PAPERS APPEARED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
M. Fabiani, S. Greco, L. Mentrasti, L. Molari, G. Valdrè, Thermal treatment of bamboo with flame: influence on the mechanical characteristics, Advances in bamboo science, 2023.
S. Greco, S. Manzi, L. Molari, A. Saccani, G. Iulian, G. Valdrè Photodegradation of bamboo: a study on changes in mechanical performances, Materials 2023, 16(1), 285.
G. Donini, S. Greco, L. Molari, A. Zanetti, Structural design of an Italian bamboo house in an Italian regulatory context: Revisiting a small building built in Costa Rica with tropical bamboo, inviato a Case study in Construction materials, vol 16, e00891, 2022.
A. Saccani, L. Molari, G. Totaro, S. Manzi, Geopolymers reinforced with natural fibers: a comparison among different sources, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021, 11(22), 11026.
L. Molari, F. Coppolino J.J. Garcia, ‘Arundo donax: a widespread plant with great potential as sustainable structural material’, Journal of Construction and Building Materials, 268, 121143, 2021 (doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121143)
L. Molari, J.J. Garcia, ‘On the radial variation of the transverse mechanical properties of bamboo’, Journal of Building Engineering, 33, 101557, 2021 (doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101557)
L. Mentrasti, L. Molari, M. Fabiani, ‘Poisson’s ratio bounds in orthotropic materials. Application to natural composites: wood, bamboo and Arundo donax’, accepted for publication on Composites part B, 2021;
L. Molari, L. Mentrasti, M. Fabiani, ‘Mechanical characterization of five species of Italian bamboo’, Structures, 24, 59-72, 2020 (doi:10.1016/j.istruc.2019.12.022);
L. Molari, ‘Arising Student Consciousness Regarding Structural Properties of Natural Materials with a Structural Challenge Employing Arundo Donax’, Journal on Creative Education, 10(06):1155-1162, 2019 (doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.106087);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Time-dependent mechanical properties of straw bales for use in construction’, Biosystems Engineering, 172, 75-83, 2018, (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2018.05.014);
L. Molari, M. Maraldi, G. Molari, ‘Non-linear rheological model of straw bales behavior under compressive loads’, Mechanics Research Communications, 81, 32-37, 2017, (ISSN: 0093-6413, doi: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2017.02.010);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Analysis of the Parameters Affecting the Mechanical Behaviour of Straw Bales Under Compression’, Biosystems Engineering, 160, 179-193, 2017, (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.06.007);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Method for the characterisation of the mechanical behaviour of straw bales’, Biosystems Engineering, 151, 141-151 (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.09.003);
PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
E. Cintura; P. Faria; L.Molari; L.Nunes, Optimisation of production parameters to develop innovative eco-efficient boards, ICBBM 2023.
Silvia Greco, Luisa Molari, Giovanni Valdrè and Jose Jaime Garcia, Finite element analysis for the prediction of the circumferential bamboo strength, NOCMAT 2022 (The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies 2022).
L. Crociati, T. Jeannin, L. Molari, V. Placet, Sandwich panels with Arundo Donax core and flax fibre skins, NOCMAT 2022 (The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies 2022).
S. Manzi, A. Saccani, L. Molari, New sustainable alkali-activated composite materials reinforced with natural fiber: preliminary experimental investigations, Atti del XVI Convegno nazionale AIMAT, 2021, 15-18 September 2021.
G. Catalogna, L. Molari, Bamboo Fibers for the Reinforcement of Mortar and Plaster, MURICO November 2021 online, published in Key engineering Materials, MECHANICS OF MASONRY STRUCTURES strengthened with composite materials: Modeling, testing, design, monitoring, control.
G. Donini, S. Greco, L. Molari, A. Zanetti, REINTERPRETATION OF A COSTA RICAN PROJECT OF A BAMBOO SMALL HOUSE IN THE ITALIAN CONTEXT, International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, CEES2021, 12-15 October 2021, Coimbra, Portugal;
S. Greco, L. Molari, Flexural behavior of five species of Italian Bamboo, inviato a 4th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Barcellona, Spagna, 16-18 June 2021;
R. Moran, S. Greco, C. Konrath, L. Molari, J.J. Garcia, ‘Experiments with parts of rings to determine the inner and the outer circumferential strength of bamboo’, International Congress on Non Convenctional Materials, NOCMAT 2019, Nairobi, Kenia, July 2019;
S. Greco, L. Molari, M. Marladi, ‘Full Mechanical Characterization of Phyllostachys Viridigalucescens grown in temperature climate’, International Congress on Non-Conventional Materials NOCMAT 2019, Nairobi, Kenia, July 2019;
Silvia Greco, Luisa Molari, ‘New set up for tensile test performed on thin bamboo’, Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), 14-19 July 2019, Kingston University London;
M. Fabiani, L. Mentrasti, S. Greco, L. Molari, L. Bar, ‘Mechanical characterization of Italian bamboo’, European Congress of Solid Mechanics, Bologna, June 2018;
M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Assessment and modelisation of the mechanical performance of straw bales for use in construction’, Proc. of NOCMAT 2017, Mérida NOCMAT, Mexico, 27-30/11/2017;
M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Straw bales for building: mechanical behavior under compression’, ICBBM EcoGRAFI, Clermont Ferrand, 21-23/06/2017;
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, G. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Investigation over the parameters affecting the mechanical behaviour of straw bales for use in construction’, 11th International AIIA Conference, Bari, July 5-8, 2016;
L. Molari, M. Maraldi, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘What is the structural behaviour of a straw bale?’, ESBG 2017, Venezia 16-18 June 2017;
M. Manferdini, M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Straw bales as a building material: Investigation on the mechanical behavior under compression’, Atti XXI Convegno Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale e VIII Riunione del Gruppo Materiali AIMETA, Lucca, 27-29/06/2016, (ISBN: 979-12-200-1333-8);