MAE Speaker Series Seminar on The XDOF Beams/Plates/Shell/3D CUF Based Approach to Develop FEM 2.0 for The Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Structures, Including Multifield and Laminates

07 Sep 2026 10.30 AM - 11.30 AM LT12 (North Spine, NS2-04-13) Current Students, Public

Professor Erasmo Carrera

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

This seminar will be chaired by A/P Sunil Chandrakant Joshi.

Seminar Abstract

It is well known that assumptions in classical beam, plate and shell theories can lead to solutions that deviate significantly from exact ones. The Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF) provides a hierarchical framework for developing structural theories for beams, plates and shells, including laminated structures and multifield loadings. Its Equivalent Single Layer, Layer-Wise, Component-Wise and Node Dependent Kinematics approaches have been successfully applied to composite structures and to mechanical, thermal, electromechanical, linear and nonlinear problems. The lecture introduces the X-DOF method, which enables arbitrary assumptions for each displacement component (Degree of Freedom, DOF), with applications to metallic and laminated composite beams, plates and shells. The combination of X-DOF and Node-Dependent Kinematics (NDK) leads to FEM 2.0, the next generation of the Finite Element Method, providing appropriate structural models at each point and direction for effective computational modelling and structural analysis.

Speaker's Biography 

Erasmo Carrera is a Professor of Aerospace Structures and Aeroelasticity at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He obtained his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1991 and introduced the Reissner Mixed Variational Theorem (RMVT) and the Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF), establishing frameworks for the development of linear and nonlinear theories of beams, plates and shells for metallic and composite multilayered structures under multifield loadings. Professor Carrera has authored or co-authored approximately 800 papers, including books and articles in leading international journals. He is founder and leader of the MUL2 group at Politecnico di Torino and has been recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher (Top 100 Scientist) by Thomson Reuters. He is Editor in-Chief of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures and founder and Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science. He is a member of several prestigious academies and currently serves as President of A.I.D.A.A.

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