Nicola Menga

Nicola Menga is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanics, Mathematics & Management of Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy. His research focuses on contact mechanics, tribology, and viscoelastic material behavior, with applications to adhesion, friction, and surface interactions.

• Research Areas
  • Contact mechanics of rough surfaces
  • Viscoelastic adhesion and friction
  • Dynamic contact hysteresis
  • Thin film and tape peeling
  • Frictional stability in layered materials
  • Multi-scale interface modelling

His recent work explores frictional behavior in viscoelastic systems, adhesion enhancement mechanisms, and advanced computational methods for contact analysis. Publications span topics from battery electrolyte interfaces to seismic isolation technologies.

Current projects emphasize geometric and material nonlinearities in contact mechanics, with applications to energy storage systems and vibration control. Theoretical frameworks include hybrid element methods and nonlinear dynamic models.