Contact Dr Gustavo M. Castelluccio
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- Email: castellg@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Gustavo M. Castelluccio obtained his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) where he investigated the early stages of fatigue damage by explicitly modelling cracks meandering through the microstructure. Later on he joined the Component Science and Mechanics department at Sandia National Laboratories (USA). There, his work focused on integrated constitutive models and multiscale modelling of components.
His research at Cranfield focuses on understanding the effects of mesoscales on the mechanical response of engineering components by developing physics-based models for fatigue and fracture. This work integrates microstructural attributes with manufacturing routes and structural reliability.
Current activities
Areas of expertise:
Fatigue and fracture damage.
Physics-based constitutive modeling.
Microstructural mechanics.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Gu T, Wang B, Zhu T, Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2025). Two-way coupled modeling of dislocation substructure sensitive crystal plasticity and hydrogen diffusion at the crack tip of FCC single crystals. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 306
- Dindarlou S & Castelluccio GM. (2025). Assessment of fatigue crack initiation after overloads with substructure-sensitive crystal plasticity. International Journal of Fatigue, 198
- Gaddavalasa NC, Lodh A, Cini A, Saaran V, Mehmanparast A, .... (2025). Designing nickel coatings for water erosion performance: optimisation of grain size and thickness. Engineering Failure Analysis, 175
- Azher K, Shah M, Bakhtari AR, Castelluccio GM, Tüfekci CS, .... (2024). A review on vibration characteristics of additively manufactured metal alloys. Advanced Engineering Materials, 26(6)
- Dindarlou S & Castelluccio GM. (2024). Optimization of crystal plasticity parameters with proxy materials data for alloy single crystals. International Journal of Plasticity, 174
- Elsherkisi M, Martinez FD, Mason-Flucke J, Gray S & Castelluccio GM. (2024). Interaction of stress corrosion cracks in single crystals Ni-Base superalloys. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 298
- Duarte Martinez F, Syed A, Dawson K, Tatlock GJ, Morar NI, .... (2023). Effect of NaCl and SO2 on the stress corrosion cracking of CMSX-4 at 550°C. Materials at High Temperatures, 40(4)
- Cravero S, Gomez G, Valdez M, Santi N & Castelluccio GM. (2023). Reversible cyclic softening in HSLA steels at low homologous temperatures. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54(7)
- Lodh A, Keller C & Castelluccio GM. (2023). Fabrication and mechanical testing of mesoscale specimens. JOM, 75(7)
- Geng X, Wellman R, Arrom LI, Chalk C & Castelluccio GM. (2023). Estimation of thermal barrier coating fracture toughness using integrated computational materials engineering. Ceramics International, 49(15)
- Ashraf F, Lodh A, Pagone E & Castelluccio GM. (2023). Revitalising metallic materials: a path towards a sustainable circular economy. Sustainability, 15(15)
- Ashraf F & Castelluccio GM. (2022). History and temperature dependent cyclic crystal plasticity model with material-invariant parameters. International Journal of Plasticity, 161
- Dindarlou S & Castelluccio GM. (2022). Substructure-sensitive crystal plasticity with material-invariant parameters. International Journal of Plasticity, 155
- Barrios A, Zhang Y, Maeder X, Castelluccio GM, Pierron O, .... (2022). Abnormal grain growth in ultrafine grained Ni under high-cycle loading. Scripta Materialia, 209(March)
- Ashraf F & Castelluccio GM. (2022). On the similitude relation for dislocation wall thickness under cyclic deformation. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 840(April)
- Lee H, Gray S, Zhao Y & Castelluccio GM. (2022). Machine learning applied to identify corrosive environmental conditions. Frontiers in Materials, 9
- Ashraf F, Cini A & Castelluccio GM. (2022). Analytical fatigue life formulation for notches informed by crystal plasticity. International Journal of Fatigue, 163(October)
- Castelluccio GM, Lim H, Emery JM & Battaile CC. (2021). Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 44(9)
- Ashraf F & Castelluccio GM. (2021). A robust approach to parameterize dislocation glide energy barriers in FCC metals and alloys. Journal of Materials Science, 56(29)
- Barrios A, Kakandar E, Castelluccio GM & Pierron ON. (2021). Comparison of the low and high/very high cycle fatigue behaviors in Ni microbeams under bending. Journal of Materials Research, 36(11)
- Kakandar E, Barrios A, Michler J, Maeder X, Pierron ON, .... (2020). A computational and experimental comparison on the nucleation of fatigue cracks in statistical volume elements. International Journal of Fatigue, 137
- Clark BC, Castelluccio GM, Reiterer MW, McDowell DL & Neu RW. (2018). Microstructure-sensitive fatigue modelling of medical-grade fine wire. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 42(1)
- Castelluccio GM, Geller CB & McDowell DL. (2018). A rationale for modeling hydrogen effects on plastic deformation across scales in FCC metals. International Journal of Plasticity, 111
- Yuan H, Zhang W, Castelluccio GM, Kim J & Liu Y. (2018). Microstructure-sensitive estimation of small fatigue crack growth in bridge steel welds. International Journal of Fatigue, 112
- Barrios A, Gupta S, Castelluccio GM & Pierron ON. (2018). Quantitative in situ SEM high cycle fatigue: The critical role of oxygen on nanoscale-void-controlled nucleation and propagation of small cracks in Ni microbeams. Nano Letters, 18(4)
- Castelluccio GM & Roy R. (2018). Foreword. Procedia Manufacturing, 16
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2017). Mesoscale cyclic crystal plasticity with dislocation substructures. International Journal of Plasticity, 98
- Castelluccio GM & Brake MRW. (2017). On the origin of computational model sensitivity, error, and uncertainty in threaded fasteners. Computers & Structures, 186
- Hennessey C, Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2017). Sensitivity of polycrystal plasticity to slip system kinematic hardening laws for Al 7075-T6. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 687
- Castelluccio GM, Musinski WD & McDowell DL. (2016). Computational micromechanics of fatigue of microstructures in the HCF–VHCF regimes. International Journal of Fatigue, 93
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2016). Microstructure-sensitive small fatigue crack growth assessment: Effect of strain ratio, multiaxial strain state, and geometric discontinuities. International Journal of Fatigue, 82
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2015). Microstructure and mesh sensitivities of mesoscale surrogate driving force measures for transgranular fatigue cracks in polycrystals. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 639
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2014). Mesoscale modeling of microstructurally small fatigue cracks in metallic polycrystals. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 598
- Castelluccio GM, Musinski WD & McDowell DL. (2014). Recent developments in assessing microstructure-sensitive early stage fatigue of polycrystals. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 18(4)
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2014). A mesoscale approach for growth of 3D microstructurally small fatigue cracks in polycrystals. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 23(6)
- Musinski WD, Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2014). Recent Developments in Assessing Microstructure-Sensitive Early Stage Fatigue of Polycrystals (Postprint).
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2013). Effect of annealing twins on crack initiation under high cycle fatigue conditions. Journal of Materials Science, 48(6)
- Castelluccio GM, Perez Ipiña JE, Yawny AA & Ernst HA. (2013). Fracture testing of the heat affected zone from welded steel pipes using an in situ stage. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 98(1)
- Castelluccio GM & McDowell DL. (2012). Assessment of small fatigue crack growth driving forces in single crystals with and without slip bands. International Journal of Fracture, 176(1)
- Castelluccio GM, Yawny AA, Perez Ipiña JE & Ernst HA. (2012). In Situ Evaluation of Tensile Properties of Heat‐Affected Zones from Welded Steel Pipes. Strain, 48(1)
- CASTELLUCCIO G, GERVASONI J, CRUZJIMENEZ S & ABRIATA J. (2007). Characterization of the energy of hydrogen under pressure in pure metals. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32(16)
