Publications

2025

      • Bauer, B., Papangelo, A., & Habib, G. (2025). A minimal-order model of porpoising in race cars and methods for suppressing it. Vehicle System Dynamics, 1–21. doi: 10.1080/00423114.2025.2486405
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      • Ciavarella, M., Tricarico, M. & Papangelo, A. (2025). Viscoelastic friction in sliding a non-cylindrical asperity. Eur. Phys. J. E 48, 20, doi: 10.1140/epje/s10189-025-00484-5
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      • Argatov, I., Papangelo, A., & Ciavarella, M. (2025). An asymptotic model of vibroadhesion. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 105089, doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2025.105089 

      • Ciavarella, M., Tricarico, M., Papangelo, A. (2025), On the dynamic JKR adhesion problem. Mechanics of Materials, 202, 105252, doi: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2025.105252

      • Wang, Q., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M., Gao, H., & Li, Q. (2025). Rapid detachment of a rigid sphere adhered to a viscoelastic substrate: an upper bound model incorporating Maugis parameter and preload effects. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106028, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106028

      • Tricarico, M., Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. (2025), Enhancement of adhesion strength through microvibrations: Modeling and experiments. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106020, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.106020  

2024

      • Giordano, G., Scharff, R.B.N., Carlotti, M., Gagliardi, M., Filippeschi, C., Mondini, A., Papangelo, A. and Mazzolai, B. (2024), Mechanochromic Suction Cups for Local Stress Detection in Soft Robotics. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2400254. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202400254
      • A. Maghami, Q. Wang, M. Tricarico, M. Ciavarella, Q. Li, A. Papangelo, (2024). Bulk and fracture process zone contribution to the rate-dependent adhesion amplification in viscoelastic broad-band materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105844  
      • A. Papangelo, R. Nazari, M. Ciavarella, (2024). Friction for a sliding adhesive viscoelastic cylinder: Effect of Maugis parameter, European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids, doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2024.105348.

      • Nazari, R., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. (2024). Friction in Rolling a Cylinder on or Under a Viscoelastic Substrate with Adhesion, Tribology Letters. doi: 10.1007/s11249-024-01849-1
      • Maghami, A., Tricarico, M., Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A., (2024). Viscoelastic amplification of the pull-off stress in the detachment of a rigid flat punch from an adhesive soft viscoelastic layer, Engineering Fracture Mechanics. doi: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.109898

2023

      • Forsbach, F., Heß, M., & Papangelo, A. (2023). A two-scale FEM-BAM approach for fingerpad friction under electroadhesion. Frontiers in mechanical engineering, 8, 1074393. DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2022.1074393

      • Papangelo, A., & Ciavarella, M. (2023). Detachment of a rigid flat punch from a viscoelastic material. Tribology Letters, 71(2), 48. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-023-01720-9

2022

      • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A., & McMeeking, R. (2022). Transient and steady state viscoelastic crack propagation in a double cantilever beam specimen. International journal of mechanical sciences, 229, 107510. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107510

      • Papangelo, A., & Ciavarella, M. (2022). Viscoelastic dissipation in repeated normal indentation of an Hertzian profile. International journal of solids and structures, 236, 111362. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111362 
      • Papangelo, A., & Ciavarella, M. (2022). Adhesion enhancement in a dimpled surface with axisymmetric waviness and rate-dependent work of adhesion. The Journal of Adhesion, 98(13), 1957-1971. DOI: 10.1080/00218464.2021.1944859

Journal papers up to 2021:

  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Viscoelastic normal indentation of nominally flat randomly rough contacts (2021) International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 211, art. no. 106783.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. On the Interaction of Viscoelasticity and Waviness in Enhancing the Pull-Off Force in Sphere/Flat Contacts (2021) Tribology Letters, 69 (4), art. no. 127.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A., McMeeking, R. Crack propagation at the interface between viscoelastic and elastic materials (2021) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 257, art. no. 108009.
  • Papangelo, A. Interfacial dissipative phenomena in tribomechanical systems (2021) Lubricants, 9 (10), art. no. 104.
  • Violano, G., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Stickiness of randomly rough surfaces with high fractal dimension: is there a fractal limit? (2021) Tribology International, 159, art. no. 106971.
  • Papangelo, A., Putignano, C., Hoffmann, N. Critical thresholds for mode-coupling instability in viscoelastic sliding contacts (2021) Nonlinear Dynamics, 104 (4), pp. 2995-3011.
  • Papangelo, A. On the Effect of Shear Loading Rate on Contact Area Shrinking in Adhesive Soft Contacts (2021) Tribology Letters, 69 (2), art. no. 48.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. Effects of finite thickness on crack propagation in viscoelastic materials (2021) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 248, art. no. 107703.
  • Niedergesäß, B., Papangelo, A., Grolet, A., Vizzaccaro, A., Fontanela, F., Salles, L., Sievers, A.J., Hoffmann, N. Experimental observations of nonlinear vibration localization in a cyclic chain of weakly coupled nonlinear oscillators (2021) Journal of Sound and Vibration, 497, art. no. 115952.
  • Papangelo, A. On the effect of a rate-dependent work of adhesion in the detachment of a dimpled surface (2021) Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 11 (7), art. no. 3107.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. A Criterion for the Effective Work of Adhesion in Loading and Unloading of Adhesive Soft Solids from Rough Surfaces (2021) Tribology Letters, 69 (1), art. no. 9.
  • Nitti, A., Stender, M., Hoffmann, N., Papangelo, A. Spatially localized vibrations in a rotor subjected to flutter (2021) Nonlinear Dynamics, 103 (1), pp. 309-325.
  • Argatov, I., Papangelo, A. Axisymmetric JKR-type adhesive contact under equibiaxial stretching (2021) Journal of Adhesion, 97 (2), pp. 140-154.
  • Violano, G., Afferrante, L., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. On stickiness of multiscale randomly rough surfaces (2021) Journal of Adhesion, 97 (6), pp. 509-527.
  • Stender, M., Hoffmann, N., Papangelo, A. The basin stability of bi-stable friction-excited oscillators (2020) Lubricants, 8 (12), art. no. 105, pp. 1-12.
  • Papangelo, A., Lovino, R., Ciavarella, M. Electroadhesive sphere-flat contact problem: A comparison between DMT and full iterative finite element solutions (2020) Tribology International, 152, art. no. 106542, .
  • Tonazzi, D., Passafiume, M., Papangelo, A., Hoffmann, N., Massi, F. Numerical and experimental analysis of the bi-stable state for frictional continuous system (2020) Nonlinear Dynamics, 102 (3), pp. 1361-1374.
  • Papangelo, A., Cricrì, G., Ciavarella, M. On the effect of the loading apparatus stiffness on the equilibrium and stability of soft adhesive contacts under shear loads (2020) Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 144, art. no. 104099.
  • Papangelo, A., Putignano, C., Hoffmann, N. Self-excited vibrations due to viscoelastic interactions (2020) Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 144, art. no. 106894.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. A numerical study on roughness-induced adhesion enhancement in a sphere with an axisymmetric sinusoidal waviness using Lennard-Jones interaction law (2020) Lubricants, 8 (9), art. no. 90.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. On the Degree of Irreversibility of Friction in Sheared Soft Adhesive Contacts (2020) Tribology Letters, 68 (3), art. no. 81.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Discussion: “The Effect of Anisotropy on the Percolation Threshold of Sealing Surfaces” (Yang, Z., Liu, J., Ding, X., and Zhang, F., 2019, ASME J. Tribol., 141(2), p. 022203) (2020) Journal of Tribology, 142 (6), art. no. 065501.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Can Wear Completely Suppress Thermoelastic Instabilities? (2020) Journal of Tribology, 142 (5), art. no. 051501.
  • Aleshin, V.V., Papangelo, A. Friction-induced energy losses in mechanical contacts subject to random vibrations (2020) International Journal of Solids and Structures, 190, pp. 148-155.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A., Barber, J.R. Effect of Wear on the Evolution of Contact Pressure at a Bimaterial Sliding Interface (2020) Tribology Letters, 68 (1), art. no. 27.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. The effect of wear on ThermoElastic Instabilities (TEI) in bimaterial interfaces (2020) Tribology International, 142, art. no. 105977.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. A simplified theory of electroadhesion for rough interfaces (2020) Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 6, art. no. 27, pp. 1-9.
  • Genovese, A., Carputo, F., Ciavarella, M., Farroni, F., Papangelo, A., Sakhnevych, A. Analysis of multiscale theories for viscoelastic rubber friction (2020) Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 1125-1135.
  • Argatov, I., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Elliptical adhesive contact under biaxial stretching (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476 (2233), art. no. 20190507.
  • Shiroky, I.B., Papangelo, A., Hoffmann, N., Gendelman, O.V. Nucleation and propagation of excitation fronts in self-excited systems (2020) Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 401, art. no. 132176.
  • Genovese, A., Farroni, F., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. A discussion on present theories of rubber friction, with particular reference to different possible choices of arbitrary roughness cutoff parameters (2019) Lubricants, 7 (10), art. no. 85.
  • Didonna, M., Stender, M., Papangelo, A., Fontanela, F., Ciavarella, M., Hoffmann, N. Reconstruction of governing equations from vibration measurements for geometrically nonlinear systems (2019) Lubricants, 7 (8), art. no. 64.
  • Papangelo, A., Scheibert, J., Sahli, R., Pallares, G., Ciavarella, M. Shear-induced contact area anisotropy explained by a fracture mechanics model (2019) Physical Review E, 99 (5), art. no. 053005.
  • Sahli, R., Pallares, G., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M., Ducottet, C., Ponthus, N., Scheibert, J. Shear-Induced Anisotropy in Rough Elastomer Contact (2019) Physical Review Letters, 122 (21), art. no. 214301.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. Extensions and comparisons of BAM (Bearing Area Model) for stickiness of hard multiscale randomly rough surfaces (2019) Tribology International, 133, pp. 263-270.
  • Tricarico, M., Papangelo, A., Constantinescu, A., Ciavarella, M. On adhesive theories in multilayered interfaces, with particular regard to “surface force apparatus” geometry (2019) Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 17 (1), pp. 95-102.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. On mixed-mode fracture mechanics models for contact area reduction under shear load in soft materials (2019) Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 124, pp. 159-171.
  • Papangelo, A., Guarino, R., Pugno, N., Ciavarella, M. On unified crack propagation laws (2019) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 207, pp. 269-276.
  • Papangelo, A., Fontanela, F., Grolet, A., Ciavarella, M., Hoffmann, N. Multistability and localization in forced cyclic symmetric structures modelled by weakly-coupled Duffing oscillators (2019) Journal of Sound and Vibration, 440, pp. 202-211.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. Some simple results on the multiscale viscoelastic friction (2019) Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 17 (2), pp. 191-205.
  • Ciavarella, M., Joe, J., Papangelo, A., Barber, J.R. The role of adhesion in contact mechanics (2019) Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 16 (151), art. no. 20180738.
  • Vakis, A.I., Yastrebov, V.A., Scheibert, J., Nicola, L., Dini, D., Minfray, C., Almqvist, A., Paggi, M., Lee, S., Limbert, G., Molinari, J.F., Anciaux, G., Aghababaei, R., Echeverri Restrepo, S., Papangelo, A., Cammarata, A., Nicolini, P., Putignano, C., Carbone, G., Stupkiewicz, S., Lengiewicz, J., Costagliola, G., Bosia, F., Guarino, R., Pugno, N.M., Müser, M.H., Ciavarella, M. Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview (2018) Tribology International, 125, pp. 169-199.
  • Ciavarella, M., D’antuono, P., Papangelo, A. On the connection between Palmgren-Miner rule and crack propagation laws (2018) Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 41 (7), pp. 1469-1475.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. On notch and crack size effects in fatigue, Paris’ law and implications for Wöhler curves (2018) Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale, 12 (44), pp. 49-63.
  • Papangelo, A., Hoffmann, N., Grolet, A., Stender, M., Ciavarella, M. Multiple spatially localized dynamical states in friction-excited oscillator chains (2018) Journal of Sound and Vibration, 417, pp. 56-64.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. On the distribution and scatter of fatigue lives obtained by integration of crack growth curves: Does initial crack size distribution matter? (2018) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 191, pp. 111-124.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Adhesion of surfaces with wavy roughness and a shallow depression (2018) Mechanics of Materials, 118, pp. 11-16.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. A modified form of Pastewka–Robbins criterion for adhesion (2018) Journal of Adhesion, 94 (2), pp. 155-165.
  • Papangelo, A. Bio-inspired solution for optimal adhesive performance (2018) Procedia Structural Integrity, 12, pp. 265-273.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. On the sensitivity of adhesion between rough surfaces to asperity height distribution (2018) Physical Mesomechanics, 21 (1), pp. 59-66.
  • Papangelo, A. Adhesion between a power-law indenter and a thin layer coated on a rigid substrate (2018) Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 16 (1), pp. 19-28.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. The “sport” of rough contacts and the fractal paradox in wear laws (2018) Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 16 (1), pp. 65-75.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. A generalized Johnson parameter for pull-off decay in the adhesion of rough surfaces (2018) Physical Mesomechanics, 21 (1), pp. 67-75.
  • Papangelo, A., Hoffmann, N., Ciavarella, M. Load-separation curves for the contact of self-affine rough surfaces (2017) Scientific Reports, 7 (1), art. no. 6900.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. A random process asperity model for adhesion between rough surfaces (2017) Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 31 (22), pp. 2445-2467.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A. Discussion of “measuring and Understanding Contact Area at the Nanoscale: A Review” (Jacobs, T. D. B., and Ashlie Martini, A., 2017, ASME Appl. Mech. Rev., 69(6), p. 061101) (2017) Applied Mechanics Reviews, 69 (6), art. no. 065502.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M., Hoffmann, N. Subcritical bifurcation in a self-excited single-degree-of-freedom system with velocity weakening–strengthening friction law: analytical results and comparison with experiments (2017) Nonlinear Dynamics, 90 (3), pp. 2037-2046.
  • Papangelo, A., Afferrante, L., Ciavarella, M. A note on the pull-off force for a pattern of contacts distributed over a halfspace (2017) Meccanica, 52 (11-12), pp. 2865-2871.
  • Papangelo, A., Grolet, A., Salles, L., Hoffmann, N., Ciavarella, M. Snaking bifurcations in a self-excited oscillator chain with cyclic symmetry (2017) Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 44, pp. 108-119.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Some observations on Bar Sinai, Brener and Bouchbinder (BSBB) model for friction (2017) Meccanica, 52 (4-5), pp. 1239-1246.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. A Maugis-Dugdale cohesive solution for adhesion of a surface with a dimple (2017) Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14 (127), art. no. 20160996.
  • Ciavarella, M., Papangelo, A., Afferrante, L. Adhesion between self-affine rough surfaces: Possible large effects in small deviations from the nominally Gaussian case (2017) Tribology International, 109, pp. 435-440.
  • Grimaldi, G., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. A Cattaneo-Mindlin problem for a rigid punch with tangential load applied above the interface line (2016) Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230 (9), pp. 1410-1416.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Optimal normal load variation in wedge-shaped Coulomb dampers (2016) Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 51 (4), pp. 279-285.
  • Dimaki, A.V., Dmitriev, A.I., Menga, N., Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M., Popov, V.L. Fast High-Resolution Simulation of the Gross Slip Wear of Axially Symmetric Contacts (2016) Tribology Transactions, 59 (1), pp. 189-194.
  • Stender, M., Papangelo, A., Allen, M., Brake, M., Schwingshackl, C., Tiedemann, M. Structural design with joints for maximum dissipation (2016) Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 9, pp. 179-188.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Cattaneo-Mindlin plane problem with Griffith friction (2015) Wear, 342-343, pp. 398-407.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M., Barber, J.R. Fracture mechanics implications for apparent static friction coefficient in contact problems involving slip-weakening laws (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471 (2180), art. no. 20150271.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. On the limits of quasi-static analysis for a simple Coulomb frictional oscillator in response to harmonic loads (2015) Journal of Sound and Vibration, 339, pp. 280-289.
  • Papangelo, A., Ciavarella, M. Effect of normal load variation on the frictional behavior of a simple Coulomb frictional oscillator (2015) Journal of Sound and Vibration, 348, pp. 282-293.
  • Kruse, S., Stingl, B., Hieke, J., Papangelo, A., Tiedemann, M., Hoffmann, N., Ciavarella, M. The influence of loading conditions on the static coefficient of friction: A study on brake creep groan (2014) Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 7, pp. 149-160.
  • Papangelo, A., Stingl, B., Hoffmann, N.P., Ciavarella, M. A simple model for friction detachment at an interface of finite size mimicking Fineberg’s experiments on uneven loading (2014) Physical Mesomechanics, 17 (4), pp. 311-320.

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