Recent Publications
2021
M. Curatolo, G. Napoli, P. Nardinocchi, S. Turzi. Dehydration-induced mechanical instabilities in active elastic spherical shells. Accepted for publication on PRSA, 2021.
J.I. Colorado-Cervantes, P. Nardinocchi, P. Piras, L. Teresi, C. Torromeo, P.E. Puddu. Patient-specific modeling of left ventricle mechanics. In press on Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2021.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Active Gel: a Continuum Physics Perspective. In press on Modelling of Mass transport Processes in Biological Media, Elsevier, 2021.
P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi: Morphing of soft tubes by anisotropic growth. In press on Acta Mechanica, 2021.
J.I. Colorado Cervantes, L. Teresi, P. Piras, P. Nardinocchi, V. Sansalone, C. Torromeo, G. Esposito, V. Varano, and P.E. Puddu. Assessment of strain lines patterns in the human left ventricle. Submitted, 2020.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Mechanics of active gel spheres under bulk contraction. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 193, 106147, 2021.
J. Ciambella, P. Nardinocchi. A structurally frame-indifferent model for anisotropic visco-hyperelastic materials. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 147, 104247, 2021.
2020
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Dynamics of active swelling in contractile polymer gels. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 135, 1038072019, 2020.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Mechanics and diffusion in gels with solvent-filled cavities. Mechanics of soft materials 2(13), 2020.
D. Battista, V. Luckinov, P. Nardinocchi. Shape-shifting of polymer beams and shells due to oil extraction. Extreme Mechanics Letters 36, 100655, 2020.
2019
D. Battista, M.Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi. Enforcing shaping of thin gel sheets by anisotropic swelling. Mechanics of Materials 139, 103199, 2019.
M. Rossi, P. Nardinocchi, T. Wallmersperger. Swelling and shrinking in prestressed polymer gels: an incremental stress-diffusion analysis. Proc. R. Soc. A 475 20190174, 2019.
V. Varano, P. Piras, S. Gabriele, L. Teresi, P. Nardinocchi, I.L. Dryden, C. Torromeo, M. Schiariti, and P.E. Puddu. Local and Global Energies for Shape Analysis in Medical Imaging. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 36(2), 2019.
P. Piras, C. Torromeo, A. Evangelista, S. Gabriele, G. Esposito, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi, A. Madeo, F. Re, C. Chialastri, M. Schiariti, V. Varano, and P.E. Puddu. Non-invasive prediction of Genotype-positive/Phenotype negative in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by 3D Modern Shape Analysis. Experimental Physiology 104, 1688-1700, 2019.
D. Battista, M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi. Swelling-induced eversion and flattening in curved gel beams. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 161-162, 105071, 2019.
J. Ciambella, P. Nardinocchi. Magneto-induced remodelling of fibre-reinforced elastomers. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 117, 103230, 2019.
P. Piras, C. Torromeo, A. Evangelista, S. Gabriele, G. Esposito, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi, A. Madeo, F. Re, C. Chialastri, M. Schiariti, V. Varano, and P.E. Puddu. Improving performance values of 3D speckle tracking in arterial hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by using novel strain parameters. Scientific Report 9, 7382, 2019.
R. De Vita, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Diffusion-driven stress relaxation of gels under incremental planar extensions. Mechanics of Materials 134, 106-114, 2019.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi, D.P. Holmes. Swelling effects on localized adhesion of an elastic ribbon. Proc. R. Soc. A 475, 20190067, 2019.
J. Ciambella, P. Nardinocchi. Torque-induced reorientation in active fibre-reinforced materials. Soft Matter 15, 2081, 2019.
2018
M. Rossi, T. Wallemersperger, J.A. Ramirez, P. Nardinocchi. Thermodynamically consistent electro-chemo-mechanical model for polymer membranes. Proceedings Volume 10594, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XX; 105940K (2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2295726.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi. Swelling-induced bending and pumping in homogeneous thin sheets. Journal of Applied Physics 124, 085108, 2018.
V. Varano, P. Piras, S. Gabriele, L. Teresi, P. Nardinocchi, I.L. Dryden, C. Torromeo, P.E. Puddu. The Decomposition of Deformation: new metrics to enhance shape analysis in medical imaging. Medical Image Analysis 46, 35-36, 2018.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Driving water cavitation into a hydrogel cavity. Soft Matter 14, 2310, 2018.
V. Varano, P. Piras, L. Teresi, S. Gabriele, I.L. Dryden, P. Nardinocchi, A. Evangelista, C. Torromeo, P.E. Puddu. A Threefold Deformation Decomposition in Shape Analysis for Medical Imaging: Spherical, Deviatoric and Non Affine Components. In: J.M.R.S. Tavares and R.M. Natal Jorge (eds.), VipIMAGE 2017, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics 27, Springer International Publishing AG 2018, 1125-1134.