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Alma universitas studiorum parmensis A.D. 962 - Università di Parma Alma universitas studiorum parmensis A.D. 962 - Università di Parma
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Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies
Università degli Studi di Parma

Digital Dynamics Lab

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The Digital Dynamics Lab focuses on the development of computer methods for mechanical problems. In this context, the lab puts forward research in the field of finite elements, multibody systems, particle methods, non-smooth dynamics.  
We collaborate with companies and other research centers to deliver ad-hoc software solutions for complex engineering problems, with applications in the field of aerospace, automation, robotics, vehicle dynamics, mechanisms and kinematics.
Our developments leverage last-generation technology such as artificial intelligence, GPU computing, immersive visualization and real-time simulation.
Thanks to our knowledge in the field of applied and theoretical mechanics, our software tools define the state of the art for problems involving complex challenges such as contacts, collisions or real-time constraints. Our code base amounts to more than half a million of lines of C++code.

 

Contact person: Prof. Alessandro Tasora  alessandro.tasora@unipr.it

Recent Research Projects

  • Developement of multibody software for simulation of wind turbines. With Goldwind Ltd. (ricerca finanziata da privati)
  • Numerical methods for simulation of mixing devices. With WAM / Politecnico di Milano. (ricerca finanziata da privati)
  • Innovative robotic systems for packaging. SIDEL. With (ricerca finanziata da privati)
  • Development of model-based software library for vehicle dynamics. With ALTAIR. (ricerca finanziata da privati)
  • Real-time photorealistic visualization tool for man-in-the-loop FMU simulation. With ALTAIR. (ricerca finanziata da privati)
  • INCANTO - INdividual Customised biomedicAl devices manufactured and supplied through a Networked platform to Treat widespread sOcial diseases project.  2020. (International project)
  • PrINT - Program for Institutional Internationalization of the Higher Education Institutions and Research Institutions of Brazil (2019). (International project)

Selected publications

S. BENATTI, A. YOUNG, A. ELMQUIST, J. TAVES, A. TASORA, R. SERBAN, D. NEGRUT
End-to-end learning for off-road terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
Multibody System Dynamics, 2022 doi: 10.1007/s11044-022-09816-1

TASORA A., MANGONI D., BENATTI S., GARZIERA R.
Solving Variational Inequalities and Cone Complementarity Problems in Non-Smooth Dynamics using the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol.122: 4093-4113, 2021 doi: 10.1002/nme.6693

G. LEGNANI, I. FASSI, A. TASORA, D. FUSAI
A practical algorithm for smooth interpolation between different angular positions
Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 162, pag. 104341, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104341

A. TASORA, S. BENATTI, D. MANGONI, R. GARZIERA
A geometrically exact isogeometric beam for large displacements and contacts
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.358, pag. 112635, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.112635

A. TASORA, D. MANGONI, D. NEGRUT, P. JAYAKUMAR
Deformable soil with adaptive level of detail for tracked and wheeled vehicles
International Journal of Vehicle Performance, Vol. 5, No. 1, pag.60-76, 2019. doi: 10.1504/IJVP.2019.097098

R. SERBAN, M. TAYLOR, D. NEGRUT, A. TASORA
Chrono::Vehicle Template-Based Ground Vehicle Modeling and Simulation
International Journal of Vehicle Performance, Vol. 5, No. 1, pag.18-39, 2019. doi: 10.1504/IJVP.2019.097096

V. BEATINI, G. ROYER-CARFAGNI, A. TASORA
A Non-Smooth-Contact-Dynamics analysis of Brunelleschi's cupola. An octagonal vault or a circular dome?
Meccanica, Vol. 54,(3) pag. 525-547, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s11012-018-00934-9

V. BEATINI, G. ROYER-CARFAGNI, A. TASORA
Modeling the shear failure of segmental arches
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.158, pag.21-39, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.08.023

D. MANGONI, A. TASORA, R. GARZIERA
A primal-dual predictor-corrector interior point method for non-smooth contact dynamics
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol.330, pag.351-367, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2017.10.030

V. BEATINI, G. ROYER-CARFAGNI, A. TASORA
The role of frictional contact of constituent blocks on the stability of masonry domes
Proceedings of the Royal Society, part A, vol.474(2209), pag.20170740, 2018, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2017.0740

D. NEGRUT, R. SERBAN, A. TASORA
Posing Multibody Dynamics with Friction and Contact as a Differential Complementarity Problem
Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2017, doi: 10.1115/1.4037415

N. ROBUSCHI, F. BRAGHIN, A. CORIGLIANO, A. GHISI, A. TASORA
On the dynamics of a high frequency oscillator for mechanical watches
MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY , vol 117, p.276-293, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.07.013

V. BEATINI, G.C. ROYER, A. TASORA
A regularized non-smooth contact dynamics approach for architectural masonry structures
COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES , vol 187, p.88-100, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2017.02.002

F. FERRARI, A. TASORA, P. MASARATI, M. LAVAGNA
N-body gravitational and contact dynamics for asteroid aggregation
MULTIBODY SYSTEM DYNAMICS , vol 39(1), p.3-20, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s11044-016-9547-2

 

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