Objectives The Laboratory provides the main tools for the selection of materials and relevant processing routes, which better satisfy specific engineering design requirements. The design process is regarded as strictly related to the choice of the best candidate materials, whose specific properties will be therefore considered, together with the relevant …
Objectives The course aims to provide a fundamental understanding of nano and smart materials. The class will aim to teach the student the relationship of the materials characteristics (from crystal structure to nano-microstructure) with the peculiar properties of these materials. Some examples of nanotechnologies employing nano and smart materials will …
Objectives This chapter provides a comprehensive knolwledge of the latest advancements in topological modelling of metamaterials as well as in numerical, theoretical and experimental approaches for investigating their mechanical properties. At the end of the course, the student will be able to efficiently represent the 3D geometry of the mematerials, …
Objectives Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies introduce novel opportunities for producing intricate metasurface and metamaterial structures, many of which are unattainable through conventional fabrication approaches. Through the layering of a 3D model, AM builds objects incrementally, allowing for the formation of complex structures. AM categories include wire-based, liquid-based, powder-based, and mixed …
Objectives The course provides the common set of knowledge for operators and researchers using machine tools for additive manufacturing processes in general and inkjet deposition machines in particular. At the end of the course, the student has a solid grasping of the effect of the machine architecture and its automation …
Objectives Artificial surfaces, metasurfaces, and Electromagnetic Skins are artificial sheet materials with sub-wavelength thickness that enable to control the properties of the transmitted/reflected waves according to the designer’s specifications. Thanks to their electromagnetic and geometrical properties, these are among the most important technologies for the development of next generation wireless …
Objectives Hydrodynamic metamaterials are artificial materials that can alter the physical properties of fluid flow such as effective viscosity, density, or permeability in unique and innovative ways. For such reasons, they have received considerable attention in the last years because of their novel flow control capabilities. In this course, the …
Objectives The design of artificial materials through microstructures allows to achieve mechanical properties not displayed by materials available in Nature. A proper representation of such unusual behaviour often requires an enhancement of the mechanical models usually presented in basic courses of Solid Mechanics. The course aims to introduce the special …
Objectives Periodic metamaterials can be realized in the form of lattices of beams deformable both axially and flexurally. These architected materials can exhibit uncommon mechanical properties for both static and dynamic applications, such as auxetic behaviour and elastic wave manipulation and control. The course aims to provide the fundamentals of …
Objectives This course offers a comprehensive introduction to nonlinear structural dynamics including significant nonlinear oscillators and relevant methods of solutions. It is based on a balance between theory and applications, and includes the latest advances in metastructure research. Nonlinearities, hysteretic oscillators, quasi-periodic structures and metastructures will be discussed for the …