Dr Brunella Balzano

(hi/ei)

2026

• Balzano, B. et al. 2026. Pro-active adaptation of existing masonry buildings in response to climate change induced risk of subsidence. Presented at: International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions Lausanne, Switzerland 15-17 September 2025. Published in: Saloustros, S. and Beyer, K. eds. Proceedings of SAHC 2025. Vol. 64.RILEM Bookseries Springer Nature Switzerland. , pp.2212-2220. (10.1007/978-3-032-13469-1_176)

2025

• Prizeman, O. et al. 2025. Evaluating rapid data acquisition methods for structural analysis of a church at risk from climate change induced subsidence. Presented at: CIPA 2025 SEOUL Seoul, South Korea 25-29 August 2025. Vol. XLVIII.Vol. 9. , pp.1205-1212. (10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-M-9-2025-1205-2025)

2024

• Balzano, B. et al. 2024. Design of an electric activation system for the smart hybrid tendons crack-closure system in concrete beams. Developments in the Built Environment 18 100446. (10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100446)
• Balzano, B. , Sharifi, S. and Tsang, C. 2024. Smart activation system for the hybrid tendons crack closure technology. Presented at: Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023 Cardiff, UK 12-14 July 2023. Published in: Spezi, E. and Bray, M. eds. Proceedings of the Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. , pp.39-43. (10.18573/conf1.j)
• Neghabat Shirazi, B. et al., 2024. Agricultural waste as a cementitious material — rice husk ash. Presented at: Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023 Cardiff, UK 12-14 July 2023. Published in: Spezi, E. and Bray, M. eds. Proceedings of the Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. , pp.48-51. (10.18573/conf1.l)
• Sharifi, S. and Balzano, B. 2024. Pinball tendons crack closure technology. Presented at: Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023 Cardiff, UK 12-14 July 2023. Published in: Spezi, E. and Bray, M. eds. Proceedings of the Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. , pp.34-38. (10.18573/conf1.i)

2023

• Bruno, A. W. , Najdi, A. and Balzano, B. 2023. A thermal conductivity model for deformable and unsaturated soils to assess the thermal behaviour of energy piles. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering 9 (5) 58. (10.1007/s40891-023-00478-3)

2022

• Maddalena, R. et al. 2022. Applications and life cycle assessment of shape memory polyethylene terephthalate in concrete for crack closure. Polymers 14 (5) 933. (10.3390/polym14050933)

2021

• Sweeney, J. et al., 2021. Concrete crack closure and reinforcement using high performance shape memory polymers (SMP). Presented at: Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference Online/Cardiff 20-22 Sept 2021. Published in: Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M. eds. Proceedings Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020). Cardiff: Cardiff University. , pp.306-310. (https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145287/1/RM4L2020%20Conference%20Proceedings%20-%20Online%20Version.pdf)
• Sweeney, J. et al., 2021. Injection moulding of ‘Spheritet’ component for concrete reinforcement. Presented at: Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference Online/Cardiff 20-22 Sept 2021. Published in: Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M. eds. Proceedings Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020). Cardiff: Cardiff University. , pp.302-305.
• Balzano, B. et al. 2021. REAL-TIME quality check of measurements of soil water status in the vadose zone. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 121 102918. (10.1016/j.pce.2020.102918)
• Balzano, B. et al. 2021. Enhanced concrete crack closure with hybrid shape memory polymer tendons. Engineering Structures 226 111330. (10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111330)

2020

• Maddalena, R. et al. 2020. A crack closure system for cementitious composite materials using knotted shape memory polymer (k-SMP) fibres. Cement and Concrete Composites 114 103757. (10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2020.103757)

2019

• Balzano, B. , Tarantino, A. and Ridley, A. 2019. Preliminary analysis on the impacts of the rhizosphere on occurrence of rainfall-induced shallow landslides. Landslides 16 (10), pp.1885-1901. (10.1007/s10346-019-01197-5)
• Balzano, B. et al. 2019. Building physically-based models for assessing rainfall-induced shallow landslide hazard at the catchment scale: the case study of the Sorrento Peninsula (Italy). Canadian Geotechnical Journal 56 (9), pp.1291-1303. (10.1139/cgj-2017-0611)

2014

• Amabile, A. et al., 2014. A conceptual model for water-limited evapotranspiration taking into account root depth, root density, and vulnerability to xylem cavitation. In: Khalili, N. , Russell, A. and Khoshghalb, A. eds. Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications. CRC Press
• Balzano, B. et al. 2014. A numerical study of hydrological effects of vegetation on slope stability. In: Khalili, N. , Russell, A. and Khoshghalb, A. eds. Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications. CRC Press. , pp.1249-1256.

2012

• Balzano, B. et al. 2012. Effect of partial saturation on the stability of shallow foundations above the water table. In: Mancuso, C. , Jommi, C. and D'Onza, F. eds. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications. Vol. 2, Springer. , pp.247-253. (10.1007/978-3-642-31343-1_31)