Journal publications:
Abaid, N., Porfiri, M.: "Fish in a ring: spatiotemporal pattern formation in one-dimensional animal groups", submitted for publication
Aureli, M., Porfiri, M., Gupta, N.: "Effect of polydispersivity and porosity on the elastic properties of hollow particle filled composites", submitted for publication
Tagliavia, G., Porfiri, M., Gupta, N.: "Analysis of hollow inclusion-matrix debonding in particulate composites", submitted for publication
Porfiri, M., Fiorilli, F.: "Experiments on node-to-node pinning control of Chua's circuits", submitted for publication
De Lellis, P., di Bernardo, M., Garofalo, F., Porfiri, M.: "Evolution of complex networks via edge snapping", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, accepted for publication
Aureli, M., Prince, C., Porfiri, M., Peterson, S. D.: "Energy harvesting from base excitation of ionic polymer metal composites in fluid environments", Smart Materials and Structures, accepted for publication
Aureli, M., Kopman, V., Porfiri, M.: "Free-locomotion of underwater vehicles actuated by ionic polymer metal composites", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, in press
Gupta, N., Ye, R., Porfiri, M.: "Comparison of tensile and compressive characteristics of vinyl ester/glass microballoon syntactic foams", Composites Part B: Engineering, in press
Khapli, S., Kim, J. R., Montclare, J. K., Levicky, R., Porfiri, M., Sofou, S., 2009: "Frozen cyclohexane-in-water emulsion as a sacrificial template for the synthesis of multilayered polyelectrolyte microcapsules", Langmuir, 25(17), 9728-9733
Peterson, S. D., Porfiri, M., Rovardi, A., 2009: "A particle image velocimetry study of vibrating ionic polymer metal composites in aqueous environments", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 14(4), 474-483
Caeti, R., Gupta, N., Porfiri, M., 2009: "Processing and compressive response of functionally graded composites", Materials Letters, 63(22), 1964-1967
Tagliavia, G., Porfiri, M., Gupta, N., 2009: "Analysis of flexural properties of hollow-particle filled composites", Composites Part B: Engineering, 40(5), 57-64
Abdelnour, K., Mancia, E., Peterson, S. D., Porfiri, M., 2009: "Hydrodynamics of underwater propulsors based on ionic polymer metal composites: a numerical study", Smart Materials and Structures, 18(8), 085006
Aureli, M., Lin, W., Porfiri, M., 2009: "On the capacitance-boost of ionic polymer metal composites due to electroless plating: theory and experiments", Journal of Applied Physics, 105(10), 104911
Porfiri, M., Fiorilli, F., 2009: "Global pulse synchronization of chaotic oscillators through fast-switching: theory and experiments", Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 41(1), 245-262
Porfiri, M., 2009: "Influence of electrode surface roughness and steric effects on the nonlinear electromechanical behavior of ionic polymer metal composites", Physical Review E, 79(4), 041503
Porfiri, M., Nguyen, N. W., Gupta, N., 2009: "Thermal conductivity of multi-phase particulate composite materials", Journal of Materials Science, 44(6), 1540-1550
Tagliavia, G., Porfiri, M., Gupta, N., 2009: "Vinyl ester-glass hollow particle composites: dynamic mechanical properties at high inclusion volume fraction", Journal of Composite Materials, 43(5), 561-582
Porfiri, M., Fiorilli, F., 2009: "Node-to-node pinning-control of complex networks", Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 19(1), 013122
Porfiri, M., Gupta, N., 2009: "Effect of volume fraction and wall-thickness on the elastic properties of hollow-particle filled composites", Composites Part B: Engineering, 40(2), 166-173
Porfiri, M., 2009: "An electromechanical model for sensing and actuation of ionic polymer metal composites", Smart Materials and Structures, 18(1), 015016
Porfiri, M., di Bernardo, M., 2008: "Criteria for global pinning-controllability of complex networks", Automatica, 44(12), 3100-3106
Porfiri, M., Stilwell, D. J., Bollt, E. M., 2008: "Synchronization in random weighted directed networks", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 55(10), 3170-3177
Porfiri, M., 2008: "Charge dynamics in ionic polymer metal composites", Journal of Applied Physics, 104(10), 104915
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., 2008: "Analysis of rubber-like materials using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 24(12), 1781-1804
Porfiri, M., Roberson, D. G., Stilwell, D. J., 2008: "Fast switching analysis of linear switched systems using exponential splitting", SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 47(5), 2582-2597
Porfiri, M., Pigliacampo, R., 2008: "Master-slave global stochastic synchronization of chaotic oscillators", SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 7(4), 825-842
Del Bufalo, G., Placidi, L., Porfiri, M., 2008: "A mixture theory framework for modeling mechanical actuation of ionic polymer metal composites", Smart Materials and Structures, 17(4), 045010
Porfiri, M., 2008: "Vibrations of parallel arrays of electrostatically actuated microplates", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 315(4-5), 1071-1085
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Vibrations and pull-in instabilities of microelectromechanical von Karman elliptic plates incorporating the Casimir force", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 315(4-5), 939-960
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Reduced-order models for microelectromechanical rectangular and circular plates incorporating the Casimir force", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45(11-12), 3558-3583
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Effects of van der Waals force and thermal stress on pull-in instability of microplates", Sensors, 8(2), 1048-1069
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Vibrations of narrow microbeams predeformed by an electric field", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 309(3), 600-612
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Free and forced vibrations of a segmented bar by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) formulation", Computational Mechanics, 41(4), 473-491
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2007: "Review of modeling electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical systems", Smart Materials and Structures, 16(6), R23-R31
Porfiri, M., Stilwell, D. J., 2007: "Consensus seeking over random weighted directed graphs", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 52(9), 1767-1773
Porfiri, M., Bollt, E. M., Stilwell, D. J., 2007: "Decline of minorities in stubborn societies ", The European Physical Journal B, 57(4), 481-486
Porfiri, M., Roberson, D. G., Stilwell, D. J., 2007: "Tracking and formation control of multiple autonomous agents: a two-level consensus approach ", Automatica, 43(8), 1318-1328
Andreaus, U., Porfiri, M., 2007: "Effect of electrical uncertainties on resonant piezoelectric shunting ", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 18(5), 477-485
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2007: "Effects of Casimir force on pull-in instability in micromembranes", Europhysics Letters, 77(2), 20010
Porfiri, M., Maurini, C., Pouget, J., 2007: "Identification of electromechanical modal parameters of linear piezoelectric structures", Smart Materials and Structures, 16(2), 323-331
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2006: "Capacitance estimate for electrostatically actuated narrow microbeams", Micro & Nano Letters, 1(2), 71-73
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2006: "Electromechanical model of electrically actuated narrow microbeams", IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 15(5), 1175-1189
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2006: "Analysis of electrostatic MEMS using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method", Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 30(11), 949-962
Maurini, C., Porfiri, M., Pouget, J., 2006: "Numerical methods for modal analysis of stepped piezoelectric beams", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 298(4-5), 918-933
Porfiri, M., Stilwell, D. J., Bollt, E. M., Skufca, J. D., 2006: "Random talk: random walk and synchronizability in a moving neighborhood network", Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 224(1-2), 102-113 (special issue on Complex Networks)
Andreaus, U., Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., 2005: "Vibrations of cracked Euler-Bernoulli beams using Meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method", Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CMES) 9(2), 111-132
Porfiri, M., dell'Isola, F., Santini, E., 2005: "Modeling and design of passive electric networks interconnecting piezoelectric transducers for distributed vibration control", International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 21(2), 69-87
Alessandroni, S., Andreaus, U., dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., 2005: "A passive electric controller for multimodal vibrations of thin plates", Computers and Structures 83(15-16), 1236-1250 (special issue on Modelling of Smart Structures)
Andreaus, U., dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., 2004: "Piezoelectric passive distributed controllers for beam flexural vibrations", Journal of Vibration and Control 10(5), 625-661
dell'Isola, F., Maurini, C., Porfiri, M., 2004: "Passive damping of beam vibrations through distributed electric networks and piezoelectric transducers: prototype design and experimental validation", Smart Materials and Structures 13(2), 299-308
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2004: "Treatment of Material Discontinuity in Two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Formulations of Axisymmetric Transient Heat Conduction", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 61(14), 2461-2479
Alessandroni, S., Andreaus, U., dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., 2004: "Piezo-ElectroMechanical (PEM) Kirchhoff-Love plates", European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids 23(4), 689-702
Porfiri, M., dell'Isola, F., Frattale Mascioli, F. M., 2004: "Circuit analog of a beam and its application to multimodal vibration damping, using piezoelectric transducers", International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications 32(4), 167-198
Porfiri M., dell'Isola F., 2004: "Multimodal beam vibration damping exploiting PZT transducers and passive distributed circuits", Journal de Physique IV 115, 323-332
dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., Vidoli, S., 2003: "Piezo-ElectroMechanical (PEM) structures: passive vibration control using distributed piezoelectric transducers", Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics 331(1), 69-76
Alessandroni, S., dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., 2002: "A revival of electric analogs for vibrating mechanical systems aimed to their efficient control by PZT actuators", International Journal of Solids and Structures 39(20), 5295-5324
dell'Isola, F., Henneke, E. G., Porfiri, M., 2001: "Synthesis of electrical networks interconnecting PZT actuators to damp mechanical vibrations", International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 14(1-4/2001/2002), 417-424
Book Chapters:
Porfiri, M., Gupta, N., 2009: "A review of research on impulsive loading of marine composites", Major accomplishments in composite materials and sandwich structures – an anthology of ONR sponsored research (edited by E.E. Gdoutos, I.M. Daniel, Y.D.S. Rajapakse)
Batra, R. C., Porfiri, M., Spinello, D., 2008: "Pull-in instability in electrostatically actuated MEMS", Advances in Multiphysics Simulation of MEMS and NEMS (edited by A. Frangi, N. Aluru, C. Cercignani, S. Mukherjee), Imperial College Press, Chapter 9, 329-374
Andreaus, U., dell'Isola, F., Porfiri, M., 2003: "Multimodal vibration control by using piezoelectric transducers and passive circuits", Mechanics of Electromagnetic Material Systems and Structures (edited by Y. Shindo), WIT press, 307-317
Dissertations and Theses:
Porfiri, M., 2006: "Analysis by Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method of Material Discontinuities, Pull-in Instability in MEMS, Vibrations of Cracked Beams, and Finite Deformations of Rubberlike Materials", Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Porfiri, M., 2005: "Performances of passive electric networks and piezoelectric transducers for beam vibration control", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Rome "La Sapienza" -- University of Toulon
Porfiri, M., 2001: "Design of electric networks for mechanical vibrations control using piezoelectric actuators", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Porfiri, M., 2000: "Synthesis of electrical networks interconnecting PZT actuators to efficiently damp mechanical vibrations", M.Sc. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University