BOOK CHAPTERS
1.Tatone, A., Di Egidio, A., and Contento, A. (2011).“Dynamics of a soft contractile body on a hard support,” in Giorgio Zavarise and Peter Wriggers (Eds.),Trends in computational mechanics - Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-642-22166-8.
2.Di Egidio, A., and Contento, A. (2012).“Seismic protection of monolithic objects of art using a constrained oscillating base,” in Abbas Moustafa (Ed.),Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Liquefaction and Seismic Safety of Dams and Monuments, IntechOpen, ISBN: 978-953-51-0025-6.
3.Contento*, A., Di Egidio, A., and Zulli, D. (2013).“Seismic behavior of monolithic objects of art: a 3D approach,” in Sebastiano D’Amico (Ed.),Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical and Structural Earthquake Engineering, IntechOpen, ISBN: 978-953-51-1038-5.
4.Contento*, A., Xu, H., and Gardoni, P. (2018). “A physics-based transportable probabilistic model for climate change dependent storm surge” in Paolo Gardoni (Ed.),Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Routledge, ISBN: 978-113-83-0687-5
5.Contento*, A., Xu, H., and Gardoni, P. (2019). “Risk analysis for hurricanes accounting for the effects of climate change,” in Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga and Mark Stewart (Eds.),Climate Adaptation Engineering: Risks and Economics for Infrastructure Decision-making, Elsevier, ISBN:978-012-81-6840-0.
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Published
1.Contento*, A., and Di Egidio, A. (2008).“Investigations into benefits of base isolation for non-symmetric rigid blocks,”Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 38:849-66.
2.Di Egidio, A., and Contento, A. (2009).“Base isolation of slide-rocking non-symmetric rigid blocks under impulsive and seismic excitations,”Engineering Structures, 31:2723-34.
3.Contento*, A., Di Egidio, A., Dziedzic, J., and Tatone, A. (2009).“Modeling the contact of stiff and soft bodies with a rigid support by short-range force fields,”TASK Quaterly, 13(1-2):155-81.
4.Ceci, A.M., Contento, A., Fanale, L., Galeota, D., Gattulli, V., Lepidi, M., and Potenza, F. (2010).“Structural performance of the historic and modern buildings of the University of L'Aquila during the seismic events of April 2009,”Engineering Structures, 32(7):1899-1924.
5.Di Egidio, A., and Contento, A. (2010).“Seismic response of non-symmetric rigid block on a constrained oscillating base,”Engineering Structures, 31:2723-34.
6.Zulli, D., Contento, A., and Di Egidio, A. (2012).“Three-dimensional model of rigid block with a rectangular base subject to pulse-type excitation,”International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 47(6):679-87.
7.Contento*, A., and Luongo, A. (2013).“Static and dynamic consistent perturbation analysis for nonlinear inextensible planar frames,”Computer & Structures; 123:79-92.
8.Contento, A., and Di Egidio, A. (2014).“On the use of base isolation for the protection of rigid bodies placed on a multi-story frame under seismic excitation,”Engineering Structures, 62-63:1-10.
9.Di Egidio, A., Zulli, D., and Contento, A. (2014).“Comparison between the seismic response of 2D and 3Dmodels of rigid blocks,”Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 13:151-162.
10.Seyranian, A.P., Di Egidio, A., Contento, A., and Luongo A. (2014).“Solution to the problem of Nicolai.”Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333:1932-1944.
11.De Leo, A.M., Contento, A., and Di Egidio, A. (2015).“Semi-analytical approach to the study of static behaviour and buckling of shells with single constant curvature,”Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics,Special Issue: Nonlinearities, Bifurcation and Instabilities, 27:767-785.
12.Luongo, A., and Contento, A. (2015). “Nonlinear elastic analysis of steel planar frames under fire loads,”Computer & Structures, 150:23-33.
13.Di Egidio, A., Alaggio, R., Contento, A., Tursini, M., and Della Loggia, E. (2015).“Experimental characterization of the overturning of three-dimensional square based rigid block,”International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 69:137-145.
14.Di Egidio, A., Contento, A., and Vestroni, F. (2015).“The role of nonlinear torsional contributions on the stability of flexural-torsional oscillations of open-cross section beams,”Journal of Sound and Vibration, 358:236-250.
15.De Leo, A.M., Contento, A., and Di Egidio, A. (2016).“Mono-dimensional formulation of axial-symmetric spherical shells and characterization of the linear static behaviour,”Meccanica,51(5):1077-1092.
16.Chirivì, S., Ibell, T., Contento, A., and Di Egidio A. (2016).“Linear static behavior of curved beams coupled with strings representing also fiber-reinforced masonry arches,”Advances in Structural Engineering, 19(1):53-64.
17.Simoneschi, G., Di Egidio, A., de Leo, A.M., and Contento, A. (2016).“On the use of reinforcing shells to improve the static behaviour of bi-dimensional structures,”Advances in Structural Engineering, 19(8):1302-1312.
18.Gardoni, P., Guevara-Lopez, F., and Contento, A. (2016).“The Life Profitability Method (LPM): A financial approach to engineering decisions,”Structural Safety63:11-20.
19.De Leo, A.M., Di Egidio, A., and Contento, A. (2017).“Parametric study of the distribution of the tensile stresses in linear elastic pavilion shells,”Meccanica, 52:2293-2305.
20.Contento*, A., Gardoni, P., Di Egidio, A., and De Leo, A.M. (2019).“Probabilistic models to assess the seismic safety of rigid block-like elements and the effectiveness of two safety devices,”Journal of Structural Engineering,145(11), 04019133.
21.Di Egidio, A., de Leo, A.M., and Contento, A. (2019).“The use of a pendulum dynamic mass absorber to protect a trilithic symmetric system from the overturning,”Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID 4843738:1-14.
22.Di Egidio, A., Alaggio, R., Aloisio, A., de Leo, A.M., Contento, A., and Tursini, M. (2019).“Analytical and experimental investigation into the effectiveness of a pendulum dynamic absorber to protect rigid blocks from overturning,”International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 115:1-10.
23.Di Egidio, A., Contento, A., Olivieri, C., and de Leo, A.M. (2020).“Protection from overturning of rigid block-like objects with Linear Quadratic Regulator active control,”Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 27(10), e2598.
24.Contento*, A., Xu, H., and Gardoni, P. (2020). “Probabilistic formulation for climate change dependent predictions of storm surge,”Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 16(4):547-566.
25.Di Egidio, A., Contento, A., de Leo, A.M., and Gardoni, P. (2020).“Dynamic and seismic protection of rigid-block-like elements and structures on deformable ground with mass-damper dynamic absorbers,”Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146(6), 04020046.
26.Di Egidio, A., Pagliaro, S., and Contento, A. (2022). “Seismic benefits of deformable connections between a frame structure and an external structure with inerter,”Engineering Structures, 256: 113025.
27.Aloisio, A., Contento*, A., Alaggio, R., Briseghella, B., and Fragiacomo, M. (2022).“Probabilistic assessment of a Light-Timber Frame shear wall with variable pinching under repeated earthquakes,”Journal of Structural Engineering, 148(11): 04022178.
28.Contento, A., Aloisio, A., Xue, J., Quaranta, G., Briseghella, B., and Gardoni, P. (2022).“Probabilistic axial capacity model for concrete-filled steel tubes accounting for load eccentricity and debonding,”Engineering Structures, 268: 114730.
29.Aloisio, A., Contento*, A., Xue, J., Fu, R., Fragiacomo, M., and Briseghella, B. (2022).“Probabilistic formulation for the q-factor of piles with damping pre-hole,”Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Doi: 10.1007/s10518-022-01497-7.
30.Contento*, A., Di Egidio, A., and Pagliaro, S., (2022).“Dynamic and seismic protection of rigid-block-like structures with Combined Dynamic Mass Absorbers,”Engineering Structures,272: 114999.
31.Di Egidio, A., Pagliaro, S., and Contento*, A. (2022).“Elasto-Plastic Short Exoskeleton to Improve the Dynamic and Seismic Performance of Frame Structures,”Applied Science,12(20): 10398.
32.Di Egidio, A. and Contento*, A. (2022).“Improvement of the Dynamic and Seismic Behaviour of Rigid Block-like Structures by a Hysteretic Mass Damper Coupled with an Inerter,”Applied Science12(22), 11527.
33.Aloisio, A., Contento, A., Boggian, F., and Tomasi, R. (2023).“Probabilistic friction model for aluminium-steel Asymmetric Friction Connections (AFC),”Engineering Structures, 274: 115159.
34.Di Egidio, A., de Leo, A.M., and Contento*, A. (2023).“Improvement of the dynamic and seismic response of non-structural rocking bodies through the ability to change their geometrical configuration,”Engineering Structures,275: 115231.
35.Di Egidio, A., Olivieri, C., Contento*, A., and Pagliaro S. (2023).“Improving the Dynamic and Seismic Behaviour of Rigid Block-Like Elements Through Active Mass Dampers,”Engineering Structures,275: 115312.
36.Di Egidio, A. and Contento*, A. (2023).“Seismic Benefits from Coupling Frame Structures with a Hysteretic Mass Damper Inerter,”Applied Sciences,13(8), 5017.
37.Di Egidio, A, Pagliaro, S. and Contento*, A. (2023).“Seismic Performance of Frame Structure with Hysteretic Intermediate Discontinuity,”Applied Science,13(9), 5373.
38.Aloisio, A., Contento, A., Alaggio, R., and Quaranta G. (2023).“Physics-based models, surrogate models and experimental assessment of the vehicle-bridge interaction in braking conditions,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 194: 110276.
