DIPARTIMENTO INGEGNERIA CIVILE E ARCHITETTURA
prof. ing. Rosario G. Sinatra
    
     Rosario Sinatra
    Full Professor
    Applied Mechanics
     Deputy Rector for the development policies in
     the Mediterranean

member ASME
member IEEE
member IFToMM Technical Committee for Multibody Dynamics
Contatti

Telefono: +39 095-7382401
Fax:         +39 095-337994
E-mail:     rosario.sinatra@unict.it
skypeid:   sinatrarosario
Twitter:    https://twitter.com/sinatra_rosario
Ricevimento studenti

Martedì  10:00-12:00
Venerdì  10:00-12:00
Ricerca

Analisi, sintesi ed ottimizzazione di sistemi meccanici. Cinematica, dinamica e design di robot seriali e paralleli. Dinamica multibody.
Corsi

Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems,
(Laurea Magistrale in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems - LM-25)

 Meccatronica 
(Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Meccanica, LM-33).
Main journal papers

  • Xi and R. Sinatra, 1997. Effect of Dynamic Balancing on Four-Bar Linkage Vibrations. Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 32, N6 pp.715-728, ISSN: 0094-114X.
  • E. Zanganesh, R. Sinatra and J. Angeles, 1997. Kinematics and Dynamics of a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator with Revolute Legs. ROBOTICA International Journal, Vol. 15, pp.385-394, ISSN: 0263-5747.
  • Xi, R. Sinatra, and W. Han, 2001. Effect of Leg Inertia on Hexapod Dynamics Considering High-Speed Applications. ASME Journal of Dynamics, Measurement and Control, Vol. 123, pp.265-271, ISSN: 0022-0434.
  • La Rosa, M. Messina, G. Muscato and R. Sinatra, 2002. A Low Cost Lightwight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Vertical Surfaces. Mechatronics International Journal, Vol. 12, No 1, pp.71-96, ISSN: 0957-4158.
  • Di Gregorio and R. Sinatra, 2002. Singularity Curves of a Parallel Pointing System, Meccanica International Journal, Vol. 37, pp.255-268, ISSN: 0025-6455.
  • Sinatra and J. Angeles. 2003. A Novel Approach to the Teaching of Planar Mechanism Dynamics - A Case Study. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 31, No 3, pp.201-214, ISSN: 0306-4190.
  • FengFeng Xi and R. Sinatra, 2002. Inverse Dynamics of Hexapods using the Natural Orthogonal Complement Methods, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 21, No 2, pp.73-82, ISSN: 0278-6125.
  • Lacagnina, S. Russo and R. Sinatra, 2003. A Novel Parallel Manipula-tor Archiutecture for Manufacturing Applications. Journal of Multibody Systems Dynamics, 10, pp.219-238. ISSN: 1384-5640.
  • Lacagnina, G. Muscato and R. Sinatra, 2003, Kinematics, Dynamics and Control of a Hybrid Robot Wheeleg, International Journal of Robotics and Autonomus Systems, Vol. 45, 161-180, ISSN: 0921-8890.
  • Xi, O. Angelico and R. Sinatra, 2005. Tripod Dynamics and Its Inertia Effect. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127/1 , pp. 144. ISSN: 1050-0472.
  • Xi, A. Russo and R. Sinatra, 2005. Static Balancing of parallel robots, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 40, No 2, pp. 131-258, ISSN: 0094-114X.
  • Cavacece, E. Pennestrì and R. Sinatra, 2005. Experiences in Teaching Multibody Dynamics. Journal of Multibody Systems Dynamics, 13, pp. 363-369, ISSN: 1384-5640.
  • G. Santangelo and R. Sinatra, 2005. Static Balancing of a six-degree-of-freedom mechanism with six two-link revolute legs, International Journal of Robotics & automation, Vol. 20, No 4, pp. 222-230. ISSN: 0826-8185.
  • Pirrotta, R. Sinatra, A. Meschini, 2006. Evaluation of the Effect of Preaload Force on Resonance Frequencies for a Traveling Wave Ultrasonic Motor, IEEE Transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, Vol. 53, n.4, pp. 746-753, 746-753 ISSN: 0885-3010.
  • Pirrotta, R. Sinatra, A. Meschini, 2007. A novel simulation model for ring type ultrasonic motor, Meccanica International Journal, Vol. 42, n.2, pp. 127-139, ISSN: 0025-6455.
  • Callegari, A. Cammarata, A. Gabrielli, M. Ruggiu, R. Sinatra. 2008. Analysis and Design of a 3-CRU Spherical Micromechanism with Flexure Hinges. ASME Journal Mechanical Design, vol. 131, p. 1-11, ISSN: 1050-0472.
  • Angeles, A. Cammarata and R. Sinatra, 2009. The Dynamics of Parallel Schönflies Motion Generators, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 223, p 29-52, ISSN: 0959-6518.
  • Ilia and R. Sinatra, 2009. A Novel Formulation of the Dynamic Balancing of Five-Bar Linkages with Applications to Link Optimization, Journal of Multibody Systems Dynamics, Vol. 21, N.2, pp. 193-211, ISSN 1384-5640.
  • , Angeles, A. Cammarata and R. Sinatra, 2010. Kinetostatic and Inertial Conditioning of theMcGill Schonflies-Motion Generator, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 2010, Article ID 186203, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/186203.
  • Xi, A. Cammarata and R. Sinatra, 2012. Tripod Stiffened using clamping plates with no increase of moving mass, Meccanica International Journal, Vol. 47, N. 2, pp. 355-367, ISSN 0025-6455.
  • Cammarata and R. Sinatra, 2013. Elastodynamic optimization of a 3T1R parallel manipulator, Mechanism And Machine Theory, Volume 73, March 2014, pp. 184-196, ISSN 0094-114X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2013.10.010.
  • Cammarata, D. Condorelli, R. Sinatra, 2013. An Algorithm to Study the Elastodynamics of Parallel Kinematic Machines with Lower Kinematic Pairs. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 5, pp. 1-9, ISSN: 1942-4302.
  • XI FengFeng, A. Cammarata, R. Sinatra, 2011. Tripod Stiffening Using Clamping Plates with no Increase of Moving Mass. Meccanica International Journal, vol. 41, ISSN: 0025-6455, doi: 10.1007/s11012-011-9437-x.
  • Cammarata, A., Condorelli, D., & Sinatra, R., 2012. An algorithm to study the elastodynamics of parallel kinematic machines with lower kinematic pairs. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 5(1). doi:10.1115/1.4007705
  • Cammarata., and R. Sinatra., 2014. Elastodynamic optimization of a 3T1R parallel manipulator. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 73, 184-196. doi:10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.20 13.10.010
  • Cammarata, A., & Sinatra, R., 2015. On the elastostatics of spherical parallel machines with curved links. In Mechanisms and Machine Science, Vol. 33, pp. 347-356.
  • Cammarata, A., & Sinatra, R., 2016. Parametric Study for the Steady-State Equilibrium of a Towfish. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications, 81(2), 231-240. doi:10.1007/s10846-015-0246-7
  • Muscat, M., Cammarata, A., Maddio, P. D., & Sinatra, R., 2018. Design and development of a towfish to monitor marine pollution. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 3(1), 11.
  • Maddio, P.D., Meschini, A., Sinatra, R. Cammarata A., 2019. An optimized form-finding method of an asymmetric large deployable reflector. Engineering Structures, 181, pp. 27-34.
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