Name: Gianpietro Del Piero

Title: Professor of Strength of Materials

Address: Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara 44100, Italy

Office Telephone: (+39) 0532 97 48 23

Fax: (+39) 0532 97 48 70

Email: gdpiero@ing.unife.it

Education: Civil Engineering Graduate Degree, University of Genoa, Italy, 1963.

Research Interests: Continuum mechanics, microstructures, elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity.

Research Publications:

Chapters in books

B1. Del Piero, G., "On the definitions of state and free energy in linear viscoelasticity", Atti dei Convegni Lincei 177: 268-279, 2002.

B2. Del Piero, G., “Boundary conditions in the presence of structured deformations”, Atti dei Convegni Lincei 210: 63-88, 2004.

B3. Del Piero, G., "Foundations of the Theory of Structured Deformations", in: G. Del Piero and D.R. Owen editors, "Multiscale Modeling in Continuum Mechanics and Structured Deformations", cism Courses and Lectures n. 447, Springer 2004.

Articles published international journals

J1 Del Piero, G., Truskinovsky, L., "Macro and micro cracking in one-dimensional elasticity", International Journal of Solids and Structures 38: 1135-1148, 2001.

J2 Del Piero, G., "The energy of a one-dimensional structured deformation", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 6: 387-408, 2001.

J3 Del Piero, G., "Interface energies and structured deformations in plasticity", Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 51: 103-116, 2002;

J4 Del Piero, G., "A class of fit regions and a universe of shapes for continuum mechanics", Journal of Elasticity 70: 175-195, 2003.

J5 Del Piero, G., "The relaxed work functional in linear viscoelasticity", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 9: 175-208, 2004.

Papers presented at international conferences

C1 Del Piero, G., "Energie non convesse e energie interfacciali nella descrizione del comportamento dei materiali",  Proc. XV Congress aimeta, Taormina 2001.

C2 Del Piero, G., "On the role of interface energies in the description of material behavior", Proc.  Meeting “Multiscale Problems in Sciences and Technology”, Dubrovnik-Ragusa 2000. In: N. Antonic’ et al. eds., 117-128, Springer 2002.

C3 Del Piero, G., "A condition for statical admissiblity in unilateral structural analysis", Proc. International Meeting in honor of J.J. Moreau, Montpellier 2003.

C4 Del Piero, G., "Bi-modal cohesive energies", Proc. Meeting "Variational Problems in Materials Science", SISSA, Trieste 2004.

C5 Del Piero, G., "Structured deformations in plasticity", Proc. XVI Congress aimeta, Ferrara 2003.

C6 Del Piero, G., Rizzoni, R., "Local energy minimizers in incompressible elasticity", Proc. XVII Congress aimeta, Firenze 2005.