Lorenzo Morini
Lecturer in Advanced Solid Mechanics
- morinil@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5818
- W/2.32, Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
I am Lecturer in Advanced Solid Mechanics at the School of Engineering and member of the Applied and Computational Mechanics Group. My research activity is at the intersection of structural engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. My main research interests are:
- Quasiperiodic and quasicrystalline structures and materials.
- Wave dynamics in mechanical metamaterials.
- Multiphysics mechanics in renewable energy devices.
- Fracture mechanics in continuum and structured media.
- Generalized continuum theories.
- PhD in Physics, University of Pavia, Italy, 2011.
- MSc in Applied Physics, University of Bologna, Italy, 2007.
- BSc in Physics, University of Bologna, Italy, 2004.
Academic positions
- 2019-present: Lecturer in Advanced Solid Mechanics, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK;
- 2016-2019 Marie Curie SIRCIW Cofund Fellow, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK;
- 2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy;
- 2013-2016 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy;
- 2011-2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Science and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Committees and reviewing
Reviewer for the following international journals:
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Journal of Elasticity
- Mechanics Research Communications
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
- Applied Mathematical Modelling
- Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
- Scientific Reports
- Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
- Acta Mechanica et Automatica
2020
- Morini, L.et al. 2020. On the universality of the frequency spectrum and band-gap optimisation of quasicrystalline-generated structured rods. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378(2162), article number: 20190240. (10.1098/rsta.2019.0240)
2019
- Morini, L., Eyzat, Y. and Gei, M. 2019. Negative refraction in quasicrystalline multilayered metamaterials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 124, pp. 282-298. (10.1016/j.jmps.2018.10.016)
2018
- Morini, L. and Gei, M. 2018. Waves in one-dimensional quasicrystalline structures: dynamical trace mapping, scaling and self-similarity of the spectrum. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 119, pp. 83-103. (10.1016/j.jmps.2018.06.007)
- Pryce, L.et al. 2018. Interfacial cracks in piezoelectric bimaterials: an approach based on weight functions and boundary integral equations. Meccanica 53(1-2), pp. 251-277. (10.1007/s11012-017-0707-0)
2016
- Bacigalupo, A., Morini, L. and Piccolroaz, A. 2016. Overall thermomechanical properties of layered materials for energy devices applications. Composite Structures 157, pp. 366-385. (10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.07.048)
- Radi, E., Morini, L. and Sevostianov, I. 2016. Conservation integrals for two circular holes kept at different temperatures in a thermoelastic solid. International Journal of Solids and Structures 85-86, pp. 1-14. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.01.013)
- Bacigalupo, A., Morini, L. and Piccolroaz, A. 2016. Multiscale asymptotic homogenization analysis of thermo-diffusive composite materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures 85-86, pp. 15-33. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.01.016)
2015
- Morini, L. and Piccolroaz, A. 2015. Boundary integral formulation for interfacial cracks in thermodiffusive bimaterials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 471(2181), article number: 20150284. (10.1098/rspa.2015.0284)
2014
- Bacigalupo, A., Morini, L. and Piccolroaz, A. 2014. Effective elastic properties of planar SOFCs: a non-local dynamic homogenization approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39(27), pp. 15017-15030. (10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.104)
- Morini, L., Piccolroaz, A. and Mishuris, G. 2014. Remarks on the energy release rate for an antiplane moving crack in couple stress elasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures 51(18), pp. 3087-3100. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.05.005)
2013
- Pryce, L., Morini, L. and Mishuris, G. 2013. Weight function approach to a crack propagating along a bimaterial interface under arbitrary loading in an anisotropic solid. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures 8(8-10), pp. 479-500. (10.2140/jomms.2013.8.479)
- Morini, L.et al. 2013. On fracture criteria for dynamic crack propagation in elastic materials with couple stresses. International Journal of Engineering Science 71, pp. 45-61. (10.1016/j.ijengsci.2013.05.005)
- Morini, L.et al. 2013. Integral identities for a semi-infinite interfacial crack in anisotropic elastic bimaterials. International Journal of Solids and Structures 50(9), pp. 1437-1448. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.01.021)
- Morini, L.et al. 2013. Stroh formalism in analysis of skew-symmetric and symmetric weight functions for interfacial cracks. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 18(2), pp. 135-152. (10.1177/1081286512462299)
- Morini, L., Piccolroaz, A. and Mishuris, G. 2013. Dynamic energy release rate in couple-stress elasticity. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 451, article number: 12014. (10.1088/1742-6596/451/1/012014)
- Pryce, L., Morini, L. and Mishuris, G. 2013. Analysis of interfacial crack propagation under asymmetric loading in anisotropic materials. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 451, article number: 12011. (10.1088/1742-6596/451/1/012011)
2012
- Peysson, Y., Decker, J. and Morini, L. 2012. A versatile ray-tracing code for studying rf wave propagation in toroidal magnetized plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 54(4), article number: 45003. (10.1088/0741-3335/54/4/045003)
2011
- Peysson, Y.et al. 2011. RF current drive and plasma fluctuations. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 53(12), article number: 124028. (10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124028)
- Saoutic, B.et al. 2011. Contribution of Tore Supra in preparation of ITER. Nuclear Fusion 51(9), article number: 94014. (10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094014)
2007
- Cardinali, A.et al. 2007. Analysis of the validity of the asymptotic techniques in the lower hybrid wave equation solution for reactor applications. Physics of Plasmas 14(11), pp. 112506. (10.1063/1.2805435)
Modules thought in BEng, MEng and MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering:
2018 - 2020: EN4570/ENT570. Dynamics. 4th year MEng and MSc. Module leader.
2019 - 2020: EN4574/ENT700. Advanced Structural Dynamics. 4th year MEng and MSc. Module leader.
2018 - 2020: ENT725. Engineering Case Study. MSc module. Assistant lecturer.
2019 - 2020: EN1916. Structures. 1st year BEng and MEng. Assistant lecturer.
Research theme: Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing
I am currently interested in supervising MSc and PhD students in the areas of:
- Mechanics of quasicrystalline materials and structures;
- Dynamical phenomena in mechanical metamaterials;
- Wave and fracture propagation in lattice materials;
- Multiphysics mechanics in renewable energy devices.