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Luca Caracoglia, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Northeastern University

 

 

Publications

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Journal Articles

 

J1.    Sepe, V., Caracoglia L., and D'Asdia, P., Aeroelastic instability of long-span bridges: contributions to the analysis in frequency and time domains,” Wind and Structures, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2000, pp. 41-58. Impact Factor 0.241(1).

J2.    Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Time domain vs. frequency domain characterization of aeroelastic forces for bridge deck sections,” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2003, pp. 371-402. Impact Factor 0.588(1).

J3.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., A methodology for the experimental extraction of indicial functions for streamlined and bluff deck sections,” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 91, No. 5, 2003, pp. 609-636. Impact Factor 0.588(1).

J4.    McCormick, M.E. and Caracoglia, L.,Hydroelastic instability of low aspect ratio control surfaces,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 126, No.1, 2004, 84-89. Impact Factor 0.247(1).

J5.    Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., In-plane dynamic behavior of cable networks. Part 1: Formulation and basic solutions,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 279, No. 3-5, 2005, pp. 969-991.. Impact Factor 0.898(1).

J6.    Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., In-plane dynamic behavior of cable networks. Part 2: Prototype prediction and validation,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 279, No. 3-5, 2005, pp. 993-1014. Impact Factor 0.898(1).

J7.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Numerical and experimental study of vibration mitigation for highway light poles,” Engineering Structures (in press, August 2006). Impact Factor 0.625(1).

J8.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Damping of taut-cable systems: multiple dampers on a single stay,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE (currently under review, submitted: January 2006). Impact Factor 0.832(1).

J9.  Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Passive hybrid technique for the vibration mitigation of systems of interconnected stays,” Journal of Sound and Vibration (tentatively accepted for publication, September 2006). Impact Factor 0.898(1).

J10. Caracoglia, L., Sangree, R.H., Jones, N.P. and Schafer, B.W., “Interpretation of full-scale strain data from wind pressure distribution on a low-rise construction,” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (currently under review, submitted: January 2006). Impact Factor 0.588(1).

 Note (1): Source Journal Citation Report 2005, ISI Web of Knowledge, http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi

 

Conference Proceedings

C1.  Augusti, G., Sepe, V., D'Asdia, P. and Caracoglia, L., "Wind-induced oscillations of long-span suspended bridges," Proceedings of the International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics – CEAS (AIAA-AIDAA), Rome, Italy, June 17-20, 1997, Vol. 2, pp. 183-190.

C2.   Sepe, V., Caracoglia, L. and D'Asdia, P., "Sulla risposta di ponti di grande luce all'azione del vento (in Italian – On the response of long-span suspension bridges to wind action),” Proceedings of the 5th Italian National Conference on Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO-98), Italian National Association of Wind Engineering (ANIV-IAWE), Perugia, Italy, September 13-15, 1998, Publisher: Esagrafica, Rome, Italy, 1999, pp. 359-372.

C3.   Caracoglia, L., Noè, S. and Sepe, V., "Aspetti non convenzionali della dinamica indotta dal vento nei ponti sospesi di grande luce (in Italian – Non Conventional Aspects of wind-induced dynamics on long-span suspension bridges),” Proceedings of the 6th Italian National Conference on Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO-2000), Italian National Association of Wind Engineering (ANIV-IAWE), Genova, Italy, June 18-21, 2000, Publisher: SGEditoriali Padua, Italy, 2001, ISBN 88-86281-58-7, pp. 585-592.

C4.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Analytical method for the dynamic analysis of complex cable structures,” Proceedings of the 15th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, June 2-5, 2002, CD-ROM.

C5.  Jones, N.P., Stoetter, M., Ozkan, E. and Caracoglia, L., “Predicted response of the Messina Bridge using fully coupled multimode frequency domain formulation,” presented at the International Bridge Aerodynamics Workshop, 7th Italian National Conference on Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO-2002), ANIV-IAWE, Milan, Italy, September 15-18, 2002.

C6.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Mitigation of wind-induced oscillation of stay cables with cross ties,” Proceedings of the 3rd US-Japan Workshop on Wind Engineering, UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects (Task Committee D), Seattle, Washington, USA, October 2-5, 2002, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, pp. 75-84.

C7.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Understanding the mitigation of oscillation of stays through cross ties,” Proceedings of the Twhenty-First International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC-XXI), Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), Kissimmee, Florida, USA, February 3-6, 2003, CD-ROM.

C8.   Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Challenges in processing full-scale data associated with a low-rise building,” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering (11-ICWE), Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, June 2-5, 2003, Vol. 1, pp. 1175-1182.

C9.  Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “The use of indicial functions in bridge response assessment,” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering (11-ICWE), Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, June 2-5, 2003, Vol. 1, pp. 909-916.

C10. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Dynamics of crossties with discrete dampers,” Proceedings of the 16th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 16-18, 2003, CD-ROM.

C11. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Measurments of high winds on a low-rise structure" Proceedings of the International Conference "Response of Structures to Extreme Loading 2003" (XL2003), Toronto, Canada, August 3-6,2003, Elsevier Sceince, Oxford, United Kingdom, CD-ROM.

C12. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Dynamics of stay-cable systems and cross-tied networks,” Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, September 15-18, 2003, AIM (Association of Engineers from the Montefiore Electrical Insitute), Liège, Belgium, pp. 437-444.

C13. D’Asdia, P., Sepe, V., Caracoglia L. and Noè S., A model for vortex-shedding induced oscillations of long-span bridges,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-02), University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, September 23-26, 2003, Balkema Publishers, Swets & Zeitlinger B.V., The Netherlands, ISBN 90-5809-599-1, Vol. 3, pp. 2331-2336.

C14. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Selection of an optimized cable network system configuration," Proceedings of the 17th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, June 13-16, 2004, CD-ROM.

C15. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Full-scale pressure measurement during hurricanes,” Proceedings of the 5th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications (BBAA V), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 11-15 2004, pp. 485-488.

C16. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Characterization of evolving (local) pressure fields on a low-rise building,” Proceedings of the 1oth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, May 31-June 4, 2005, CD-ROM.

C17. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Observations on wind-induced failures of highway light poles," Proceedings of the 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, May 31-June 4, 2005, CD-ROM.

C18. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Effects of parameter uncertainties on long-span bridge buffeting response," in Structural Dynamics EURODYN 2005, ed. by Soize, C. and Schüeller, G.I., Proceedings of  the Sixth European Conference on Structural Dynamics (EuroDyn 2005), Paris, France, September 4-7, 2005, Millpress, Rotterdam, NL, ISBN 90-5966-033-1, vol. 1, pp. 379-384.

C19. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Design of mitigation devices for stay-cable vibration,” Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, September 19-22, 2005, AIM (Association of Engineers from the Montefiore Electrical Insitute), Liège, Belgium, pp. 125-132.

C20. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Experimental derivation of the dynamic characteristics of highway light poles,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Forth International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC-XXIV), Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, January30-February 2, 2006, CD-ROM.

C21. Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., Wind-induced failures of highway light poles during winter storms,” Proceedings of the 6th ASME International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interaction, Aeroelasticity, Flow-induced Vibration and Noise, 2006 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, July 23-27, 2006, Vancouver, BC (Canada), paper No. PVP2006-ICPVT11-93579, CD-ROM.

C22. Caracoglia, L., “Dynamic performance comparison of steel, GFRP and aluminum highway light poles under the effects of wind action," Proceedings of the 4th US-Japan Workshop on Wind Engineering, UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects (Task Committee D), National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Tsukuba, Japan, July 20-21, 2006.

 

Reports

R1.  Caracoglia, L. and Jones, N.P., “Analysis of light pole failures in Illinois – Final Report,”  Research Report, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, August 2004, 62 pages.

R2.   Jones, N.P. (PI), Schafer, B.W. (Co-PI), Caracoglia, L. and Sangree, R.H.,“Tasks A4, B1 - Analysis of wind, pressure and structural load data from Kern Pitts Center,” “Hurricane Loss Reduction Consortium: Wind and Structural Engineering Initiative – Final Report”, coordinated by T. Reinhold (formerly at Clemson University), National Institute of Standards and Technology, to appear.

R3.  Caracoglia, L., Jones, N.P. and Carpenter, S.H., “Dynamic analysis and testing of highway light poles,” Research Report, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, November 2005, 84 pages.

 

Oral Presentations and Lectures

P1.   Caracoglia, L., “Wind-induced oscillation of long-span suspension bridges," Civil Engineering Department Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, November 13, 2001.

P2.  Caracoglia, L., “Observations on wind-induced dynamic failures of highway light poles,” Graduate Seminar Series, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 1st, 2005.

P3.   Caracoglia, L., “Wind effects and civil engineering applications. Rigid and flexible structures,” Invited Lecture, Wind Engineering Graduate Course, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Acapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico, March 10, 2006.

P4.  Caracoglia, L, “Uncertainty in the modeling and understanding of fluid-structure interaction phenomena,” Joint Seminar on Fluids and Solids, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 20, 2006.

P5.   Caracoglia, L., Vibration mitigation through cross-ties between cables. Analysis and design experiences,” Invited Speaker, National Workshop on Wind Induced Vibration of Cable Stay Bridges, Federal Highway Administration and Missouri Department of Transportation, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, April 26, 2006 (in collaboration with S. Hague, Chief Structural Engineer, Kansas City Bridge Group, HNTB Corporation).

P6.  Caracoglia, L., “Wind-induced failures of highway light poles,” Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA, May 8, 2006.

 

Books/Dissertation

B1.      L. Caracoglia, "Wind-structure oscillations on long-span suspension bridges," Ph.D. Dissertation (in English), University of Trieste, Italy, November 30, 2000; deposited at the Italian National Library (Rome) in accordance with the Italian law requirements: Art. 73 Law (DPR) n.382 July 11, 1980; Art. 1, Law n.660 August 31, 1945.