Research Area
Active Research fields
Microstructural and multi-scale modelling of polycrystalline materials; Damage and fracture mechanics; Multiscale modelling of materials; Boundary element method; Computational mechanics.
Research projects of the last 5 years
MARIE CURIE FELLOWSHIP
Three-dimensional multiscale model for material degradation and fracture in polycrystalline materials
FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development"
From 2011-07-15 to 2013-07-14
http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/98276_en.html
FULBRIGHT VISITING SCHOLARSHIP
Project Title: Multiscale modelling of biological and bio-inspired damage-resistant materials
Scholar Type: Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar
Academic Year: 2015-2016
Program: Core Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Program Country: Italy
Grant Type: Research
Start Date: October 2015
End Date: March 2016
http://www.cies.org/grantee/ivano-benedetti
Collaborations
Prof. M.H. Aliabadi - Department of Aeronautics - Imperial College London - UK
Prof. H.D. Espinosa - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program - Northwestern University - Evanston - IL - USA
Prof. Chris Rycroft - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Harvard University - USA
Active research
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Computational structural mechanics.