Rachele Zaccherini

During her Ph.D., Rachele focused on the study and design of resonant metastructures for the attenuation of seismic and ground-borne vibrations.

In her research, she investigated the effect of soil inhomogeneity on the interaction between surface waves and resonators by carrying out small-scale experiments on both vertically and horizontally polarized waves traveling in a granular medium and interacting with locally resonant oscillators.
In addition, Rachele analysed the attenuation benefits provided by the insertion of inertial amplification mechanisms within the building blocks of metastructures. Specifically, she designed and implemented an axial-to-rotary coupling mechanism to create an inertial amplified lattice metapanel with a wide and low frequency bandgap for the mitigation of mechanical vibrations.

Currently, Rachele is working as an Energy Risk Controller in the Risk Management team of A2A.