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Gianfranco Canales

Graduate Student

fcanales@caltech.edu

Gianfranco joined the Space Structures Laboratory in 2019, after receiving his Master of Science in Aeronautics from Caltech. He got his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Engineering, Peru in 2017 and worked as a graduate research assistant in the same institution for a year 

His previous research experience includes computational modeling of composites, plasticity and advanced formulations in finite elements. 

Publications:

  • Canales, F. G., & Mantari, J. L. (2017). A boundary-discontinuous-displacement based Fourier analysis of thick laminated beams via a robust 1D-CUF model. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 118, 109-118. 

  • Canales, F. G., & Mantari, J. L. (2017). Laminated composite plates in contact with a bounded fluid: Free vibration analysis via unified formulation. Composite Structures, 162, 374-387. 

  • Canales, F. G., & Mantari, J. L. (2017). Elasto-plastic vibrational analysis of tapered bars under uniform axial loading considering shear deformation and rotary inertia. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 95, 103-116.