Publications
Ph.D. thesis
Noselli, G. (2011).
Structural-model experiments revealing bifurcation, instability and localization.
Doctoral School in Engineering of Civil and Mechanical Structural Systems, XXIII cycle.
Advisor: Prof. D. Bigoni. University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Papers published in international journals
- Boiardi, A.S. and Noselli, G. (2024).
Minimal actuation and control of a soft hydrogel swimmer from flutter instability.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 191, 105753. - Hosseini, A., Noselli, G. and Giugliano, M. (2024).
Two-photon polymerization 3D-printing of micro-scale neuronal cell culture devices.
Journal of Visualized Experiments 208, e66142. - Bigoni, D., Dal Corso, F., Kirillov, O.N., Misseroni, D., Noselli, G. and Piccolroaz, A. (2023).
Flutter instability in solids and structures, with a view on biomechanics and metamaterials.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 479, 20230523. - Cicconofri, G., Damioli, V. and Noselli, G. (2023).
Nonreciprocal oscillations of polyelectrolyte gel filaments subject to a steady and uniform electric field.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 173, 105225. - Cracco, M., Mola, A., Noselli, G., Zanon, M. and Rozza, G. (2023).
On the thermal welding of paper-based polylaminate packages: Modelling, numerical implementation and sensitivity analysis.
Advances in Computational Science and Engineering 1, 218-248. - Andrini, D., Lucantonio, A. and Noselli, G. (2022).
Optimal design of planar shapes with active materials.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478, 20220256. - Damioli, V., Zorzin, E., DeSimone, A., Noselli, G., and Lucantonio, A. (2022).
Transient shape morphing of active gel plates: geometry and physics.
Soft Matter 18, 5867-5876. - Agostinelli, Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2021).
Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 379, 20200116. - Cicconofri, G., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2021).
The biomechanical role of extra-axonemal structures in shaping the flagellar beat of Euglena gracilis.
eLife 10:e58610. - Agostinelli, D., DeSimone, A. and Noselli, G. (2021).
Nutations in plant shoots: Endogenous and exogenous factors in the presence of mechanical deformations.
Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 371. - Riccobelli, D., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2021).
Rods coiling about a rigid constraint: Helices and perversions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477, 20200817. - Giuliani, N., Rossi, M., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2021).
How Euglena gracilis swims: Flow field reconstruction and analysis.
Physical Review E 103, 023102. - Andrini, D., Lucantonio, A. and Noselli, G. (2021).
A theoretical study on the transient morphing of linear poroelastic plates.
Journal of Applied Mechanics 88, 031008. - Riccobelli, D., Noselli, G., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2020).
Mechanics of axisymmetric sheets of interlocking and slidable rods.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 141, 103969. - McMeeking, R.M., Lucantonio, A., Noselli, G. and Deshpande, V.S. (2019).
On polymer network rupture in gels in the limit of very slow straining or a very slow crack propagation rate.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 136, 103754. - Cicconofri, G., Arroyo, M., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2020).
Morphable structures from unicellular organisms with active, shape-shifting envelopes: Variations on a theme by Gauss.
International Journal of Non–Linear Mechanics 118, 103278. - Agostinelli, D., Lucantonio, A., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2020).
Nutations in growing plant shoots: The role of elastic deformations due to gravity loading.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 136, 103702. - Noselli, G., Beran, A., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2019).
Swimming Euglena respond to confinement with a behavioural change enabling effective crawling.
Nature Physics 15, 496-502. - Noselli, G., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2018).
Smart helical structures inspired by the pellicle of euglenids.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 123, 234-246. - Bigoni, D., Kirillov, O.N., Misseroni, D., Noselli, G. and Tommasini, M. (2018).
Flutter and divergence instability in the Pflüger column: Experimental evidence of the Ziegler destabilization paradox.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 116, 99-116. - Bigoni, D., Misseroni, D., Tommasini, M., Kirillov, O.N. and Noselli, G. (2018).
Detecting singular weak-dissipation limit for futter onset in reversible systems.
Physical Review E 97, 023003. - Caruso, N.A., Cvetković, A., Lucantonio, A., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2018).
Spontaneous morphing of equibiaxially pre-stretched elastic bilayers: the role of sample geometry.
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 149 , 481-486. - Rossi, M., Cicconofri, G., Beran, A., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2017).
Kinematics of flagellar swimming in Euglena gracilis: Helical trajectories and flagellar shapes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 114, 13085-13090. - Rigosa, J., Lucantonio, A., Noselli, G., Fassihi, A., Zorzin, E., Manzino, F., Pulecchi, F. and Diamond, M.E. (2017).
Dye-enhanced visualization of rat whiskers for behavioral studies.
eLife 6:e25290. - Lucantonio, A. and Noselli, G. (2017).
Concurrent factors determine toughening in the hydraulic fracture of poroelastic composites.
Meccanica 52, 3489–3498. - Noselli, G., Lucantonio, A., McMeeking, R.M. and DeSimone, A. (2016).
Poroelastic toughening in polymer gels: A theoretical and numerical study.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 94, 33-46. - Lucantonio, A., Noselli, G., Trepat, X., DeSimone, A. and Arroyo, M. (2015).
Hydraulic fracture and toughening of a brittle layer bonded to a hydrogel.
Physical Review Letters 115, 188105. - DeSimone, A., Gidoni, P. and Noselli, G. (2015).
Liquid crystal elastomer strips as soft crawlers.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 84, 254-272. - Misseroni, D., Noselli, G., Zaccaria, D. and Bigoni, D. (2015).
The deformation of an elastic rod with a clamp sliding along a smooth and curved profile.
International Journal of Solids and Structures 69-70, 491-497. - Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2014).
A robotic crawler exploiting directional frictional interactions: experiments, numerics, and derivation of a reduced model.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 470, 20140333. - Gidoni, P., Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2014).
Crawling on directional surfaces.
International Journal of Non–Linear Mechanics 61, 65-73. - Noselli, G., Tatone, A. and DeSimone, A. (2014).
Discrete one-dimensional crawlers on viscous substrates: achievable net displacements and their energy cost.
Mechanics Research Communications 58, 73-81. - Noselli, G., Deshpande, V.S. and Fleck, N.A. (2013).
An analysis of competing toughening mechanisms in layered and particulate solids.
International Journal of Fracture 183, 241-258. - DeSimone, A., Guarnieri, F., Noselli, G. and Tatone, A. (2013).
Crawlers in viscous environments: linear vs non-linear rheology.
International Journal of Non–Linear Mechanics 56, 142-147. - Bigoni, D., Misseroni, D., Noselli, G. and Zaccaria, D. (2012).
Effects of the constraint’s curvature on structural instability: tensile buckling and multiple bifurcations.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 468 (2144), 2191-2209.
Watch a Movie. - Bigoni, D. and Noselli, G. (2011).
Experimental evidence of flutter and divergence instabilities induced by dry friction.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 59 (10), 2208-2226.
Watch a Movie. - Zaccaria, D., Bigoni, D., Noselli, G. and Misseroni, D. (2011).
Structures buckling under tensile dead load.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 467 (2130), 1686-1700.
Watch a Movie. - Noselli, G., Dal Corso, F. and Bigoni, D. (2010).
The stress intensity near a stiffener disclosed by photoelasticity.
International Journal of Fracture 166 (1-2), 91-103.
Watch a Movie: Part 1/3, Part 2/3 and Part 3/3. - Bigoni, D. and Noselli, G. (2010).
Localized stress percolation through dry masonry walls. Part I - Experiments.
European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids 29 (3), 291-298.
Watch a Movie. - Bigoni, D. and Noselli, G. (2010).
Localized stress percolation through dry masonry walls. Part II - Modelling.
European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids 29 (3), 299-307.
Watch a Movie.
Papers published in refereed books
- Cicconofri, G., Becker, F., Noselli, G., DeSimone, A. and Zimmermann, K. (2016).
The inversion of motion of bristle bots: analytical and experimental analysis.
In:'CISM Lecture Notes No. 569 - ROMANSY 21 - Robot Design, Dynamics and Control',
Parenti-Castelli, V. and Schiehlen, W. (eds.), Springer, Wien-New York. - Bigoni, D., Bosi, F., Misseroni, D., Dal Corso, F. and Noselli, G. (2015).
New phenomena in nonlinear elastic structures: from tensile buckling to configurational forces.
In:'CISM Lecture Notes No. 562 - Extremely Deformable Structures',
Bigoni, D. (ed.), Springer, Wien-New York. - Bigoni, D., Misseroni, D., Noselli, G. and Zaccaria, D. (2013).
Surprising instabilities of simple elastic structures.
In:'Nonlinear physical systems - Spectral analysis, stability and bifurcation',
Kirillov, O.N. and Pelinovsky, D.E. (eds.), Wiley-ISTE, London.
Conferences
- Noselli, G., Arroyo, M., Beran, A. and DeSimone, A. (2017).
Metaboly and shape control in euglenids.
XXIII Congresso Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata - AIMETA2017,
Salerno, Italy, September 4-7, 2017. - Noselli, G., Lucantonio, A., Trepat, X., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2016).
Hydraulic fracture and toughening in epithelial cell monolayers.
24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - ICTAM2016,
Montréal, Canada, August 21-26, 2016. - Noselli, G., Lucantonio, A., Trepat, X., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2015).
Hydraulic fracture and toughening in epithelial layers.
XXII Congresso Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata - AIMETA2015,
Genova, Italy, September 14-17, 2015. - Noselli, G., Lucantonio, A., Trepat, X., Arroyo, M. and DeSimone, A. (2015).
Hydraulic fracture and toughening in epithelial layers.
International Workshop on Modelling across the Biology-Mechanics Interface - 2015,
Castro Urdiales, Spain, September 1-4, 2015. - Noselli, G. and DeSimone, A. (2015).
Biological crawling and swimming micro-organisms: a case study in shape control for locomotion purposes.
9th European Solid Mechanics Conference - ESMC15,
Madrid, Spain, July 6-10, 2015. - Noselli, G., Bigoni, D., Dal Corso, F., Misseroni, D. and DeSimone, A. (2014).
Stress singularity and neutrality around a stiffener revealed by photoelasticity.
16th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics - ICEM16,
Cambridge, UK, July 7-11, 2014. - Noselli, G., DeSimone, A. and Tatone, A. (2013).
Crawling motility on viscous substrates.
XXI Congresso Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata - AIMETA2013,
Torino, Italy, September 17-20, 2013. - Noselli, G., Deshpande, V.S. and Fleck, N.A. (2013).
Toughening mechanisms in layered and in particulate solids.
Modelling and simulation meet innovation in ceramics technology - CERMODEL2013,
Trento, Italy, July 10-12, 2013. - Noselli, G., Deshpande, V.S. and Fleck, N.A. (2012).
Composite toughening by layering.
23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - ICTAM2012,
Beijing, China, August 19-24, 2012. - Noselli, G. and Bigoni, D. (2009).
Localized stress percolation through dry masonry walls.
III Riunione del Gruppo Materiali dell'AIMETA - GMA2009,
Milano, Italy, January 23-24, 2009.
Plenary lectures
- Noselli, G. (2015).
Hydraulic toughening in biological tissues.
XXII Congresso Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata - AIMETA2015,
Genova, Italy, September 16, 2015. - Noselli, G. (2022).
Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference - ESMC22,
Galway, Ireland, July 4-8, 2022.
Invited talks
- Noselli, G., Deshpande, V.S. and Fleck, N.A. (2015).
Toughening mechanisms in particulate and in layered solids.
State of the art and challenges in thermal and mechanical modelling of ceramic materials - HOTBRICKS2015,
Trento, Italy, March 20, 2015. - Noselli, G. (2011).
Structural-model experiments revealing bifurcation, instability and localization.
4th International Workshop of Young Researchers on the Mechanics of Materials and Structures,
Trieste, Italy, October 10-11, 2011.
