Mini-Symposium MS11 “Materials and Structures Across Scales: Modeling, Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification”
Organizzatori: Raffaele Barretta (University of Naples Federico II), Massimiliano Gioffrè (University of Perugia), Michele Marino (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Marco Pingaro (Sapienza University of Rome)
XXVII Convegno AIMETA
7-10 Settembre 2026 (Brescia)
Gruppi AIMETA proponenti: GAMeN, GIMC, GMA, GAMS (Mini-simposio congiunto)
https://brescia2026.aimeta.it/
The mini-symposium aims to bring together theoretical, computational, and applied contributions devoted to the development and application of multiscale approaches and methods for the advanced modeling of materials and structures, including in the presence of
uncertainties. The focus is on the modeling and analysis of problems across different scales of observation and on the associated coupling procedures, from the micro- and nanostructural levels up to the macroscopic response, with particular reference to analytical, computational, and probabilistic homogenization techniques, micro–macro strategies (including FE² and hierarchical methods), reduced-order models, and discrete–continuum coupling approaches.
The mini-symposium welcomes contributions on multiscale localization phenomena, instabilities, damage, and fracture, as well as on scale effects and unconventional behaviors of advanced materials and structures, including nanomaterials, nanocomposites, metamaterials, and nanostructures. Particular attention is also devoted to uncertainty quantification and its integration within multiscale modeling frameworks. Special emphasis is placed on multiphysics modeling, characterization, and design of functional materials and innovative systems, also in the presence of complex couplings among mechanical, physical, structural, and probabilistic phenomena.
Notizie dai gruppi AIMETA
Special Issue 2026 Current Trends and Advances in Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures
Mechanics Research Communications
Guest Editors: Fernando Fraternali (University of Salerno, Italy), Emilio Barchiesi (University of Sassari, Italy), Julian Rimoli (University of California Irvine, USA)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/320212/current-trends-and-advances-in-multiscale-innovative-materials-and-structures
Temi di ricerca:
- Meccanica dei materiali su diverse scale
- Modellazione e simulazione multiscala
- Progettazione, fabbricazione e testing di materiali e strutture multiscala innovative
This special issue seeks to gather articles that are at the cutting edge of applied mechanics, materials science, engineering, and physics. The goal is to enhance our understanding of the mechanics of materials across various scales and its application in the design, modeling, manufacturing, and testing of innovative multiscale materials and structures.
Special Issue 2026 Multiscale asymptotic methods in solid mechanics
Mechanics Research Communications
Guest Editors: Michele Serpilli (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy), Raffaella Rizzoni (University of Ferrara, Italy), Maria Letizia Raffa (ISAE-Supméca, France), Fernando Fraternali (University of Salerno, Italy)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10JNSXVKX48
Temi di ricerca:
- Metodi asintotici variazionali per strutture snelle
- Integrazione tra metodi asintotici e machine learning
- Tecniche di ottimizzazione strutturale
- Materiali sostenibili e strutture leggere
The Special Issue is in honor of Professor Frédéric Lebon, celebrating his remarkable contributions to multiscale asymptotic technique in solid and structural mechanics, on his 65th birthday. Featured are recent advances in multiscale asymptotic methods in solid mechanics, including new research directions. These methods relate local and global behaviors across length scales and identify key mechanisms in complex systems, bridging microscale phenomena with macroscale properties. High-order analysis often reveals insights missed by simpler approaches.