[Dottorcomp] REMINDER: METaL Seminars, Antonio Maria D'Altri, 19/11/2025, 11:00-12:00, Sala Conferenze IMATI-CNR

[Siam Student Chapter]

Dear all,

This is a gentle reminder about the next* METal Seminar** - Mathematics &
Engineering Talks and Lectures*, on *November 19th, *from *11:00 to 12:00 *at
Sala Conferenze IMATI-CNR.

*Upcoming seminar:*

   - *Speaker*: Antonio Maria D'Altri - Professor at University of Bologna


   - *Title*: *Computational Analysis of Masonry and Heritage Structures:
   recent advances across different scales*


   - *Where and when*: November 19th, *11.00-12.00*, Sala Conferenze, IMATI
   - CNR.


   - *Abstract: *This seminar provides an overview of computational
   modeling techniques applied to masonry and heritage structures, emphasizing
   recent advances across different scales, i.e., from a full-scale monument
   (e.g., medieval castle) down to the micrometer scale of a single pore in
   porous building material. The presentation begins by addressing the
   structural scale, focusing on the numerical modeling and structural
   analysis of full-scale heritage structures. A key challenge discussed is
   finite element (FE) mesh generation from point clouds, featuring procedures
   such as Cloud2FEM. This is followed by an overview of analysis approaches
   for conducting structural assessments on large-scale historical structures.
   Next, the focus narrows to a high-fidelity block-based mechanical model for
   masonry, where damaging blocks interact through cohesive-frictional contact
   constraints. Applications, including those in the dynamic regime under
   earthquake-like actions, will be shown. A recent advancement is the
   "continualization" of this block-based model through deriving a
   mechanism-based strength domain and implementing it within plasticity and
   damage computational frameworks. Finally, the discussion shifts to the
   micrometer scale with the simulation of salt crystallization-induced damage
   in porous materials. This involves multiphase modeling of water and salt
   transport within porous building materials, coupled with
   micromechanics-based damage estimations. The seminar will conclude with a
   brief mention of advances in the Virtual Element Method (VEM) and an
   overview of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF)
   call, highlighting this opportunity for future research funding for
   young investigators.

If you are not able to follow in presence, you can follow online using the
following link
https://unipv-it.zoom.us/j/99605427837?pwd=rTM0vZDmnB5wkqTftaZ0pCEV0oXjNs.1

We look forward to your participation!

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