Biography

Prof. Danilo Capecchi

Strength of Materials

History of science

Università di Roma La Sapienza

Full Professor


Email: danilo.capecchi@uniroma1.it


Research fields

Non Linear Dynamics

History of Science


Publications (Selected)

  1. D. Capecchi, Gabrio Piola and Mathematical Physics. In: Dell’Isola et al. (eds), The Complete works of Gabrio Piola. Vol. 1, Dordrecht, Springer, 2015, pp. 788-813.
  2. Pau, D. Capecchi, F. Vestroni, Reciprocityprinciple for scatteredfields from discontinuities in waveguides. Ultrasonics, 55, 2015, pp. 85-91.
  3. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, Beltrami and mathematicalphysics in non-Euclideanspaces: Meccanica, on line, 2015, pp. 1-16.
  4. D. Capecchi, Epistemology of GreekHarmonics. AHS 4, 2015, pp. 155-171.
  5. R. Pisano, D. Capecchi, Tartaglia’s science of weights and mechanics in the sixteenthcentury, Springer, Cham-Dordrecht, 2015.
  6. D. Capecchi, The problem of motion of bodies. Springer, Dordrecht, 2014.
  7. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, Strengt of materials and theory of elasticity in 19th centuryItaly, 2014.
  8. D. Capecchi, A historicalreconstruction of mechanicsas a mathematicalphysical science. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. October 2014 (online).
  9. D. Capecchi, A historical and epistemologicalpoint of view of mathematicalphysics. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, January 2014 (online).
  10. D. Capecchi, Attempts by Descartes and Roberval to evaluate the centre of oscillation of compound pendulums. Early Science and Medicine, 2014, 19(3): 211-235.
  11. Capecchi, Over and undershotwaterwheels in the 18th century. Science-technologycontroversy. Advances in HistoricalStudies, 2014, 3(2): 131-139.
  12. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, Europeanpolytechnicschools in nineteenthcentury and Karlsruhe’sexemplary case. Meccanica, 2014, 49: 13-21.
  13. D. Capecchi, History of virtual work laws. Birckhäuser, Milano, 2012.
  14. P. Trovalusci, D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, Genesis of the multiscaleapproach
for materials with microstructure,Archive of AppliedMechanics: vol.79, n. 11 (2009), p. 981-997.
  15. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, P. Trovalusci, Voigt and Poincaré’smechanistic-energeticapproaches to linear elasticity and suggestions for multiscalemodelling, Archive of Appliedmechanics, 81 (11), 2011, pp. 1573-1584.
  16. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta,Cerruti’s treatment of elastictrusses, Meccanica, 2010, pp. 1-16.
  17. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, A historicalperspective of Menabrea's “principle of elasticity”, Meccanica, vol. 45, 2010, p. 199-212.
  18. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, On Piola’scontribution to continuum mechanics.Archive for the history and exactsciences; vol. 61, 2007, pp. 303-342.
  19. D. Capecchi, G. Ruta, P. Trovalusci, Voigt’scontribution to molecularmodels in elasticity, Archive for history of exactsciences, vol. 64, 2010, pp. 525-559.
  20. D. Capecchi, Historicalroots of the rule of composition of forces,Meccanica, 47 (8), 2012, pp 1887-1901.
  21. D. Capecchi,Weightasactive or passive principle in the Latin and Arabicscientia de ponderibus, Organon, 43, 2011, pp. 49-78.
  22. D. Capecchi, R. Pisano,Reflections on Torricelli’sprinciple in the mechanicalscience.Epistemology of the centre of gravity, Organon, vol. 42, 2010, p. 83-100.
  23. D. Capecchi. Periodicresponse and stability of hystereticoscillators, Dynamics and Stability of Systems, Vol. 6, 1990, pp.89-106.
  24. D. Capecchi. Asymptoticmotions and stability of the elastoplasticoscillatorstudied via maps,International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1993.
  25. D. Capecchi, S.R. Bishop.Periodicoscillations and attractingbasins for a parametricallyexcitedpendulum,Dynamics and Stability of Systems, 1994.
  26. D. Capecchi, R. Masiani.Reducedphasespaceanalysis for hystereticoscillators of Masingtype,Journal of Solitons and Chaos, 1996.


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