Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Email: donato.firrao@polito.it

1968 Laurea in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. Firrao, D., Matteis, P., & De Sario, A. (2021). Low temperature tempering of low alloy 39NiCrMo3 and 36NiCrMo16 quenched and tempered steels. Material Design & Processing Communications, 3(1), e142.
2. Firrao, D., Matteis, P., & De Sario, A. (2019). Exploring the low temperature tempering range of low alloy quenched and tempered steels. Procedia Structural Integrity, 18, 703-710.
3. Iacoviello, F., Ferro, G., Ruggieri, C., & Shlyannikov, V. (2017). Preface: 21st European Conference on Fracture in Catania (Italy) in 2016. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 92, 288.
4. Vargiu, F., Sweeney, D., Firrao, D., Matteis, P., & Taylor, D. (2017). Implementation of the Theory of Critical Distances using mesh control. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 92, 113-121.
5. Firrao, D., Matteis, P., Sapora, A., Cornetti, P., & Carpinteri, A. (2016). A coupled FFM model to interpret fracture toughness values for brittle materials. Procedia Structural Integrity, 2, 1983-1990.
6. Sapora, A., & Firrao, D. (2017). Finite fracture mechanics predictions on the apparent fracture toughness of as‐quenched Charpy V‐type AISI 4340 steel specimens. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 40(6), 949-958.
7. Sapora, A., Cornetti, P., Carpinteri, A., & Firrao, D. (2015). Brittle materials and stress concentrations: are they able to withstand?. Procedia Engineering, 109, 296-302.
8. Graziano, U., Firrao, D., & Taveri, G. (2015). Characterization of welded joints (MIG and SAW) on LDX 2101 duplex SS. Procedia Engineering, 109, 484-491.
9. Matteis, P., Scavino, G., Castello, A., & Firrao, D. (2015). High-cycle fatigue resistance of Si-Mo ductile cast iron as affected by temperature and strain rate. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46, 4086-4094.
10. Ubertalli, G., Rosalbino, F., Matteis, P., Scavino, G., Firrao, D., & Scandaliato, F. (2015). Characterization of die casting Zama 2 alloys after ageing. METALLURGIA ITALIANA, (6), 27-35.
11. Sapora, A., Cornetti, P., Carpinteri, A., & Firrao, D. (2015). Blunt V-notch brittle fracture: An improved finite fracture mechanics approach. Advanced Materials Research, 1105, 237-244.
12. Matteis, P., Scavino, G., Castello, A., & Firrao, D. (2015). Fatigue behavior at high temperature of a Si-Mo ductile cast iron. METALLURGIA ITALIANA, (5), 17-22.

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