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Francesco Tornabene

Francesco Tornabene

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
80
Citations
17903
World Ranking
215
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Francesco Tornabene is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy and specializes in engineering with a broad focus on mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, materials chemistry, control and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. The primary emphasis of their research lies in composite structure analysis and optimization, along with studies in nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro and nano structures.

Their work spans several interconnected topics including structural analysis and optimization, structural load-bearing analysis, numerical methods in engineering, vibration and dynamic analysis, and thermoelastic and magnetoelastic phenomena.

Notable recent publications by Francesco Tornabene include:

  • Higher order theories for the vibration study of doubly-curved anisotropic shells with a variable thickness and isogeometric mapped geometry, 2021, Composite Structures
  • Higher order formulations for doubly-curved shell structures with a honeycomb core, 2021, Thin-Walled Structures
  • Nonlocal elasticity analysis of moderately thick porous functionally graded plates in a hygro-thermal environment, 2020, Composite Structures

Frequent co-authors in their research include Rossana Dimitri, Matteo Viscoti, Masoud Babaei, Mehdi Alimoradzadeh, and Martina Rinaldi.

Their publications have appeared in various scientific venues, primarily:

  • Composite Structures
  • Applied Sciences
  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
  • Curved and Layered Structures

Francesco Tornabene has been recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Free vibration analysis of functionally graded conical, cylindrical shell and annular plate structures with a four-parameter power-law distribution

    Francesco Tornabene

  • Strong Formulation Finite Element Method Based on Differential Quadrature: A Survey

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Ubertini;Erasmo Viola

  • 2-D differential quadrature solution for vibration analysis of functionally graded conical, cylindrical shell and annular plate structures

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola;Daniel J. Inman

  • Effect of agglomeration on the natural frequencies of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced laminated composite doubly-curved shells

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi;Erasmo Viola

  • General higher-order shear deformation theories for the free vibration analysis of completely doubly-curved laminated shells and panels

    Erasmo Viola;Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi

  • Stress and strain recovery for functionally graded free-form and doubly-curved sandwich shells using higher-order equivalent single layer theory

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Erasmo Viola;Romesh C. Batra

  • Free vibrations of free-form doubly-curved shells made of functionally graded materials using higher-order equivalent single layer theories

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi

  • Free vibration analysis of functionally graded panels and shells of revolution

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola

  • Free vibration analysis of arbitrarily shaped Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-reinforced plates

    Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Tornabene;Michele Bacciocchi;Rossana Dimitri

  • Free vibrations of functionally graded polymer composite nanoplates reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets

    Mohammad Arefi;Elyas Mohammad-Rezaei Bidgoli;Rossana Dimitri;Francesco Tornabene

  • General higher-order equivalent single layer theory for free vibrations of doubly-curved laminated composite shells and panels

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola;Nicholas Fantuzzi

  • FREE VIBRATIONS OF FOUR-PARAMETER FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PARABOLIC PANELS AND SHELLS OF REVOLUTION

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola

  • FGM and laminated doubly curved shells and panels of revolution with a free-form meridian: A 2-D GDQ solution for free vibrations

    Francesco Tornabene;Alfredo Liverani;Gianni Caligiana

  • Static analysis of functionally graded doubly-curved shells and panels of revolution

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola

  • Multiscale approach for three‐phase CNT/polymer/fiber laminated nanocomposite structures

    Francesco Tornabene;Michele Bacciocchi;Nicholas Fantuzzi;J.N. Reddy

  • Linear static response of nanocomposite plates and shells reinforced by agglomerated carbon nanotubes

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi

  • Static analysis of completely doubly-curved laminated shells and panels using general higher-order shear deformation theories

    Erasmo Viola;Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi

  • Free vibration analysis of conical shells reinforced with agglomerated Carbon Nanotubes

    Saeed Kamarian;Mostafa Salim;Rossana Dimitri;Francesco Tornabene

  • Winkler–Pasternak foundation effect on the static and dynamic analyses of laminated doubly-curved and degenerate shells and panels

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Erasmo Viola;J.N. Reddy

  • Static analysis of doubly-curved anisotropic shells and panels using CUF approach, differential geometry and differential quadrature method

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Erasmo Viola;Erasmo Carrera

  • 2-D solution for free vibrations of parabolic shells using generalized differential quadrature method

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Fantuzzi
Nicholas Fantuzzi University of Bologna
Erasmo Viola
Erasmo Viola University of Bologna
Michele Bacciocchi
Michele Bacciocchi University of the Republic of San Marino
Rossana Dimitri
Rossana Dimitri University of Salento
António J.M. Ferreira
António J.M. Ferreira University of Porto
Salvatore Brischetto
Salvatore Brischetto Polytechnic University of Turin
Mohammad Malikan
Mohammad Malikan Gdańsk University of Technology
J. N. Reddy
J. N. Reddy Texas A&M University
Snehashish Chakraverty
Snehashish Chakraverty National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Mohammad Arefi
Mohammad Arefi University of Kashan

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