International Journal of Composite Materials

The International Journal of Composite Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers all scientific and technological aspects of composite materials and their structures, including physical, chemical, artificial, mechanical, and other properties of Composite Materials as well as microscopic to macroscopic behavior studied both experimentally and theoretically.

Paolo Vannucci

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Composite Materials

Professor, University of Versailles and St. Quentin en Yvelines, France

Research Areas

Fluid mechanics: wave actions in non-linear diffraction theory; Optimization: TLP size optimization, polar-genetic method for the design of laminates, optimization in the presence of multi-physics couplings (piezoelectricity, thermo-elastic couplings etc.

Experience

2003-presentFull Professor of Mechanics at the University of Versailles and St. Quentin en Yvelines (UVSQ)
2008-2011Senior researcher at Institut d'Alembert, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (UMR CNRS 7190)
1998-2003Lecturer at ISAT - University of Burgundy, Nevers
1997Post-doc researcher at Department of Structural Engineering, University of Pisa
1996Post-doc researcher at ISAT - University of Burgundy, Nevers
1995-1996Post-doc researcher at LPMM, University of Metz
1992-1995structural engineer, Pisa (part-time job)
1991-1992off-shore engineer at AGIP, Milan

Publications: Journals

[1]  P. Vannucci: Simplified optimal design of a Tension Leg Platform (TLP). Structural Optimization, v. 12, pp. 265- 268, 1996.
[2]  P. Vannucci, B. Cochelin, N. Damil & M. Potier-Ferry: An asymptotic-numerical method to compute bifurcating branches. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, v. 41, pp. 1365-1389, 1998.
[3]  P. Vannucci, G. Verchery: A special class of uncoupled and quasi-homogeneous laminates. Composites Science and Technology, v. 61, pp. 1465-1473, 2001.
[4]  A. Vincenti, G. Verchery & P. Vannucci: Anisotropy and symmetries for elastic properties of laminates reinforced by balanced fabrics. Composites Part A, v. 32, pp. 1525-1532, 2001.
[5]  P. Vannucci, G. Verchery: Stiffness design of laminates using the polar method. International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 38, pp. 9281-9294, 2001.
[6]  P. Vannucci: On bending-tension coupling of laminates. Journal of Elasticity, v. 64, pp. 13-28, 2001.
[7]  P. Vannucci, G. Verchery : A new method for generating fully isotropic laminates. Composite Structures, v. 58, pp. 75-82, 2002.
[8]  E. Valot, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: Complete in-plane elastic characterization under tensile tests of angle-ply laminates composed of polymer-matrix layers. Poly- mers and Polymer Composites, v. 10, n.7. pp. 483-492, 2002.
[9]  P. Vannucci : A special planar orthotropic material. Journal of Elasticity, v. 67, pp. 81-96, 2002.
[10]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: Inuence of orientation errors on quasihomogeneity of composite laminates. Composites Science and Technology, v. 63, pp. 739-749, 2003.
[11]  E. Valot, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: A linear theory for laminates composed of coupled layers. Composite Structures, v. 60, pp. 413-429, 2003.
[12]  E. Valot, P. Vannucci: Some exact solutions for fully orthotropic laminates. Com-posite Structures, v. 69, pp. 157-166, 2005.
[13]  P. Vannucci: Plane anisotropy by the polar method. Meccanica, v. 40, pp. 437-454, 2005.
[14]  P. Vannucci: Designing the elastic properties of laminates as an optimization problem:a unified approach based on polar tensor invariants. International Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, v. 31, pp. 378-387, 2006.
[15]  P. Vannucci, J. Pouget: Laminates with given piezoelectric expansion coefficients. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, v. 13, pp. 419-427, 2006.
[16]  P. Vannucci, A. Vincenti: The design of laminates with given thermal/hygral expansion coefficients: a general approach based upon the polar-genetic method. Composite Structures, v. 79, pp. 454-466, 2007.
[17]  P. Vannucci: The polar analysis of a third order piezoelectricity-like plane tensor. International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 44, pp. 7803-7815, 2007.
[18]  P. Vannucci: Inuence of invariant material parameters on the exural optimal design of thin anisotropic laminates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, v. 51, pp. 192-203, 2009.
[19]  P. Vannucci : ALE-PSO : an adaptive swarm algorithm to solve design problems of laminates. Algorithms, v. 2, pp. 710-734, 2009.
[20]  P. Vannucci, R. Barsotti, S. Bennati: Exact optimal exural design of laminates. Composite Structures, v. 90, pp. 337-345, 2009.
[21]  P. Vannucci: On special anisotropy of paper. Journal of Elasticity, v. 99, pp. 75-83, 2010. Review of the paper on Mathematical Reviews
[22]  P. Vannucci, G. Verchery: Anisotropy of plane complex bodies. International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 47, pp. 1154-1166, 2010.
[23]  A. Vincenti, M. R. Ahmadian & P. Vannucci: BIANCA: a genetic algorithm to solve hard combinatorial optimisation problems in engineering. Journal of Global Optimization, v. 48, pp. 399-421, 2010.
[24]  M. R. Ahmadian, A. Vincenti & P. Vannucci: A general strategy for the optimal design of composite laminates by the polar-genetic method. Materials & Design, v. 32, pp. 2317-2327, 2011.
[25]  P. Vannucci: A new general approach for optimising the performances of smart laminates. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, v. 18, pp. 558-568, 2011.
[26]  G. Giunta, A. Catapano, S. Belouettar, P. Vannucci & E. Carrera: Failure analysis of composite plates subjected to localized loadings via a unified formulation. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, v. 138, pp. 458-467, 2012.
[27]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci, M. R. Ahmadian: Optimization of laminated composites by using genetic algorithm and the polar description of plane anisotropy. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2012 (in press).
[28]  P. Vannucci: Strange laminates. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2012 (in press).
[29]  A. Catapano, B. Desmorat & P. Vannucci: Invariant formulation of phenomenological failure criteria for orthotropic sheets and optimisation of their strength. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2012 (in press).
[30]  M. Montemurro, H. Nasser, Y. Koutsawa, S. Belouettar, A. Vincenti & P. Vannucci: Identification of electromechanical properties of piezoelectric structures through evolutionary optimisation techniques. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2012 (in press).
[31]  M. Montemurro, A Vincenti & P. Vannucci: A two-level procedure for the global optimum design of composite modular structures - Application to the design of an aircraft wing. Part 1: theoretical formulation. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2012 (in press). Invited paper.
[32]  M. Montemurro, A Vincenti & P. Vannucci: A two-level procedure for the global optimum design of composite modular structures - Application to the design of an aircraft wing. Part 2: numerical aspects and examples. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2012 (in press). Invited paper.
[33]  M. Montemurro, Y. Koutsawa, S. Belouettar, A. Vincenti & P. Vannucci: Design of damping properties of hybrid laminates through a global optimization strategy. Composite Structures, 2012 (in press).
[34]  M. Montemurro, A. Vincenti & P. Vannucci: Design of elastic properties of laminates with minimum number of plies. Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2012 (in press).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  P. Vannucci, S. Aivazzadeh & G. Verchery: A comparative analysis of some theories and finite elements for sandwich plates and shells. Euromech 360: Mechanics of Sandwich Structures, pp. 45-52. Editor: A. Vautrin. St. Etienne, 13-15 May 1997.
[2]  P. Vannucci, G. Verchery: Designing with anisotropy. Part 2: Laminates without membrane-exure coupling. ICCM 12 (Twelfth International Conference on Composite Materials), paper 572. Paris, 5-9 July 1999.
[3]  P. Vannucci, X. J. Gong & G. Verchery: Designing with anisotropy. Part 3: Quasihomogeneous anisotropic laminates. ICCM 12 (Twelfth International Conference on Composite Materials), paper 573. Paris, 5-9 July 1999.
[4]  G. Verchery, P. Vannucci & V. Person: The polar method as a tool for solving inverse problems of the classical laminated plate theory. ISIP 2000 (International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics), Nagano, 7-10 March 2000. In : Inverse problems in engineering mechanics II, pp. 317-326. Editors: M. Tanaka and G. S. Dulikravich.
[5]  X. J. Gong, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: Effect of adjacent layer fiber orientation on the resistance of laminates to delamination fracture. ICCM 13 (Thirteenth International Conference on Composite Materials), paper 1293. Beijing, 25-29 June 2001.
[6]  F. Belaid, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: Numerical investigation of the inuence of orientation defects on bending-tension coupling of laminates. ICCM 13 (Thirteenth International Conference on Composite Materials), paper 1406. Beijing, 25-29 June 2001.
[7]  E. Valot, G. Verchery, N. Akkus, & P. Vannucci, J. Rousseau & S. Aivazzadeh: Ultimate strength of quasi-isotropic laminates in tension: theoretical and experimental analysis. DURACOSYS 2001 - 5th International Conference on Durability Analysis of Composite Systems. Tokyo, 6-9 November 2001.
[8]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci, G. Verchery & F. Belaid: Effects of orientation errors on stiffness properties of composite laminates. 8th Japanese-European Symposium. Tokio, 16-17 April 2002.
[9]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: BIANCA: a genetic algorithm to solve laminate design problems. ICCM14 (Fourteenth International Conference on Com- posite Materials). San Diego, 14-18 July 2003.
[10]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci & G. Verchery: Design of composite laminates as an optimization problem: a new genetic algorithm approach based upon tensor polar invariants. WCSMO 5 (Fifth World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization). Lido di Jesolo - 19-23 May 2003.
[11]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci: Tailoring Expansion Coefficients of Laminates: A New General Optimal Approach Based upon the Polar-Genetic Method. WCSMO6 (Sixth World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization). Rio de Janeiro, 30 May-3 June 2005.
[12]  A. Fernandes, A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci & J. Pouget: Optimal design of composites including piezoelectric active layers. II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on smart structures and materials. Editors C.A. Mota Soares et al.. Lisbon, 18-21 July 2005.
[13]  A. Vincenti, P. Vannucci: Optimal design of smart composite laminates by the polar method and the genetic algorithm BIANCA. III European Conference on Computational Mechanics- Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineer- ing. Editors C.A. Mota Soares et al. Lisbon, 5-8 June 2006.
[14]  A. Vincenti, M. R. Ahmadian & P. Vannucci: A general approach to optimal design of composite laminates with respect to limit states. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Mechanical Response of Composites, Porto, 12-14 September 2007.
[15]  P. Vannucci: Global optimal design of composite laminates by an adaptive PSO algorithm. ICCM17 - International Conference on composite Materials 17. Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009.
[16]  M. Montemurro, Y. Koutsawa, S. Belouettar, A. Vincenti and P. Vannucci: Optimal design of damping properties of hybrid elastomer-composite plates. ECCM15 - 15th European Conference on Composite Materials. Venice, 24-28 June 2012.
[17]  A. Catapano, B. Desmorat and P. Vannucci: Strength optimisation of orthotropic plates through invariant formulation of phenomenological failure criteria. ECCM15 - 15th European Conference on Composite Materials. Venice, 24-28 June 2012.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  P. Vannucci, A. Vincenti, B. Desmorat: Design problems of anisotropic structures: some recent results. In: Variational analysis and aerospace engineering: mathe-matical challenges for aerospace design. G. Buttazzo and A. Frediani Editors, pp.395-426. Springer-Verlag, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2435-2 17