Menghini Alessandro

Alessandro Menghini is a Structural Engineer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (sector CEAR-07/A – Tecnica delle Costruzioni). His research focuses on applying advanced technologies to drive digitalization and sustainability in infrastructure design, construction, and maintenance. He is involved in developing innovative structural solutions based on automated processes (metal additive manufacturing, laser cutting, and robotic systems), targeting high structural performance and long-term integrity, with applications for the repair and reuse of existing structures.

Career

PhD (cum laude) in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Thesis title: “An Approach for Fatigue Assessment of Existing Steel Bridges”.

Research

Repair, Additive Manufacturing, Laser Cutting, Metal structures, Fatigue.

Selected Publications

[1] Menghini, A. (2025). Calculation of weld toe stresses from global numerical models: An engineering-oriented approach. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 228, 109431.

[2] Menghini, A., Bowen, M., Leander, J., Castiglioni, C. A. (2024). Estimating bridge stress histories at remote locations from vibration sparse monitoring. Engineering Structures, 318, 118720

[3] Menghini, A., Kanyilmaz, A., Demir, A. G., Castiglioni, C. A., Berto, F., & Previtali, B. (2024). Performance of laser metal deposition on hot-rolled stainless steel for hybrid steel structures. Construction and Building Materials, 443, 137744.

[4] Menghini, A., Kanyilmaz, A., Calado, L., & Castiglioni, C. A. (2023). Experimental Assessment of the Behavior of Tubular Truss Girder Joints Fabricated with Laser Cutting Technology. Journal of Structural Engineering, 149(6), 04023065.

[5] Menghini, A., Leander, J., & Castiglioni, C. A. (2023). A local response function approach for the stress investigation of a centenarian steel railway bridge. Engineering Structures, 286, 116116.

[6] Menghini, A., Mouzakis, C. P., Kanyilmaz, A., Karapitta, L., Panoutsopoulou, L., & Castiglioni, C. (2025). Seismic response of new and repaired steel-concrete composite structures using bi-axial shaking table tests designed with similitude law. Engineering Structures, 336, 120447.

[7] Menghini, A., Kanyilmaz, A., Castiglioni, C. A., & Calado, L. (2025, June). A dissipative replaceable bracing component for steel-composite building frames. In Structures (Vol. 76, p. 108941). Elsevier.

[8] Menghini, A., Malerba, P. G., & Conti, E. (2024). Risorgimento Bridge in Rome: An a Posteriori Possible Assessment. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-19.

[9] Menghini, A., Chierici, M., Kanyilmaz, A., Demir, A. G., Castiglioni, C. A., Berto, F., & Previtali, B. (2024). Fatigue analysis of hybrid steel construction parts using LPBF on hot-rolled steel. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 215, 108513.

[10] Souto, C., Castiglioni, C., Menghini, A., Morelli, F., Piscini, A., Hoffmeister, B., ... & de Jesus, A. (2023, October). A unified approach for fatigue detail categorization applied to rack structures. In Structures (Vol. 56, p. 104948). Elsevier.