Dr Andrea Cammarano

  • Lecturer (Systems Power & Energy)

Research interests

‌Biography

I am lecturer in System Dynamics and I am part of the SPE group. I graduated from the University of Naples in Aerospace Engineering in 2006. After my degree I worked for two years in acoustics and noise reduction for Ansaldo Breda (high speed train V250) and Piaggio Aeronautica (P180 Avanti). During this period I nurtured my passion for research and I finally decided to continue my studies by joining the University of Bristol for a PhD. My PhD dissertation was titled "Increasing the bandwidth of vibration based Energy harvesters". During these years I developed an interest for nonlinear dynamics. After working for the university of Bristol on three projects on nonlinear dynamics, I was appointed as a lecturer in System Dynamics in January 2015. 

Interests 

My main research interests include system dynamics, with particular attention to nonlinear and structural dynamics, mathematics/numerical modeling and energy harvesting. 

System dynamics

My research in system dynamics mainly focuses on nonlinear dynamics and structural dynamics. In particular I am interested in explaining the complex behavior exhibited by nonlinear structures: nonlinear modes, modal interaction, harmonic and quasi periodic responses, bifurcations. Both simulation and identification of nonlinear systems are part of my research activities. My invesitgation of nonlinear phenonema involve both theoretical studies but also numerical modelling, validation and experimental testing. 

Modeling and simulation 

My research uses many mathematical and numerical tools to investigate the dynamics of systems. When the system is nonlinear this tools become a key component to understand and analyze the response of the system to external inputs. For this reason I research and develop both analytical and numerical method able to support my investigations. 

Energy harvesting

This is a topic I approached during my PhD and I find it very fascinating. How to supply the future generations with energy is an open question to which no definite answer exists yet. For this reason I believe that researching methods to harvest and store energy from any available source is one of the important challenges for building our future.

 


Grants

MUltiphase Flow-induced Fluid-flexible structure InteractioN in Subsea applications

The MUFFINS project assembles a multidisciplinary team from Newcastle University, Imperial College London, Glasgow University, industrial partners including BP, Chevron, TOTAL and TechnipFMC, who are members of the Transient Multiphase Flow and Flow Assurance Consortium (TMF), Wood, Xodus, Orcina and TNO in the Netherlands, and an academic partner, the National University of Singapore, to develop the next generation of pioneering technologies and cost-efficient tools for the safe, reliable and real-life designs of subsea systems, such as flowlines, pipelines, risers, jumpers and manifolds, transporting multiphase hydrocarbon liquid-gas flows and subject to internal/external hydrodynamic excitations. 


Supervision

Ph.D. students 

Alexander Elliot

Greame Hunt

Loisious Christodoulou

Katherine Sugar

 

Skriptyan Syuhri

 


Teaching

Dynamics M5

Vibration 4

Engineering Skills 1


Publications

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2018

Elliott, A.J., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A., Hill, T.L. and Wagg, D.J. (2018) Comparing the direct normal form and multiple scales methods through frequency detuning. Nonlinear Dynamics, 94(4), pp. 2919-2935. (doi:10.1007/s11071-018-4534-1)

2017

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Barton, D.A.W. (2017) Identifying the significance of nonlinear normal modes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2199), 20160789. (doi:10.1098/rspa.2016.0789) (PMID:28413342) (PMCID:PMC5378240)

Elliott, A.J., Cammarano, A. and Neild, S.A. (2017) Comparing Analytical Approximation Methods with Numerical Results for Nonlinear Systems. In: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017, Garden Grove, CA, USA, 30 Jan - 02 Feb 2017, pp. 37-49. ISBN 9783319455038 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54404-5_4)

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A., Cammarano, A. and Barton, D.A.W. (2017) The Significance of Nonlinear Normal Modes for Forced Responses. In: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017, Garden Grove, CA, USA, 30 Jan - 02 Feb 2017, pp. 135-142. ISBN 9783319455038 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54404-5_14)

2016

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A. and Cammarano, A. (2016) An analytical approach for detecting isolated periodic solution branches in weakly nonlinear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 379, pp. 150-165. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2016.05.030)

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A., Cammarano, A. and Wagg, D.J. (2016) The influence of phase-locking on internal resonance from a nonlinear normal mode perspective. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 379, pp. 135-149. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2016.05.028)

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Wagg, D.J. (2016) The importance of phase-locking in nonlinear modal interactions. In: Kerschen, G. (ed.) Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016. Series: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 121-130. ISBN 9783319297385 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29739-2_12)

Liu, X., Cammarano, A. , Wagg, D.J. and Neild, S.A. (2016) A study of the modal interaction amongst three nonlinear normal modes using a backbone curve approach. In: Kerschen, G. (ed.) Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016. Series: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 131-139. ISBN 9783319297385 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29739-2_13)

Hill, T. L., Green, P. L., Cammarano, A. and Neild, S. A. (2016) Fast Bayesian identification of a class of elastic weakly nonlinear systems using backbone curves. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 360, pp. 156-170. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2015.09.007)

Liu, X., Cammarano, A. , Wagg, D. J., Neild, S. A. and Barthorpe, R. J. (2016) N - 1 modal interactions of a three-degree-of-freedom system with cubic elastic nonlinearities. Nonlinear Dynamics, 83(1-2), pp. 497-511. (doi:10.1007/s11071-015-2343-3)

2015

Neild, S. A., Champneys, A. R., Wagg, D. J., Hill, T. L. and Cammarano, A. (2015) The use of normal forms for analysing nonlinear mechanical vibrations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373(2051), 20140404. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0404) (PMID:26303917) (PMCID:PMC4549939)

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Wagg, D.J. (2015) Interpreting the forced responses of a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear oscillator using backbone curves. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 349, pp. 276-288. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2015.03.030)

Bowden, J. A., Burrow, S. G., Cammarano, A. , Clare, L. R. and Mitcheson, P. D. (2015) Switched-mode load impedance synthesis to parametrically tune electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(2), pp. 603-610. (doi:10.1109/TMECH.2014.2325825)

2014

Cammarano, A. , Neild, S., Burrow, S., Wagg, D. and Inman, D. (2014) Optimum resistive loads for vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvesters with a stiffening nonlinearity. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), pp. 1757-1770. (doi:10.1177/1045389X14523854)

Gonzalez-Buelga, A., Clare, L. R., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S. A., Burrow, S. G. and Inman, D. J. (2014) An optimised tuned mass damper/harvester device. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 21(8), pp. 1154-1169. (doi:10.1002/stc.1639)

Cammarano, A. , Neild, S. A., Burrow, S. G. and Inman, D. J. (2014) The bandwidth of optimized nonlinear vibration-based energy harvesters. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(5), 055019. (doi:10.1088/0964-1726/23/5/055019)

Cammarano, A. , Hill, T. L., Neild, S. A. and Wagg, D. J. (2014) Bifurcations of backbone curves for systems of coupled nonlinear two mass oscillator. Nonlinear Dynamics, 77(1-2), pp. 311-320. (doi:10.1007/s11071-014-1295-3)

2011

Cammarano, A. , Burrow, S. G. and Barton, D. A. W. (2011) Modelling and experimental characterization of an energy harvester with bi-stable compliance characteristics. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 225(4), pp. 475-484. (doi:10.1177/0959651811403093)

2010

Cammarano, A. , Burrow, S. G., Barton, D. A. W., Carrella, A. and Clare, L. R. (2010) Tuning a resonant energy harvester using a generalized electrical load. Smart Materials and Structures, 19(5), 055003. (doi:10.1088/0964-1726/19/5/055003)

2009

Barbieri, E., Cammarano, A. , De Rosa, S. and Franco, F. (2009) Waveguides of a composite plate by using the spectral finite element approach. Journal of Vibration and Control, 15(3), pp. 347-367. (doi:10.1177/1077546307087455)

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Articles

Elliott, A.J., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A., Hill, T.L. and Wagg, D.J. (2018) Comparing the direct normal form and multiple scales methods through frequency detuning. Nonlinear Dynamics, 94(4), pp. 2919-2935. (doi:10.1007/s11071-018-4534-1)

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Barton, D.A.W. (2017) Identifying the significance of nonlinear normal modes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2199), 20160789. (doi:10.1098/rspa.2016.0789) (PMID:28413342) (PMCID:PMC5378240)

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A. and Cammarano, A. (2016) An analytical approach for detecting isolated periodic solution branches in weakly nonlinear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 379, pp. 150-165. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2016.05.030)

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A., Cammarano, A. and Wagg, D.J. (2016) The influence of phase-locking on internal resonance from a nonlinear normal mode perspective. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 379, pp. 135-149. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2016.05.028)

Hill, T. L., Green, P. L., Cammarano, A. and Neild, S. A. (2016) Fast Bayesian identification of a class of elastic weakly nonlinear systems using backbone curves. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 360, pp. 156-170. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2015.09.007)

Liu, X., Cammarano, A. , Wagg, D. J., Neild, S. A. and Barthorpe, R. J. (2016) N - 1 modal interactions of a three-degree-of-freedom system with cubic elastic nonlinearities. Nonlinear Dynamics, 83(1-2), pp. 497-511. (doi:10.1007/s11071-015-2343-3)

Neild, S. A., Champneys, A. R., Wagg, D. J., Hill, T. L. and Cammarano, A. (2015) The use of normal forms for analysing nonlinear mechanical vibrations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373(2051), 20140404. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0404) (PMID:26303917) (PMCID:PMC4549939)

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Wagg, D.J. (2015) Interpreting the forced responses of a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear oscillator using backbone curves. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 349, pp. 276-288. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2015.03.030)

Bowden, J. A., Burrow, S. G., Cammarano, A. , Clare, L. R. and Mitcheson, P. D. (2015) Switched-mode load impedance synthesis to parametrically tune electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(2), pp. 603-610. (doi:10.1109/TMECH.2014.2325825)

Cammarano, A. , Neild, S., Burrow, S., Wagg, D. and Inman, D. (2014) Optimum resistive loads for vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvesters with a stiffening nonlinearity. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), pp. 1757-1770. (doi:10.1177/1045389X14523854)

Gonzalez-Buelga, A., Clare, L. R., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S. A., Burrow, S. G. and Inman, D. J. (2014) An optimised tuned mass damper/harvester device. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 21(8), pp. 1154-1169. (doi:10.1002/stc.1639)

Cammarano, A. , Neild, S. A., Burrow, S. G. and Inman, D. J. (2014) The bandwidth of optimized nonlinear vibration-based energy harvesters. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(5), 055019. (doi:10.1088/0964-1726/23/5/055019)

Cammarano, A. , Hill, T. L., Neild, S. A. and Wagg, D. J. (2014) Bifurcations of backbone curves for systems of coupled nonlinear two mass oscillator. Nonlinear Dynamics, 77(1-2), pp. 311-320. (doi:10.1007/s11071-014-1295-3)

Cammarano, A. , Burrow, S. G. and Barton, D. A. W. (2011) Modelling and experimental characterization of an energy harvester with bi-stable compliance characteristics. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 225(4), pp. 475-484. (doi:10.1177/0959651811403093)

Cammarano, A. , Burrow, S. G., Barton, D. A. W., Carrella, A. and Clare, L. R. (2010) Tuning a resonant energy harvester using a generalized electrical load. Smart Materials and Structures, 19(5), 055003. (doi:10.1088/0964-1726/19/5/055003)

Barbieri, E., Cammarano, A. , De Rosa, S. and Franco, F. (2009) Waveguides of a composite plate by using the spectral finite element approach. Journal of Vibration and Control, 15(3), pp. 347-367. (doi:10.1177/1077546307087455)

Book Sections

Hill, T.L., Cammarano, A. , Neild, S.A. and Wagg, D.J. (2016) The importance of phase-locking in nonlinear modal interactions. In: Kerschen, G. (ed.) Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016. Series: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 121-130. ISBN 9783319297385 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29739-2_12)

Liu, X., Cammarano, A. , Wagg, D.J. and Neild, S.A. (2016) A study of the modal interaction amongst three nonlinear normal modes using a backbone curve approach. In: Kerschen, G. (ed.) Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016. Series: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 131-139. ISBN 9783319297385 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29739-2_13)

Conference Proceedings

Elliott, A.J., Cammarano, A. and Neild, S.A. (2017) Comparing Analytical Approximation Methods with Numerical Results for Nonlinear Systems. In: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017, Garden Grove, CA, USA, 30 Jan - 02 Feb 2017, pp. 37-49. ISBN 9783319455038 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54404-5_4)

Hill, T.L., Neild, S.A., Cammarano, A. and Barton, D.A.W. (2017) The Significance of Nonlinear Normal Modes for Forced Responses. In: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017, Garden Grove, CA, USA, 30 Jan - 02 Feb 2017, pp. 135-142. ISBN 9783319455038 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54404-5_14)

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