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Plenary lectures

  1. A new design strategy for the stiffness and strength optimisation of laminated structures. 64th Workshop: Variational analysis and aerospace engineering III: Mathematical challenges for a new aviation, Erice (Italy), 28 August-05 September 2015.

Invited seminars

  1. A. Catapano. Identication des taux de restitution d'energie critique a des interfaces autres que 0/0. Workshop Mecamat \Interfaces", On-line workshop, 19 June, 2020.

  2. A. Catapano. Mathematical methods for the analysis and design of anisotropic structures. Politecnico di Milano, June 2019.

  3. A. Catapano. Développement d'une nouvelle stratégie pour l’optimisation simultanée de la rigidité et de la résistance des structures stratifiée. ENSAM Bordeaux-Talence, Talence, France, Octobre 2013.

  4. M. Montemurro, A. Catapano, D. Crisafulli. Modelling and Optimisation of Advanced Composite Materials and Structures. Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg, Avril 2012.

Invited conferences - Oral presentations

  1. T. Garulli, D. Fanteria, A. Catapano, E. Martin. Fully-uncoupled multi-directional delamination specimens: principles and first experiments. FiBreMoD Conference. Leuven, Belgium, 11-12 December 2019.

  2. M. Delucia, A. Catapano, M. Montemurro, J. Pailhès. Development of a modified Voronoi's tesselation algorithm for the determination of the effective properties of cork-based composites. Conference: Eccomas Thematic Conference - Computational Methods in Multi-scale, Multi-uncertainty and Multi-physics Problems. Porto, Portugal, July 2019.

  3. T. Garulli, A. Catapano, D. Fanteria, J. Jumel. Development and finite elements assessment of stacking sequences for interlaminar fracture toughness testing of angle-ply interfaces. CompTest2019. Luleå, Sweden, May 2019.

  4. T. Garulli, A. Catapano, D. Fanteria, J. Jumel. Experimental study of the effect of layers orientation on mode I interlaminar fracture toughness using fully uncoupled multi-directional specimens. 12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST). 8-10 May 2019 Sorrento, Italy.

  5. T. Garulli, A. Catapano, J. Jumel, D. Fanteria. Numerical and experimental validation of the design of multi-directional laminates for pure mode I DCB tests. 21ème Journées Nationales sur les Composites, 1-3 July 2019, Bordeaux, France.

  6. E. Panettieri, A. Catapano, M. Montemurro. Composite layup blending constraints for gradient-based optimization. 21ème Journées Nationales sur les Composites, 1-3 July 2019, Bordeaux, France.

  7. T. Thenard, A. Catapano, M. Mesnard, R. Allena. Influence of the surface geometrical properties on cell motility at microscale. 24ème Congrès Français de Mécanique. Brest, France, 26-30 August 2019.

  8. T. Thenard, M. Mesnard, A. Catapano, R. Allena. Analysis of chemical polishing process of SLM surfaces on
    biocompatibility. 44ème Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique. Poitiers, France, 28-30 October 2019.

  9. M.I. Izzi, M. Montemurro, A. Catapano, J. Pailhès. Multi-scale two-level optimisation of a composite fuselage barrel integrating a global-local finite element modelling approach. 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites: COMPOSITES 2019, Girona, Spain,  July 2019.

  10. R.J. Duarte, A. Ramos, F. Jordana, J.M. Olive, A. Catapano, M. Mesnard. Towards a statistical characterization of the geometry of the bone tissues within a mandible ramus. Bio M&M, Milão, September 2018.

  11. A. Catapano, M. Montemurro. On the use of a laminate-level failure criterion for the optimum design of variable angle-tow laminates. 21th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS21), Bologna, Italy, September 2018.

  12. A. Catapano, M. Montemurro, F. Chinesta. Strength optimisation of variable angle tow laminâtes. First International Conference on Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. Torino, Italy, June 2018.

  13. M. Delucia, A. Catapano, M. Montemurro, J. Pailhès. Computational homogenisation for thermo-mechanical properties of cork-based composites. First International Conference on Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (ICMAMS). Torino, Italy, June 2018. 

  14. T. Garulli, A. Catapano, M. Montemurro, J. Jumel, D. Fanteria. Quasi-trivial solutions for uncoupled, homogeneous and quasi-homogeneous laminates with high number of plies. ECCM VI, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Glasgow, GBR, July 2018. 

  15. A. Catapano, M. Montemurro. ON THE FORMULATION OF A TENSORIAL LAMINATE-LEVEL FAILURE CRITERION THROUGH INVARIANTS. 20th International Conference on Composite Structures. Paris, France, September 2017.

  16. T. Gentieu (Doctorant), A. Catapano, J. Jumel, J. Broughton. Influence of cohesive zone parameters on the failure of particle reinforced composite materials. 5th International Conference on Material Modeling, Rome (Italie), 14-16 Juin 2017.

  17. M. Montemurro, A. Catapano. Une nouvelle méthodologie de conception multi-échelle pour l'optimisation des composites à rigidité variable. Journées Nationales sur les Composites 2017, Champs-sur-Marne (France), 28-30 June 2017.

  18. T. Gentieu, A. Catapano, J. Jumel. Computational modelling of the progressive failure in carbon composites. International Carbon Composites Conference, Arcachon (France), May 2016.

  19. A. Catapano, M. Montemurro. A general multi-scale optimisation strategy for the optimisation of variable stiffness composites. Journées annuelles SF2M, Matériaux pour le domaine aérospatial : de l’innovation dans l’air, Albi (France), 25-27 October 2016.

  20. M. Montemurro, A. Catapano, D. Doroszewski. Simultaneous shape and material optimization of sandwich panels with honeycomb core for additive manufacturing. 18th International Conference on Composite Structures, Lisboa (Portugal), 15-18 June 2015.

  21. A. Catapano, J. Jumel. Computational modelling of the progressive failure in heterogeneous adhesives. 18th International Conference on Composite Structures, Lisboa (Portugal), 15-18 June 2015.

  22. A. Catapano, G. Giunta, S. Belouettar, E. Carrera. Static analysis of laminated and sandwich beams via a unified formulation. 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June 2011.

 

 

 

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