Francesco Pimpinella

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)
Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG)

francesco.pimpinella@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Thesis title

Mechanical characterization of flexible rockfall barriers through a global multi-component analytical framework

Research topic

Study of the expected working life and maintenance procedure for flexible rockfall barriers

Tutors

Research presentation

Poster

Research interests

Earthquake Engineering

Geoengineering

Structural Design and Safety

Biography

After graduating in Civil Engineering at Politecnico di Torino with a thesis entitled 'Degradation of reinforced concrete works in an Alpine environment' I chose to continue my studies with a PhD. This path aims to achieve greater objectivity in the study of the structural performance of flexible rockfall barriers and it is carried out in collaboration with the Swiss manufacturing company Geobrugg. During the research periods spent aboad I have had the oppurtunity to participate to the planning and execution of a corrosion test campaign on metallic components.I also deal with the development of analytical modeling and numerical simulations.

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

Statica. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso

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Publications

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De Biagi, Valerio; Marchelli, Maddalena; Pimpinella, Francesco (2025)
Failure probability of rockfall net fences subjected to ageing: a reliability- based approach for risk reduction. In: 9th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR), Oslo (Norway), 25-28/08/2025, pp. 1-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
De Biagi, Valerio; Marchelli, Maddalena; Pimpinella, Francesco (2025)
Prediction of residual rockfall risk in presence of net fences according to the position of the impact. In: Eurock 2025 - Expanding the underground space: future development of the subsurface, Trondheim (Norway), 17-19/06/2025, pp. 1-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Pimpinella, Francesco; Marchelli, Maddalena; De Biagi, Valerio (2025)
Effects of eccentric impacts and corrosion on the structural behaviour of retaining wire ring nets. In: The 7th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS7), Abu Dhabi, 12-15/05/2025, pp. 1-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Pimpinella, Francesco; Marchelli, Maddalena; De Biagi, Valerio (2025)
A generalized multi-component analytical method to study the performance of a rockfall barrier under a generic impact condition. In: COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, vol. 188, pp. 1-19. ISSN 0266-352X
Contributo su Rivista
Pimpinella, Francesco; Marchelli, Maddalena; De Biagi, Valerio (2025)
A weight-based efficiency measure for energy dissipating devices for flexible rockfall barriers. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES, vol. 16, pp. 956-980. ISSN 2041-4196
Contributo su Rivista