Carvelli Valter

Full Professor

Valter Carvelli is Full Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures at Politecnico di Milano. He was research fellow in some Research Centers and Universities in Europe and Japan. The main research interests are in the field of the mechanics of fiber-reinforced composite materials and cementitious materials, as well as their structural applications.

Career

PhD in Structural Mechanics - Politecnico di Milano

Master in Civil Engineering - University of Bologna

Research

  • Mechanics of fiber reinforced composites.
  • Multi-scale modelling of textiles and fiber reinforced composites.
  • Experimental studies of textiles and fiber reinforced composites.
  • Mechanics of cementitious materials.

Selected Publications

Carvelli V., Jain A., Lomov S.V. (2017), “Fatigue of Textile and Short Fiber Reinforced Composites”. ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 9781786300218, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119413592

Azadi S., Okabe Y., Carvelli V. (2025), “Bayesian-optimized 1D-CNN for delamination classification in CFRP laminates using raw ultrasonic guided waves”, Composites Science and Technology, vol. 264, 111101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2025.111101

Carvelli V., Lomov S.V., Sapozhnikov S.B., Breite C., Swolfs Y. (2022), “Fatigue of hybrid fibre-reinforced plastics”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, vol. 381, 20210222. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0222

Carvelli V., Okubo K., Fujii T. (2021), “Fatigue damage characterization and percolation in plain-weave carbon fiber-epoxy composites”, Composites Part B, vol. 224, 109225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109225

Carvelli V., Veljkovic A., Nguyen H., Adediran A., Kinnunen P., Ranjbar N., Illikainen M. (2020), “Low velocity impact of hot-pressed PVA fiber-reinforced alkali-activated stone wool composites”, Cement and Concrete Composites, vol. 114, 103805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2020.103805

Carvelli V., D’Ettorre A., Lomov S.V. (2017), “Acoustic emission and damage mode correlation in textile reinforced PPS composites”, Composite Structures, vol. 163, 399–409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.12.012

Grants, awards and Honours

Society for Experimental Mechanics, the Harting Award for the Best Paper published in Experimental Techniques in 2017.

Community Service

Member of the Council of the European Society of Composite Materials (2010-2018, 2024-2028).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Dept. A.B.C. (2013-2016, 2020-2023).

Member of the board of the Ph.D. School A.B.C. (2017-2024).

Member of the fib Task Group 5.1 and 8.1

Research projects