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AGNELLI Silvia
Docenti di ruolo di IIa fascia
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Silvia Agnelli - materials engineer with expertise in mechanical characterization of polymeric and elastomeric materials
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Curriculum Vitae
Present position: Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the University of Brescia (I).
Main research interests
Her research activities deal with the mechanical characterization of polymeric materials to boost and to support the development of new materials and their use in engineering and demanding applications.
Education:
2011: European Ph.D. degree in Materials for Engineering (University of Brescia)
2007: Master Degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Brescia (110/110 cum laude)
2005: Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Brescia (110/110 cum laude)
Research experience:
• International research experiences:
2018 (3 months): guest researcher At Montanuniversität Leoben and Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (Leoben, A), topic: “Fracture characterization of polimeric materials”
2010 (3 months): visiting research student at Cranfield University (Shrivenham, Swindon, UK), topic: “High strain rate properties of composites and polymers”.
2009 (3 months): guest researcher at Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Merseburg, Halle, D), topic: “Fracture behaviour of rubbers in instrumented tensile impact tests”
• Member of the Technical Committee 4 “Polymers, Polymer Composites and Adhesives” of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) [www.structuralintegrity.eu], which develops fracture mechanics testing methodologies for the determination of the fracture resistance of polymers, composites and adhesives.
• 2014: Member of the organizing committee of the national conference “XIII Convegno Nazionale di Reologia” held at the University of Brescia
• 2017: member of the academic board of the Doctoral Research in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the University of Brescia
Main research interests
Her research activities deal with the mechanical characterization of polymeric materials to boost and to support the development of new materials and their use in engineering and demanding applications.
Education:
2011: European Ph.D. degree in Materials for Engineering (University of Brescia)
2007: Master Degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Brescia (110/110 cum laude)
2005: Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Brescia (110/110 cum laude)
Research experience:
• International research experiences:
2018 (3 months): guest researcher At Montanuniversität Leoben and Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (Leoben, A), topic: “Fracture characterization of polimeric materials”
2010 (3 months): visiting research student at Cranfield University (Shrivenham, Swindon, UK), topic: “High strain rate properties of composites and polymers”.
2009 (3 months): guest researcher at Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Merseburg, Halle, D), topic: “Fracture behaviour of rubbers in instrumented tensile impact tests”
• Member of the Technical Committee 4 “Polymers, Polymer Composites and Adhesives” of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) [www.structuralintegrity.eu], which develops fracture mechanics testing methodologies for the determination of the fracture resistance of polymers, composites and adhesives.
• 2014: Member of the organizing committee of the national conference “XIII Convegno Nazionale di Reologia” held at the University of Brescia
• 2017: member of the academic board of the Doctoral Research in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the University of Brescia
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CARATTERIZZAZIONE MECCANICA DEI MATERIALI
STUDIO DELLE CORRELAZIONI PROCESSO-STRUTTURA-PROPRIETÀ
SVILUPPO DI METODOLOGIE DI PROVA MECCANICA PER I MATERIALI
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Research fields
The research activity of Silvia Agnelli is mainly experimental and concerns the study of the mechanical behavior of polymeric materials and the development of new test methods for the determination of their resistance properties. The final aim of this activity is to support and to boost the development of new polymeric materials and their use in engineering and demanding applications.
The materials studied are toughened polymers, nanofilled polymers, filled rubbers and polymeric hydrogels.
The research activities can be grouped in three main areas:
1. development of fracture mechanics testing methodologies for ductile and soft (elastomers, hydrogels) polymeric materials, both in quasi-static and impact conditions.
2. Study of property-structure relationships in elastomeric systems reinforced with micro- and nano-fillers: analysis of reinforcement of elastomeric systems promoted by hybrid fillers; study of anisotropy effects promoted by nanofillers in elastomeric systems.
3. Analysis of large deformational behavior of polymers: measurement of yield stress of polymers in impact conditions; study of time and temperature effects on the plastic behavior of polymers during the fracture process of a ductile polymer.
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