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Liguori, Pietro and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2024. Large deformation of soft dielectric cylindrical tubes under external radial electric field. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 10.1177/10812865241231208

Chen, Zhijiang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-9572, Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036 and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2023. Negative refraction for anti-plane elastic waves in canonical quasicrystalline laminates. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 100 , 104577. 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104577

Liguori, Pietro and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2023. New actuation modes of composite dielectric elastomers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 479 (2275) , 20230168. 10.1098/rspa.2023.0168

Chen, Zhijiang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-9572, Farhat, Abdelbaset K.M. and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2023. Universal representation of dynamic frequency spectra for canonical generalised quasicrystalline-generated waveguides. Presented at: Euromech Colloquium 626, Keele, U.K., 6-8 September 2021. Published in: Altenbach, Holm, Prikazchikov, Danila and Nobili, Andrea eds. Mechanics of High-Contrast Elastic Solids: Advanced Structured Materials. , vol.187 pp. 65-74. 10.1007/978-3-031-24141-3_5

Chen, Zhijiang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-9572, Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036 and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2022. On the adoption of canonical quasi-crystalline laminates to achieve pure negative refraction of elastic waves. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 380 (2237) , 20210401. 10.1098/rsta.2021.0401

Kanik, Muhammet Enis, Noorikalkhoran, Omid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-1663, Fernández-Cosials, Kevin and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2022. Full scope 3D analysis of a VVER-1000 containment pressurization during a LB-LOCA by employing AutoCAD and GOTHIC code. Progress in Nuclear Energy 152 , 104376. 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104376

Farhat, A. K. M., Morini, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036 and Gei, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2022. Silver-mean canonical quasicrystalline-generated phononic waveguides. Journal of Sound and Vibration 523 , 116679. 10.1016/j.jsv.2021.116679

Rossi, Marco, Veber, Daniele and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2020. Numerical assessment of the performance of elastic cloaks for transient flexural waves. Frontiers in Materials 7 , p. 385. 10.3389/fmats.2020.603667

Bafrani, Hamidreza Arab, Noori-kalkhoran, Omid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-1663, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Ahangari, Rohollah and Mirzaee, Mohammad Mahdi 2020. On the use of boundary conditions and thermophysical properties of nanoparticles for application of nanofluids as coolant in nuclear power plants; a numerical study. Progress in Nuclear Energy 126 , 103417. 10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103417

Hamedani, A., Noori-Kalkhoran, O., Ahangari, R. and Gei, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2020. Evaluation of single heated channel and subchannel modeling of a nuclear once through steam generator (OTSG). Kerntechnik 85 (1) , pp. 54-67. 10.3139/124.110993

Noori-kalkhoran, Omid and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2020. Evaluation of neutron radiation damage in zircaloy fuel clad of nuclear power plants: a study based on PKA and dpa calculations. Progress in Nuclear Energy 118 , 103079. 10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103079

Morini, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036, Tetik, Z. G., Shmuel, G. and Gei, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 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) , 20190240. 10.1098/rsta.2019.0240

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Chen, Zhijiang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-9572, Bosi, Federico and Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036 2020. Phononic canonical quasicrystalline waveguides. Applied Physics Letters 116 (24) , 241903. 10.1063/5.0013528

Volpini, Valentina, Bardella, Lorenzo and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2019. A note on the solution of the electro-elastic boundary-value problem for rank-two laminates at finite strains. Meccanica 54 (13) , pp. 1971-1982. 10.1007/s11012-019-00974-9

Calabrese, Luigi, Berardo, Alice, De Rossi, Danilo, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Pugno, Nicola M and Fantoni, Gualtiero 2019. A soft robot structure with limbless resonant, stick and slip locomotion. Smart Materials and Structures 28 (10) , 104005. 10.1088/1361-665X/ab3de1

Noori-kalkhoran, Omid, Jafari-ouregani, Najmeh, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Ahangari, Rohollah 2019. Simulation of hydrogen distribution and effect of Engineering Safety Features (ESFs) on its mitigation in a WWER-1000 containment. Nuclear Science and Techniques 30 (6) , 97. 10.1007/s41365-019-0624-0

Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036, Eyzat, Yoann and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 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

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Mutasa, Kudzai C.K. 2018. Optimisation of hierarchical dielectric elastomer laminated composites. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 106 , pp. 266-273. 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2018.06.005

Calabrese, Luigi, Frediani, Gabriele, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, De Rossi, Danilo and Carpi, Federico 2018. Active compression bandage made of electroactive elastomers. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 23 (5) , pp. 2328-2337. 10.1109/TMECH.2018.2860789

Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036 and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 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

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Misseroni, Diego 2018. Experimental investigation of progressive instability and collapse of no-tension brickwork pillars. International Journal of Solids and Structures 155 , pp. 81-88. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.07.010

Al Mutairi, M. S., Stankowski, Lukasz, Rodrigo, Rodriguez C. and Gei, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2018. Effects of a moving load on a nonhomogeneous bridge beam. Presented at: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2018: Planning, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Systems, Pittsburgh, US, 15–18 Jul 2018. Published in: Wang, Y and McNerney, M eds. International Conference on Transportation and Development 2018: Planning, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Systems. American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 353-362. 10.1061/9780784481561.035

Broseghini, M, Zanetti, P, Jefferson, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-2521 and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2018. Progressive instability in circular masonry columns. Engineering Structures 157 , pp. 96-104. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.11.044

Noorikalkhoran, Omid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-1663 and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2018. Simulation of hydrogen distribution due to in-vessel severe accident in WWER-1000 NPP containment: a comparison of CONTAIN and MELCOR codes results. Presented at: 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, London, UK, 22-26 Jul 2018. 2018 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Thermal-Hydraulics and Safety Analyses. , vol.6B ASME, V06BT08A071-V06BT08A071. 10.1115/ICONE26-82635

Schlaak, F. Helmut, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Bortot, Eliana, Haus, Henry and Moessinger, Holger 2016. Dielectric Elastomer as EAPs: Models. Carpi, Federico, ed. Electromechanically Active Polymers, Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series, Springer International Publishing, pp. 715-738.

Bortot, Eliana, Denzer, Ralf, Menzel, Andreas and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2016. Analysis of viscoelastic soft dielectric elastomer generators operating in an electrical circuit. International Journal of Solids and Structures 78-79 , pp. 205-215. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.06.004

Bortot, Eliana and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2015. Harvesting energy with load-driven dielectric elastomer annular membranes deforming out-of-plane. Extreme Mechanics Letters 5 , pp. 62-73. 10.1016/j.eml.2015.09.009

Bortot, Eliana, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and deBotton, Gal 2015. Optimal energy harvesting cycles for load-driven dielectric elastomer generators under equibiaxial deformation. Meccanica 50 (11) , pp. 2751-2766. 10.1007/s11012-015-0213-1

Bortot, Eliana and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2015. Harvesting energy with an out-of-plane dielectric elastomer generator. PAMM 15 (1) , pp. 379-380. 10.1002/pamm.201510180

Carpi, Federico, Anderson, Iain, Bauer, Siegfried, Frediani, Gabriele, Gallone, Giuseppe, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Graaf, Christian, Jean-Mistral, Claire, Kaal, William, Kofod, Guggi, Kollosche, Matthias, Kornbluh, Roy, Lassen, Benny, Matysek, Marc, Michel, Silvain, Nowak, Stephan, O'Brien, Benjamin, Pei, Qibing, Pelrine, Ron, Rechenbach, Björn, Rosset, Samuel and Shea, Herbert 2015. Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers. Smart Materials and Structures 24 (10) , 105025. 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105025

Bortot, Eliana, Springhetti, Roberta, deBotton, Gal and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2015. Optimization of load-driven soft dielectric elastomer generators. Procedia IUTAM 12 , pp. 42-51. 10.1016/j.piutam.2014.12.006

Colquitt, D. J., Brun, M., Gei, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Movchan, A. B., Movchan, N. V. and Jones, I. S. 2014. Transformation elastodynamics and cloaking for flexural waves. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 72 , pp. 131-143. 10.1016/j.jmps.2014.07.014

Bortot, Eliana, Denzer, Ralf, Menzel, Andreas and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2014. Analysis of a viscous soft dielectric elastomer generator operating in an electrical circuit. PAMM 14 (1) , pp. 511-512. 10.1002/pamm.201410243

Springhetti, Roberta, Bortot, Eliana, deBotton, Gal and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2014. Optimal energy-harvesting cycles for load-driven dielectric generators in plane strain. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 79 (5) , pp. 929-946. 10.1093/imamat/hxu025

Bosi, F., Piccolroaz, A., Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Dal Corso, E., Cocquio, A. and Bigoni, D. 2014. Experimental investigation of the elastoplastic response of aluminum silicate spray dried powder during cold compaction. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34 (11) , pp. 2633-2642. 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.11.037

Bortot, Eliana, Springhetti, Roberta and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2014. Enhanced soft dielectric composite generators: the role of ceramic fillers. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34 (11) , pp. 2623-2632. 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.12.014

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Colonnelli, Stefania and Springhetti, Roberta 2014. The role of electrostriction on the stability of dielectric elastomer actuators. International Journal of Solids and Structures 51 (3-4) , pp. 848-860. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.11.011

Bigoni, D., Carini, A., Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Salvadori, A. 2013. Special issue: fracture phenomena in nature and technology[foreword]. International Journal of Fracture 184 (1-2) , p. 1.

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Springhetti, Roberta and Bortot, Eliana 2013. Performance of soft dielectric laminated composites. Smart Materials and Structures 22 (10) , 104014. 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104014

Carpi, Federico and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2013. Predictive stress-stretch models of elastomers up to the characteristic flex. Smart Materials and Structures 22 (10) , 104011. 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104011

Shmuel, Gal, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and deBotton, Gal 2012. The Rayleigh-Lamb wave propagation in dielectric elastomer layers subjected to large deformations. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 47 (2) , pp. 307-316. 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.06.013

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Colonnelli, Stefania and Springhetti, Roberta 2012. A framework to investigate instabilities of homogeneous and composite dielectric elastomer actuators. SPIE Proceedings: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 8340 10.1117/12.915340

Jones, I. S., Movchan, A. B. and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2011. Waves and damage in structured solids with multi-scale resonators. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 467 (2128) , pp. 964-984. 10.1098/rspa.2010.0319

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Roccabianca, Sara and Bacca, Mattia 2011. Controlling bandgap in electroactive polymer-based structures. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 16 (1) , pp. 102-107. 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2090165

Roccabianca, Sara, Bigoni, Davide and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2011. Long wavelength bifurcations and multiple neutral axes of elastic layered structures subject to finite bending. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures 6 (1-4) , pp. 511-527. 10.2140/jomms.2011.6.511

Bertoldi, Katia and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2011. Instabilities in multilayered soft dielectrics. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 59 (1) , pp. 18-42. 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.10.001

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2010. Wave propagation in quasiperiodic structures: stop/pass band distribution and prestress effects. International Journal of Solids and Structures 47 (22-23) , pp. 3067-3075. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.07.008

Roccabianca, S., Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Bigoni, D. 2010. Plane strain bifurcations of elastic layered structures subject to finite bending: theory versus experiments. Ima Journal of Applied Mathematics 75 (4) , pp. 525-548. 10.1093/imamat/hxq020

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Bertoldi, Katia, deBotton, G. and Lewinstein, A. 2010. Microscopic and macroscopic instabilities in dielectric composite actuators. Presented at: Actuator 10: International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems, Bremen, Germany, 14-16 June 2010. Actuator 10: International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems. Proceedings of Actuator 10: International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems. pp. 838-841.

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Movchan, A. B. and Jones, I. S. 2009. Junction conditions for cracked elastic thin solids under bending and shear. Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 62 (4) , pp. 481-493. 10.1093/qjmam/hbp017

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Movchan, A. B. and Bigoni, D. 2009. Band-gap shift and defect-induced annihilation in prestressed elastic structures. Journal of Applied Physics 105 (6) , 063507. 10.1063/1.3093694

Colli, Sergia, Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Bigoni, Davide 2009. A boundary element formulation for incremental nonlinear elastic deformation of compressible solids. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Science 40 (1) , pp. 29-62. 10.3970/cmes.2009.040.029

Bigoni, D., Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Movchan, A. B. 2008. Dynamics of a prestressed stiff layer on an elastic half space: filtering and band gap characteristics of periodic structural models derived from long-wave asymptotics. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56 (7) , pp. 2494-2520. 10.1016/j.jmps.2008.02.007

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2008. Elastic waves guided by a material interface. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 27 (3) , pp. 328-345. 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2007.10.002

Bigoni, Davide, Dal Corso, Francesco and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2008. The stress concentration near a rigid line inclusion in a prestressed, elastic material. Part II. Implications on shear band nucleation, growth and energy release rate. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56 (3) , pp. 839-857. 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.07.003

Dal Corso, Francesco, Bigoni, Davide and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2008. The stress concentration near a rigid line inclusion in a prestressed, elastic material. Part I. Full-field solution and asymptotics. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56 (3) , pp. 815-838. 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.07.002

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Magnarelli, Lorenzo 2006. The role of multifield theories in the modelling of active materials. Presented at: Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), San Diego, CA, USA, 26 February 2006. Published in: Bar-Cohen, Yoseph ed. Proc. SPIE 6168, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD). , vol.6168 SPIE, J1680-J1680. 10.1117/12.658787

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Rovati, Marco and Veber, Daniele 2006. Effect of internal length scale on optimal topologies for cosserat continua. Bendsøe, Martin Philip, Olhoff, Niels and Sigmund, Ole, eds. IUTAM Symposium on Topological Design Optimization of Structures, Machines and Materials, Vol. 137. Springer, pp. 157-166. (10.1007/1-4020-4752-5_16)

Radi, E and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2004. Mode III crack growth in linear hardening materials with strain gradient effects. International Journal of Fracture 130 (4) , pp. 765-785. 10.1007/s10704-004-2549-8

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Bigoni, D. and Franceschini, G. 2004. Thermoelastic small-amplitude wave propagation in nonlinear elastic multilayers. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 9 (5) , pp. 555-568. 10.1177/1081286504038675

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Bigoni, D. and Guicciardi, S. 2004. Failure of silicon nitride under uniaxial compression at high temperature. Mechanics of Materials 36 (4) , pp. 335-345. 10.1016/S0167-6636(03)00063-2

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 and Ogden, R. W. 2002. Vibration of a surface-coated elastic block subject to bending. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 7 (6) , pp. 607-628. 10.1177/108128602029657

Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504, Genna, F. and Bigoni, D. 2002. An interface model for the periodontal ligament. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 124 (5) , pp. 538-546. 10.1115/1.1502664

Bigoni, D. and Gei, Massimiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7504 2001. Bifurcations of a coated, elastic cylinder. International Journal of Solids and Structures 38 (30-31) , pp. 5117-5148. 10.1016/S0020-7683(00)00322-X