Staff profile
Professor Joe Petrolito
Head of Department of Civil Engineering & Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
School of Engineering and Mathematical SciencesDepartment of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences
Building Applied Science 2, Room 4.02b, Bendigo
- T: +61 3 5444 7372
- F: +61 3 5444 7476
- E: j.petrolito@latrobe.edu.au
- W: Civil Engineering & Physical Sciences
Qualifications
DipEng RMIT, BE UQLD, PhD UNSW, FIEAust, CPEng
Area of study
Civil Engineering
Research interests
Computational mechanics and acoustics
- investigating the use of numerical techniques to design three-dimensional structures
Teaching Units
CIV2ST1 - Structures 1
CIV3ST2 - Structures 2
CIV4ST3 - Structures 3
Consulting
Finite element analysis and nonlinear structural analysis
Recent Publications
- J. Petrolito and B.W. Golley, Vibration analysis of multi-span plates using finite strip-elements, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 10(1), 012173, 2010.
Presentations
- J. Petrolito, Analysis of orthotropic thick plates using hybrid-Trefftz elements, Proceedings, 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Melbourne, 105-109, 2010.
- J. Petrolito and K.A. Legge, Nonlinear analysis of frames using low-order mixed finite elements, Proceedings, 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Melbourne, 111-115, 2010.
- J. Russell, J. Petrolito and K.A. Legge, Engineering education: Preparation for future leadership roles, Proceedings, 21th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Sydney, 596-601, 2010.
