Mechanics of refractory materials at high-temperature
for advanced industrial technologies

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OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Article on the HOTBRICKS project results in the CORDIS website (2018)

Exhibition at PLACEMENT DAY 2017 (Trento, Italy, March 3, 2017)

Christmas 2015/ New Year 2016 Card

Outreach presentation at the "Researcher's night" (Trento - September 25, 2015)

Article (in italian) in the Trento University newspaper "Unitn." (2014)

Highlight (in italian) in the local newspaper "L'Adige" (2013)

Youtube video "Stress concentration near stiff inclusions" about validation of rigid inclusion model and boundary layers by means of photoelasticity.

Exhibition at ENGRES2014 - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 2014 Conference (Trento, Italy, November 18-19, 2014)

Exhibition at TECNARGILLA - 24^th International Exhibition of Technologies and Supplies for the Ceramic and Brick Industries (Rimini, Italy, September 22-26, 2014)

Exhibition at ANKIROS 2014 - 12^th International Iron-Steel and Foundry technology, machinery and products trade fair (Instanbul, Turkey, September 11-13, 2014)

Exhibition at the international congress APM2014 - Advanced Problems in Mechanics (St. Petersburg, Russia, June 30-July 5, 2014)

SPECIAL ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

D. Bigoni and A. Gajo (2016)
Preface to the Special Issue of the Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment containing selected papers presented at the Special Session dedicated to Prof. Tomasz Hueckel, organized by D. Bigoni, A. Gajo, L. Laloui, G. Maier, Z. Mróz and S. Pietruszczak within the CERMODEL2015 congress in Trento.
In Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Gajo, A, Cecinato, F., Loret, B. (2017).
A general computational framework for immiscible three phase flow in deformable porous media.
Submitted.

Madaschi, A. Gajo, A. (2017).
A one-dimensional viscoelastic and viscoplastic constitutive approach to modeling the delayed behavior of clay and organic soils.
Acta Geotechnica, 12, 827-847.

Papathanasiou, T.K., Gourgiotis, P.A., Dal Corso, F. (2017).
Finite element simulation of a gradient elastic half-space subjected to thermal shock on the boundary.
Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40 (23–24), 10181-10198.

Gajo, A., Cecinato, F. (2016).
Thermo-mechanical modelling of rock-like materials at very high temperature: Application to ceramic refractories.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36, 2193-2204.

Madaschi, A., Gajo, A. (2016).
A two-yield surfaces, viscoplastic constitutive model for ceramics and geomaterials.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36, 2223-2234.

Papathanasiou, T.K., Dal Corso, F., Piccolroaz, A. (2016).
Thermo-mechanical response FEM simulation of ceramic refractories undergoing severe temperature variations.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36, 2329-2340.

Penasa, M., Argani, L., Misseroni, D., Dal Corso, F., Cova, M., Piccolroaz, A. (2016).
Computational modelling and experimental validation of industrial forming processes by cold pressing of aluminum silicate powder.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36, 2351-2362.

Madaschi A., A. Gajo (2015).
One-dimensional response of peaty soils subjected to a wide range of oedometric conditions.
Géotechnique, 65 (4), 274-286.

A. Madaschi, A. Gajo (2015).
Constitutive modelling of viscous behaviour of soils: a case of study.
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 4, 39-50.

S. Muraro, A. Madaschi, A. Gajo (2015).
Passive soil pressure on sloping ground and design of retaining structures for slope stabilisation.
Géotechnique, 65 (6), 507-516.

Gajo, A., Bigoni, D. (2015).
Elastoplastic coupling for thermo-elasto-plasticity at high temperature
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 4, 29-38.

Deseri, L., Owen, D.R. (2015).
Stable Disarrangement Phases Arising from Expansion/Contraction or from Simple Shearing of a Model Granular Medium
International Journal of Engineering Science, 96, 111-130.

Deseri, L., Owen, D.R. (2015).
Submacroscopic Disarrangements Induce a Unique, Additive and Universal Decomposition of Continuum Fluxes
Journal of Elasticity, 122, 223-230.

Gajo, A., Cecinato, F., Hueckel, T. (2015)
A micro-scale inspired chemo-mechanical model of bonded geomaterials.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences , 80, 425-438.

Zisis, Th., Gourgiotis, P.A., Dal Corso, F. (2015).
A contact problem in couple stress thermoelasticity: The indentation by a hot flat punch.
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 63, 226-239.

Cecinato, F., Loveridge, F. (2015).
Influences on the thermal efficiency of energy piles.
Energy, 82, 1021-1033.

Cecinato, F., Gajo, A. (2014).
Dynamical effects during compaction band formation affecting their spatial periodicity.
Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 119 (10), 7487-7502.

Deseri, L., Gentili, G., and Golden, J. M. (2014).
New Insights on Free Energies and Saint-Venant’s Principle in Viscoelasticity.
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51 (19-20), 3382-3398.

Misseroni, D., Dal Corso, F., Shahzad, S. and Bigoni, D. (2014).
Stress concentration near stiff inclusions: validation of rigid inclusion model and boundary layers by means of photoelasticity.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 121-122, 87-97.

Penasa, M., Piccolroaz, A., Argani, L., Bigoni, D. (2014)
Integration algorithms of elastoplasticity for ceramic powder compaction.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 34, 2775-2788.

F. Poltronieri, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, S. Romero Baivier (2014).
A simple and robust elastoplastic constitutive model for concrete.
Engineering Structures, 60, 81-84.

Deseri, L., Owen, D.R. (2014).
Stable disarrangement phases of elastic aggregates: a setting for the emergence of no-tension materials with non-linear response in compression.
Meccanica, 49 (12), 2907-2932.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Cecinato, F., Piglialepre, R., Loveridge, F., Nicholson, D. (2016).
Numerical analysis of thermal cycling during a multi-stage energy pile thermal response test.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics ICEGT 2016, August 29-31, 2016, Kiel, Germany

Cecinato, F., Loveridge, F., Gajo, A., Powrie, W. (2015).
A new modelling approach for piled and other ground heat exchanger applications.
Proceedings of the XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, September 13-17, 2015, Edimburgh, UK

Cecinato, F. (2014).
Numerical analysis for improved design of piled and other ground heat exchanger applications
Proceedings of the 23^rd European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, September 2-5, 2014, Barcelona, Spain.

CONFERENCES

CERMODEL2017 - CERMODEL2017 Congress on Modelling and Simulation meet Innovation in Ceramics Technology - July 26-28, 2017, Trento (Italy);
- A. Gajo, A. Madaschi, S. Poly, S. Romero Baivier
  A viscoplastic constitutive model for refractories and rock-like materials subjected to extreme temperature variations;
- S. Romero Baivier, S. Gregoire, S. Henon, J. Machado, S. Poly, P. Godin
  Thermal and mechanical modeling of ceramic refractories;
- I.N. Giannakeas, T.K. Papathanasiou, H. Bahai
  Thermal Shock Cracking Simulation in Ceramic Refractories using Bond-Based Peridynamics;
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Romero Baivier
  Industrial applications of customizable thermal-viscous-elastic-plastic constitutive models for ceramics;
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato
  Thermo-mechanical modelling of refractories at very high temperature.

ICEGT 2016 - 1^st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics , August 29-31, 2016, Kiel (Germany)
- Cecinato, F., Piglialepre, R., Loveridge, F., Nicholson, D.
  Numerical analysis of thermal cycling during a multi-stage energy pile thermal response test.

Modelling of refractory materials and ceramics, with a view to technological applications - April 22, 2016, Trento Trento (Italy);
- P. Godin, S. Romero-Baivier
  Thermal and mechanical modelling in the improvement and the prediction of ceramic refractories behavior;
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato
  Thermo-mechanical modelling of ceramics subjected to large temperature changes;
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, M. Penasa, S. Romero-Baivier, S. Gregoire
  Refractories modeled at extreme temperature;
- S. Gregoire, S. Romero-Baivier
  Numerical simulation of a steelmaking process;
- M. Leoni
  Microstructure from diffraction: modern tools for line profile analysis;
- A. Madaschi, A. Gajo
  A double yield surfaces, viscoplastic constitutive model for ceramics;
- T.K. Papathanasiou, F. Dal Corso
  Thermal shock and high-temperature response FEM simulation of ceramic refractories with porosity and additives;
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Romero-Baivier
  Thermoplastic parameters identification by means of multi-objective optimization towards modelling refractories;
- S. Poly, S. Romero-Baivier
  A shape optimization tool for the design of foundry products;
- S. Romero-Baivier, S. Gregoire, S. Henon, J. Machado, P. Godin, S. Poly
  Material testing: key factor for accurate numerical simulations;
- J.F. Trelcat, S. Romero-Baivier, M. Penasa
  Identification of input parameters required for Abaqus UMAT subroutines.

Euromech Colloquium 572 - February 22-24, 2016, Innsbruck (Austria);
- A. Madaschi, A. Gajo
  Constitutive approach for rate-dependent behaviour of organic soils and clays
- A. Gajo and F. Cecinato
  Thermo-mechanical modelling of geomaterials subjected to very high temperature changes
- A. Gajo
  Chemo-mechanical interactions in active clays and cemented soils

ICACC16 - 40^th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites - January 24-29, 2016, Daytona (Florida - USA);
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, M. Penasa, S. Gregoire, S. Romero Baivier
  Ceramics at high temperature modelled through elastoplasticity
- F. Dal Corso, T.K. Papathanasiou
  Thermal shock of refractories undergoing severe temperature changes
- A. Kallel, S. Romero-Baivier
  Damage study on a refractory material operating at high temperature in an aggressive environment

UNITECR2015 - 14^th Biennal Worlwide Congress, September 15-18, 2015, Vienna (Austria)
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Romero-Baivier
  Numerical treatment of the inelastic behaviour of refractory materials.

XXII AIMETA Conference - The Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, September 14-17, 2015, Genova (Italy)
- T.K. Papathanasiou and F. Dal Corso
  Finite element simulation of pre-cracked micropolar media subjected to thermal shock with applications to refractories.

ECSMGE2015 - XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, September 13-17, 2015, Edimburgh (UK)
- Cecinato, F., Loveridge, F., Gajo, A., Powrie, W.
  A new modelling approach for piled and other ground heat exchanger applications.

FFW2015 - 4^th International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear, August 27-28, 2015, Ghent (Belgium)
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, M. Penasa, S. Gregoire, S. Romero-Baivier
  Elastoplastic modelling of ceramic materials at high temperature.

8^th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics - July 12-15, 2015, Volos (Greece);
- T.K. Papathanasiou, P.A. Gourgiotis, F. Dal Corso and T. Zisis
  On the thermoelastic response of a gradient elastic half-space subjected to thermal shock on the boundary.

CERMODEL2015 - CERMODEL2015 Congress on Modelling and Simulation meet Innovation in Ceramics Technology - July 1-3, 2015, Trento (Italy);
- D. Bigoni, A. Gajo
  Coupling of elastic and plastic deformation for modeling refractories at high temperature
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato, T. Hueckel
  Micro- to macro-scale chemo-mechanical modeling of bonded geomaterials
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato, B. Loret
  Finite element analysis of fluid imbibition in a deformable porous medium saturated by three immiscible fluids
- A. Madaschi, A. Gajo
  Constitutive modelling of organic clays: a case study
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato
  Thermodynamically consistent modelling of ceramic refractory materials
- A. Madaschi, A. Gajo
  Modelling the viscous behavior of clayey green bodies
- T.K. Papathanasiou, F. Dal Corso, A. Piccolroaz
  Elastoplastic Finite Element analysis of ceramic components subjected to thermal shock
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Romero-Baivier
  Computational thermo-mechanical modelling of refractories

ECERS - 14^th Conference of the European Ceramic Society - June 21-25, 2015, Toledo (Spain);
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Gregoire, S. Romero-Baivier
  Characterization and modelling of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of refractory materials;
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, and S. Romero-Baivier
  Computational thermoplastic modelling of refractory materials.

EUROMECH COLLOQUIUM 575 - Contact Mechanics and Coupled Problems in Surface Phenomena - March, 30 - April, 2, 2015, Lucca (Italy);
- P. Gourgiotis, Th. Zisis, F. Dal Corso
  The contact problem of a rigid flat punch indenting a couple-stress thermoelastic half-space.

State of the art and challenges in thermal and mechanical modelling of ceramic materials - March 20, 2015, Trento (Italy);
- F. Cecinato, A. Gajo
  Analysis of dynamical effects in the formation of compaction bands;
- S. Shahzad, F. Dal Corso, D. Bigoni
  Stress magnification and Notch Stress Intensity Factors for composite materials containing polygonal inclusions;
- S. Romero-Baivier, S. Gregoire
  Modelization of a ladle cyclelife;
- T. Papathanasiou, F. Dal Corso, P. Gourgiotis
  Finite element simulation of thermal shock in micro-structured solids with applications to refractories;
- M. Penasa, A. Piccolroaz, D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Romero-Baivier
  Computational modelling of refractory materials at high temperature;
- S. Poly, S. Romero-Baivier
  Challenges in thermal and mechanical modelling of ceramic refractories involved in the continous casting process of steel;
- A. Madaschi, A. Gajo, F. Cecinato, S. Romero-Baivier
  Effect of 'local' strain rate on the determination of elastic modulus during crush tests at high temperature in rock-like materials;
- P. Godin, A. Madaschi, S. Romero-Baivier
  Experimental tests use to study the ceramic material behavior;
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Gregoire, S. Romero-Baivier
  Thermoplasticity towards the design of ceramics for high-temperature applications;
- A. Gajo, F. Cecinato
  Some considerations about thermomechanical and thermophysical modelling of ceramic refractory materials;
- M. Leoni, D. Shovkun, P. Godin, S. Romero-Baivier
  Phase composition of high-temperature refractories;
- F. Cecinato, A. Gajo, S. Romero-Baivier
  A review of thermomechanical and thermophysical properties of ceramic refractory materials;
- F. Dal Corso, T. Zisis, P. Gourgiotis
  Contact regimes during heat conduction through a microstructured solid.

Advanced Problems in the Mechanical Modelling of Ceramic Materials - January 27, 2015, Orlando (Florida - USA) within the "EMN Ceramics Meeting", January 26-29, 2015;
- D. Bigoni, F. Dal Corso, S. Gregoire, M. Penasa, S. Romero-Baivier
  Modelling, characterization and simulation of refractory materials for liquid steel technology;
- F. Dal Corso, Th. Zisis, P. Gourgiotis
  A thermomechanical contact problem for microstructured solids.

25^th ALERT Geomaterials workshop, September 29 - October 1, 2014, Aussois, France
- Cecinato, F., Loveridge, F.
  A numerical model for energy-efficient design of geothermal systems.

E-MRS 2014 FALL MEETING - European Materials Conference, September 15-18, 2014, Warsaw, Poland
- Leoni M.
  Progress in microstructure analysis by diffraction (Invited Lecture)

EYGEC2014 - 23^rd European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, September 2-5, 2014, Barcelona, Spain
- Cecinato F.
  Numerical analysis for improved design of piled and other ground heat exchanger applications

63^rd Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis - DENVER X-RAY CONFERENCE, July 28-August 1, 2014, Montana, USA
- Leoni M., Koch R.
  Beyond the 3D Periodicity Limits in Modern Whole Pattern Line Profile Analysis (Keynote Invited Lecture)

APM2014 - Advanced Problems in Mechanics, June 30-July 5, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Poltronieri F., Piccolroaz A., Dal Corso F., Romero Baivier S.
  A simple and robust elastoplastic constitutive model for concrete

XX Convegno Nazionale di Meccanica Computazionale - VII Riunione del Gruppo Materiali AIMETA, June 11-13, 2014, Cassino (FR), Italy
- Zisis T., Dal Corso F.
  A contact problem in couple-stress thermoelasticity

SEMINARS

Nonlinear modelling of refractories undergoing thermal shocks.
F. Dal Corso
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, January 21, 2016 - Tampa (Florida - USA).

Modelling refractories through thermo-elastoplasticity.
D. Bigoni
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, January 21, 2016 - Tampa (Florida - USA).

Analysis of dynamical effects during compaction band formation.
F. Cecinato
School of Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales, June 16, 2015 - Sydney (Australia).

Modellazione termoplastica per l'industria siderurgica
D. Bigoni
Metrology Day - Giornata dei Musei, Museo della Bilancia, May 20, 2015 - Campogalliano (Modena, Italy).

Thermal effects in the contact of flat punch with a couple-stress material.
F. Dal Corso
Department of Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo, September 9, 2014 - Tokyo (Japan).

Non-local effects in a thermo-elastic contact problem.
F. Dal Corso
Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, September 8, 2014 - Tokyo (Japan).

The thermo-elastic problem of a flat punch indenting a microstructured medium.
F. Dal Corso
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo, September 5, 2014 - Tokyo (Japan).

Thermo-mechanical modelling of refractories at high-temperature.
D. Bigoni
Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, August 29, 2014 - Osaka (Japan).

Instabilities during contact at high-temperature.
F. Dal Corso
Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, August 29, 2014 - Osaka (Japan).

Training activities

SEMINARS

Seminars held at UNITN

March 31, 2016 - Prof. Benjamin Loret (Ecole Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble - F)
"Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs: Impedance and Efficiency of Thermal Recovery"

November 26, 2014 - Dr. Fleur Loveridge (University of Southampton - UK)
"Energy Piles: Past, Present & Future"

October 24, 2014 - Dr. Oleg Kirillov (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf - Germany)
"Dissipation-induced instabilities in the Taylor-Couette flow of a liquid metal"

July 7, 2014 - Dr. Simone Sprio (CNR-ISTEC - Italy)
"New biomimetic mechanically competent devices for bone regeneration"

June 20, 2014 - Prof. Tomasz Hueckel (Duke University - USA)
"Chemo-mechanical processes in geomaterials: concepts & modeling"

June 18, 2014 - Prof. Marco Paggi (Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca - I)
"Experimental evidence of electro-thermo-elastic coupling in quasi-brittle materials for energy applications"

April 9, 2014 - Prof. Michel Destrade (National University of Ireland Galway and University College Dublin - IRL)
"Problems with the Finite Element implementation of anisotropic elasticity"

November 21, 2013 - Dr. Konstantinos P. Baxevanakis (National Technical University of Athens - GR)
"Interaction of Cracks with Dislocations in Couple-Stress Elasticity"

November 5, 2013 - Dr. Tommaso Coppola (CSM Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. - I)
"Characterization and modeling of the mechanical behaviour of ceramics and refractories"

October 30, 2013 - Prof. Benjamin Loret (Ecole Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble - F)
"Thermo-mechanical issues in Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage (SAGD)"

October 25, 2013 - Dr. Andrea Bacigalupo (University of Genoa - I)
"Non-local dynamic homogenization for the characterization for acoustic waves within periodic materials"

COURSES

November 26-27, 2015 - Course "Nonlinear thermomechanical and coupled dynamic problems in structural applications" (Trento, I)

March 31 - June 9, 2015 - Crash Course on "Research Funding, Intellectual Property and Start Up Creation" (Trento, I)

March 18-19, 2015 - Course "Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights" (Trento, I)

February 16-27, 2015 - Course "Mathematical methods for engineering" (Trento, I)

November 27-28, 2014 - Course "Nonlinear analysis for Dynamic and Thermomechanical problems" (Trento, I)

October 27-30, 2014 - Course "Experimental characterization of materials" (Trento, I)

July 21-25, 2014 - Joint Summer School "Smart Materials, Structures & Systems: From nano to macro-scale" (Trento, I)

March 20-21, 2014 - Course "Martensitic microstructures: interfaces, size effects and multiscale modelling" (Trento, I).

March 18-19, 2014 - Course "Contact mechanics" (Trento, I).

December 16-17, 2013 - Course "Automatic differentiation and computer methods in nonlinear solid mechanics" (Trento, I). Joint course with INTERCER2 project

Contacts

Dr. Francesco Dal Corso
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica
Università di Trento, via Mesiano, 77 I-38123 Trento (Italia)