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Nicholas Fantuzzi

Nicholas Fantuzzi

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
58
Citations
10435
World Ranking
2547
National Ranking
63

Overview

Nicholas Fantuzzi is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, contributing extensively to the study of mechanics and structural materials. They have a significant number of publications discussing various aspects of composite materials and advanced structural mechanics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Hygro-thermal vibrations and buckling of laminated nanoplates via nonlocal strain gradient theory, 2020, Composite Structures
  • Thin-walled deployable composite structures: A review, 2024, Progress in Aerospace Sciences
  • Failure Analysis of Ultra High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Structures Enhanced with Nanomaterials by Using a Diffuse Cohesive Interface Approach, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Critical Temperatures for Vibrations and Buckling of Magneto-Electro-Elastic Nonlocal Strain Gradient Plates, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Three-phase homogenization procedure for woven fabric composites reinforced by carbon nanotubes in thermal environment, 2020, Composite Structures

Frequent publication venues for Fantuzzi's work include:

  • Composite Structures
  • Materials
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Structures
  • International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Fantuzzi encompass:

  • Patrizia Trovalusci
  • A.J.M. Ferreira
  • Jiang-Bo Bai
  • Raimondo Luciano
  • Tian-Wei Liu

The fields and subfields of study they engage with are as follows:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Building and Construction

Main research topics highlighted in their work include:

  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites

Fantuzzi has also contributed to several book publications, including works published by Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature (Netherlands). Notable titles include:

  • Advances in Computational Mechanics and Applications (2024)
  • Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications (2022)
  • MATLAB Codes for Finite Element Analysis (2020)

Best Publications

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

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Ubertini;Erasmo Viola

  • 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 arbitrarily shaped Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-reinforced plates

    Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Tornabene;Michele Bacciocchi;Rossana Dimitri

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

    Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola;Nicholas Fantuzzi

  • 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

  • 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

  • Static analysis of functionally graded conical shells and panels using the generalized unconstrained third order theory coupled with the stress recovery

    Erasmo Viola;Luigi Rossetti;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Tornabene

  • Radial basis function method applied to doubly-curved laminated composite shells and panels with a General Higher-order Equivalent Single Layer formulation

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Erasmo Viola;A.J.M. Ferreira;A.J.M. Ferreira

  • Generalized differential quadrature finite element method for cracked composite structures of arbitrary shape

    Erasmo Viola;Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi

  • The local GDQ method applied to general higher-order theories of doubly-curved laminated composite shells and panels: The free vibration analysis

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi

  • Analysis of thick isotropic and cross-ply laminated plates by generalized differential quadrature method and a Unified Formulation

    A.J.M. Ferreira;A.J.M. Ferreira;E. Carrera;E. Carrera;M. Cinefra;E. Viola

  • Vibration analysis of variable thickness plates and shells by the Generalized Differential Quadrature method

    Michele Bacciocchi;Moshe Eisenberger;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Tornabene

  • The GDQ method for the free vibration analysis of arbitrarily shaped laminated composite shells using a NURBS-based isogeometric approach

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi

  • Four-parameter functionally graded cracked plates of arbitrary shape: A GDQFEM solution for free vibrations

    Nicholas Fantuzzi;Francesco Tornabene;Erasmo Viola

  • A Numerical Investigation on the Natural Frequencies of FGM Sandwich Shells with Variable Thickness by the Local Generalized Differential Quadrature Method

    Francesco Tornabene;Nicholas Fantuzzi;Michele Bacciocchi;Erasmo Viola

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Tornabene
Francesco Tornabene University of Salento
Michele Bacciocchi
Michele Bacciocchi University of the Republic of San Marino
Erasmo Viola
Erasmo Viola University of Bologna
António J.M. Ferreira
António J.M. Ferreira University of Porto
Rossana Dimitri
Rossana Dimitri University of Salento
Salvatore Brischetto
Salvatore Brischetto Polytechnic University of Turin
José A.F.O. Correia
José A.F.O. Correia University of Porto
Francesco Fabbrocino
Francesco Fabbrocino Pegaso University
J. N. Reddy
J. N. Reddy Texas A&M University
Alessandro Marzani
Alessandro Marzani University of Bologna

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