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15-17 May, 2025
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno - Fisciano (SA), Italy
This PhD-level Spring School explored recent theoretical and experimental developments in elastic wave propagation in solid media, with a focus on nonlinear effects and advanced continuum mechanics. The school consisted of two main courses taught by distinguished professors, each lasting about 5 hours in total, along with a few expert seminars on specialized topics.
The lectures passed through subjects like nonlinear propagation in continuum mechanics and the entropy principle, discussing the role of fundamental principles in nonlinear wave mechanics. Other topics included new advances in experimental measures of waves in soft tissues, providing insights into the interplay between theory and experimental validation.
Seminars complemented the lectures by presenting cutting-edge research and open questions in theoretical elastic waves, fostering discussion and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The group associated with the PRIN and MAECI projects will offer a limited number of conference registrations, including coffee breaks, lunches, and round-trip transportation to Cetus. Early booking is highly recommended.
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
LECTURES
LECTURES
Aisling Ní Annaidh
Aisling Ní Annaidh is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University College Dublin, recognised as a pioneer in her field through an ERC Consolidator Award.
She gave a course on: "The experimental and computational characterization of biological soft tissues".
Tommaso Ruggeri
Tommaso Ruggeri is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics in the University of Bologna. Prof. Ruggeri has made significant contributions to the propagation of nonlinear waves in classical and relativistic continua. He has authored key texts in the field and is a member of several prestigious academies.
He gave a course on: “Nonlinear Propagation in Continuum Mechanics and the Entropy Principle”.
SEMINARS
Luigi Vergori
Luigi Vergori is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Perugia. His work has significantly advanced the understanding of nonlinear stability in implicit theories of fluid dynamics and nonlinear wave propagation, grounded in both theoretical and applied mathematics. He delivered the seminar “Solitary waves in quasi-incompressible dispersive hyperelastic solids: an application to martensitic alloys”.
Julia de Castro Motta
Julia de Castro Motta is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Salerno. Her research focuses on structural mechanics and the propagation of mechanical waves in both discrete and continuous media. She presented the seminar “Waves in compressible hyperelastic solids in the presence of powerless internal forces”.
Giuseppe Saccomandi
Giuseppe Saccomandi is a Full Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Perugia, and Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 project “The Mathematics and Mechanics of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Solids”. His research spans nonlinear elasticity, wave propagation, and the mechanics of soft and biological materials. Prof. Saccomandi gave the concluding remarks, providing an overview of the main questions raised during the school and offering final reflections on the role of mathematics in the modeling of nonlinear waves in solids.
SCIENTIFIC Organizing committee
SCIENTIFIC Organizing committee
Amendola Ada, UNISA
Brini Francesca, UNIBO
de Castro Motta Julia, UNISA
Fraternali Fernando, UNISA
Mentrelli Andrea, UNIBO
Saccomandi Giuseppe, UNIPG (PRIN 2022 "The Mathematics and Mechanics of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Solids", PI)
Vergori Luigi, UNIPG
Zampoli Vittorio, UNISA
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