardo, Tsutsumi, Seiichiro, Zilio, Alex, Mazzucco, Gianluca, Salomoni, Valentina

“…The paper deals with the numerical investigation and implementation of the two-surface plasticity model (or bounding surface model). This plasticity theory…”
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3D subsidence analyses above gas reservoirs accounting for an unconventional plasticity model by Salomoni, Valentina A., Fincato, Riccardo

“…SUMMARY The coupled hydro‐mechanical state in soils coming from consolidation/subsidence processes and undergoing plasticity phenomena is here evaluated by…”
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Thermo-hygro-mechanical meso-scale analysis of concrete as a viscoelastic-damaged material by Xotta, Giovanna, Salomoni, Valentina A., Majorana, Carmelo E.

“…Purpose - Knowledge of the behavior of concrete at mesoscale level requires, as a fundamental aspect, to characterize aggregates and specifically, their…”
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A unified general framework for small and finite strain two-invariants elastoplasticity by Spiezia, Nicolò, Salomoni, Valentina Anna Lia

“…PurposeThis paper proposes a unified original general framework, designed to theoretically develop and to extremely easily implement elastoplastic constitutive…”
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Retracted: Subloading Surface Plasticity Model Algorithm for 3D Subsidence Analyses above Gas Reservoirs by Salomoni, Valentina A, Fincato, Riccardo

“…AbstractThe coupled hydromechanical state in soils coming from consolidation/subsidence processes and undergoing plasticity phenomena is evaluated by means of…”
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Subloading Surface Plasticity Model Algorithm for 3D Subsidence Analyses above Gas Reservoirs by Salomoni, Valentina A, Fincato, Riccardo

“…The coupled hydromechanical state in soils coming from consolidation/subsidence processes and undergoing plasticity phenomena is evaluated by means of the…”
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Modelling Fractional Advection–Diffusion Processes via the Adomian Decomposition by Antonini, Alberto, Salomoni, Valentina Anna Lia

“…When treating geomaterials, fractional derivatives are used to model anomalous dispersion or diffusion phenomena that occur when the mass transport media are…”
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Numerical Solutions of Space-Fractional Advection–Diffusion–Reaction Equations by Salomoni, Valentina Anna Lia, De Marchi, Nico

“…Background: solute transport in highly heterogeneous media and even neutron diffusion in nuclear environments are among the numerous applications of fractional…”
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Thermal-fluid flow within innovative heat storage concrete systems for solar power plants by Salomoni, Valentina A, Majorana, Carmelo E, Giannuzzi, Giuseppe M, Miliozzi, Adio

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe an experience of R&D in the field of new technologies for solar energy exploitation within the Italian…”
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Mechanical and durability behaviour of growing concrete structures by Salomoni, Valentina A., Mazzucco, Gianluca, Majorana, Carmelo E.

“…Purpose - This paper seeks to analyse 3D growing concrete structures taking into account the phenomenon of body accretion, necessary for the simulation of the…”
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