THEMES FOR THESES

RESEARCH

1. Structural analysis of components of prototype nuclear fusion reactors (at ENEA, Frascati).

2. Elastic stability of functionally graded plates.

3. Static solutions for parabolic arches superposed on residual stresses.

4. Modulated linear dynamics of non-local elastic beams.

5. Stability of pipes conveying pressurised fluids.

6. Numerical verification of formulae for stress in moderately thick cylinders.

7. Local damage as a perturbation of the undamaged state.

8. Threads in finite strain.

9. Galërkin method applied to various stability problems.

DIDACTICS

1. Experimental apparatus to verify constraint reactions.

2. Experimental apparatus to verify the composition of forces (or velocities).

4. Experimental verification of usual technical formulae for the stress state in beams.

5. Experimental verification of the results for the buckling load of compressed beams.

6. Numerical in-house codes to solve standard problems.

7. Analysis of a journal paper. (3CFU)

8. Resolution of previous exam tasks. (3 CFU)

9. In-house basic codes to solve exam tasks. (3 CFU)

HISTORIC-EPISTEMOLOGICAL

1. Mechanics relying on virtual work, by Lazare Carnot (French required).

2. "Mécanique Analytique" by J. L. Lagrange (French required).

3. Electro-mechanics by Maxwell (English required).

4. Graphical statics by Stevin and Varignon (French required).

5. Finite strain by Green and Saint-Venant (French and English required).

6. Thermo-mechanics by W. Thomson (lord Kelvin) (English required).

7. Elastic forces according to mechanicians of XIXth century.

8. Mechanics by G. R. Kirchhoff (German required).

9. Electro-mechanics in curved spaces by Beltrami (Italian required).