Davide Leonetti
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Davide Leonetti is an assistant professor in steel structures and structural health monitoring at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research focuses on the mechanical performance of steel structures, covering topics such as residual life estimation (fatigue), strength assessment, structural reliability, and damage detection. The topics mentioned above are applied to structural connections (welded and bolted), additively manufactured metals, and traditional and innovative materials and find application in several civil infrastructures (bridges, wind turbines, rails, etc...) through a combination of experimental testing, numerical models, and analytical assessment. Davide is an active member of the Eindhoven Artificial Intelligence and Systems Institute (EAISI) where he is a member of the “AI-enabled Manufacturing and Maintenance” (AIMM) lab focussing on inspection, damage identification, and maintenance of steel structures and using AI.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
He graduated from Federico II University of Naples in Mechanical Engineering defending a Thesis about a Strength analysis of a railway switch maneuvering system for high-speed tracks up to 400km/h, awarded by CIFI (Italian Board of Railway Engineers) in 2016.
Davide obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof.Dr. J. Maljaars and Prof. H.H. Snijder. His research focused on developing a probabilistic model for evaluating the fatigue strength of welded and bolted steel connections. The aim of the research was to put forward a set of partial factors for fatigue failure of steel bridges.
Recent Publications
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The cross-sectional resistance of square and rectangular hollow steel sections loaded by bending moment and shear force
Journal of Constructional Steel Research (2023) -
Segmentation Tool for Images of Cracks
(2023) -
Fatigue improvement of rib-to-deck welded joints using adhesively bonded steel patches - LEFM-based parametric study
CE/Papers (2023) -
Rotating bending fatigue behaviour and quasi-static tensile properties of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured 308L stainless steel
CE/Papers (2023) -
Probability of detection curve for the automatic visual inspection of steel bridges
CE/Papers (2023)
Current Educational Activities
- Advanced steel and aluminum structures
- Project 4 Building Physics & Structural Engineering and Design
- Practical assignment "Bouwkundewinkel"
- Experimental research of structures and materials
- BAU studio 1
- Project 3 Building Physics & Structural Engineering and Design
- Project 1 Structural Engineering & Design
- Project 4 Research project in Structural design (SED)
- Practical assignment "Bouwkundewinkel"
- Project 2 Structural Engineering & Construction Technology
Ancillary Activities
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