Paolo Podio Guidugli

Mathematical Models of Thin Structures

The current activities concentrate on three aspects of the general theme (involved people are named parenthetically):

• foundations of structure theories (A. DiCarlo, Rome 3; W.O. Williams, Carnegie Mellon);
• electroelastic plates (V. Nicotra and G. Tomassetti, both at Rome 2);
• magnetoelastic plates (M. Lembo, Rome 3).

The main intended applications are in the field of micromachining (for example, an accurate design of piezoelectric micropumps to be used as components of an `electronic nose').

Partial list of recent papers:

[1] A. DiCarlo, P. Podio-Guidugli, and W.O. Williams, Shells with thickness distension. Int J. Solids & Structures (1999).

[2] P. Podio-Guidugli, On internal constraints and the derivation of linear plate theories. proc. STAMM 98, Longman, 1999.

[3] V. Nicotra and P. Podio-Guidugli, Piezoelectric plates with changing thickness, J. Structural Control 5 (2), 1998, 73-86.