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Gianfranco De Matteis
University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti/Pescara
Department of Design, Rehabilitation and Control of Architectural Constructions (PRICOS)
Viale Pindaro, 42 -  65127 PESCARA
tel. 085/4537.261 – Fax 085/4537.255  (Univ. Chieti)
tel 081 7682444 – Fax 081 5934792  (Univ. Naples)
e-mail demattei@unina.it

Civil Engineer (1994); PhD in Structural Engineering (1998); Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Naples (2000); Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Chieti/Pescara (2005); Professor of "Theory and Design of Steel Structures" since 2002 at the Faculty of the University of Naples Federico II; Professor of “Structural Engineering” at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Chieti/Pescara since 2004.
Member of many national and international committees, such as:

1. CEN/TC250/SC9 Committee "Aluminium Alloy Structures" as Expert in the PT 1999-1-2 “Fire design” and 1999-1-1 "Connections";
2. CEN/TC250/SC3 Committee "Steel Structures" as Expert in the PT 1993-1-4 "Silos";
3. Italian UNI-SC3 Committee "Steel Structures".
4. National Committee UNI-CIS  “Structural resistance under fire”. 
5. Vice-chairman of WG2 “Structural Integrity under Exceptional Loading”, within the European research project COST C12 “Improving Buildings’ Structural Quality by New Technologies”;
6. Technical coordinator of “Earthquake Protection of Historical Buildings by Reversible Mixed Technologies” PROHITECH research project, 6FP of European Commission (2004-2007).

Involved in a number of research projects, mainly dealing with, steel structures, aluminium structures, timber structures, earthquake and fire design. In such fields he is author of more than 180 papers, published in national and international scientific journals and conference proceedings.

RECENT PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani, "On the shear flexibility of corrugated shear panels”. STEEL STRUCTURES, Journal of Singapore Structural Steel Society, December 1995, ISSN 0218-1746, Singapore, Vol. 6, pp 103-111.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani, “Diaphragm Effect for Industrial Buildings under Earthquake Loading”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, ISSN 0143-974X(99)00038-3, Oxford (UK), 1998, Vol. 46:1-3 (401).

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, “Structural Behaviour of Sandwich Panel Shear Walls: an Experimental Analysis”. Materials and Structures, RILEM, ISSN 1359-5997, Cachan (France), June 1999, Vol. 32, pp 331-341.

L.A. Moen, G. De Matteis, O.S. Hopperstad, M. Langseth, R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani, “Rotational Capacity of Aluminium Beams Subjected to Non-Uniform Bending - Part II: Numerical Simulations”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, ISSN 0733-9445, 125 (8), Reston-VA (USA), 1999, pp 921-929.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, “Mechanical Fasteners for Cladding Sandwich Panels: Interpretative Models for Shear Behaviour”, Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, ISSN 0263-8231, Oxford (UK), Vol. 35, 1999, 61-79.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, “Modelling of Lightweight Shear Diaphragms for Dynamic Analysis”, in Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, ISSN 0143-974X, Oxford (UK), 2000, Vol. 53, pp 33-61.

G. De Matteis, A. Mandara, F.M. Mazzolani, “T-stub Aluminium Joints: the Influence of Behavioural Parameters”, Computers and Structures, Pergamon, ISSN 0045-7949, Oxford (UK), 2000, Vol. 78, No. 1-3, 311-327.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, “Diaphragm Action of Sandwich Panels in Pin-Jointed Steel Structures: a Seismic Study”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Imperial College Press, London, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2000) 251-275.

L. Calado, G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, “Experimental response of top and seat angle semi-rigid steel frame connections”, Materials and Structures, RILEM, ISSN 1359-5997, Cachan (France), October 2000, Vol. 33, pp 499-510.

G. De Matteis, L.A. Moen, M. Langseth, R. Landolfo, O.S. Hopperstad, F.M. Mazzolani “Cross-Sectional Classification for aluminium beams: a parametric study”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, ISSN 0733-9445, Reston-VA (USA), 2001, Vol. 127 (3), pp 271-279.

G. Della Corte, G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani, “Seismic Analysis of MR Steel Frames based on Refined Hysteretic Models of Connections", Journal of Constructional Steel Research, ISSN 0143-974X(02)00014-7, Oxford (UK), 2002, Vol. 58, pp 1331-1345.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, F. M. Mazzolani, "Seismic Response of MR Steel Frames with low-yield Steel Shear Panels”, Engineering Structures - The Journal of Earthquake Wind and Ocean Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN 0141-0296, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2003, pp 155-168.

G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, M. Manganiello, F. M. Mazzolani, “Inelastic behaviour of I-shaped aluminium beams: numerical analysis and cross-sectional classification”, Computers and Structures, Pergamon, ISSN 0045-7949, Vol. 82, 2004, pp 2157-2171.

B. Faggiano, G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani, “Behaviour of aluminium alloy structures under fire”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, ISSN 1392-3730, Vol. X, No. 3, 2004, pp 193-200.

G. De Matteis "Effect of lightweight cladding panels on the seismic performance of moment resisting steel frames”, Engineering Structures - The Journal of Earthquake Wind and Ocean Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN 0141-0296, Vol. 27/11, pp 1662-1676, Elsevier, 2005

M. Manganiello, G. De Matteis, R. Landolfo “Inelastic flexural strength of aluminium alloy structures, in Engineering Structures, ISSN 0141-0296, Vol. 28/4, pp 593-608, Elsevier, 2006

B. Calderoni, G. De Matteis, C. Giubileo, F.M. Mazzolani “Flexural and shear behaviour of ancient wooden beams: experimental and theoretical evaluation”, Engineering Structures, ISSN 0141-0296, Vol. 28/5, pp 729–744, Elsevier, 2006