Recent Publications
2024
P. Nardinocchi, G. Sciarra, S. Ommi. Swelling-driven mechanics of partially cross--linked polymer gels: the equilibrium states. Submitted, 2024.
M. Curatolo, G. Napoli, P. Nardinocchi, S. Turzi. Swelling driven soft elastic catapults. International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Available on line: April 9, 2024.
J. Ciambella, G. Lucci, P. Nardinocchi. Anisotropic evolution of viscous strain in soft biological materials. Mechanics of Materials, 192, 104976, 2024.
A. Bernheim-Groswasser, G.Livne, P. Nardinocchi, F. Recrosi, L. Teresi. On the interplay between activity elasticity and diffusion in self-contractile biopolymer gels.
Physical Review E 109, 014601, 2024.
2023
M. Curatolo, F. Lisi, G. Napoli, P. Nardinocchi. Circumferential buckling of a hydrogel tube emptying upon dehydration. The European Physical Journal Plus 138 (382), 2023.
2022
P. Piras, J.I. Colorado-Cervantes, P. Nardinocchi, S. Gabriele, V. Varano, G. Esposito, L. Teresi, C. Torromeo, P.E. Puddu. Geometry Does Impact on the Plane Strain Directions of the Human Left Ventricle, Irrespective of Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 9 (393), 2022.
J. Ciambella, G. Lucci, P. Nardinocchi, L. Preziosi. Passive and active fibre reorientation in anisotropic materials. International Journal of Engineering Science, 176, 103688, 2022.
M. Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Active Gel: a Continuum Physics Perspective. In: Modelling of Mass transport Processes in Biological Media, Elsevier, 2022.
J.I. Colorado-Cervantes, P. Nardinocchi, P. Piras, L. Teresi, C. Torromeo, P.E. Puddu. Patient-specific modeling of left ventricle mechanics. Acta Mechanica Sinica 38, 621211, 2022.
M.Curatolo, P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi. Morphing of soft structures driven by active swelling: a numerical study. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 141, 103951, 2022.
J. Ciambella, P. Nardinocchi. Non-affine fiber reorientation in finite inelasticity. Journal of Elasticity 153, 735-753, 2022.
2021
M. Curatolo, G. Napoli, P. Nardinocchi, S. Turzi. Dehydration-induced mechanical instabilities in active elastic spherical shells. Proc. R. Soc. A, 477, 2254, 2021.
P. Nardinocchi, L. Teresi: Morphing of soft tubes by anisotropic growth. Acta Mechanica, 232(11), 2021.
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.