Departament de Física

David Roca Cazorla

Lecturer
Campus Terrassa (UPC), Edifici Gaia, Despatx 180
Rambla Sant Nebridi 22
08222 Terrassa

Telèfon: +34 7398959
E-Mail: david.roca.cazorlaupc.edu
Web del grup de recerca: https://futur.upc.edu/176438
Web personal: https://futur.upc.edu/DavidRocaCazorla

Aerospace Engineer with expertise in computational mechanics and design of advanced materials and structures. My research has been focused on the development of metamaterial-based solutions for lightweight soundproofing applications through advanced computational design techniques, including multi-scale modelling and topology optimization. At present, I seek to explore the benefits of metamaterials for flow control in aerospace applications.


Short CV


2023 - present: Serra Húnter Lecturer. Aerospace Engineering Section, Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Terrassa.
2020 - 2022: Severo Ochoa Post-doctoral researcher. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona.
2016 - 2020: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Fluids and Aeronautics. Thesis title: Numerical tools for computational design of acoustic metamaterials. Advisors: Juan Carlos Cante and Oriol Lloberas Valls. Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Terrassa.
2014 - 2016: M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Terrassa.
2010 - 2014: B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering Technologies. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Terrassa.


1- Coiled phononic crystal with periodic rotational locking: subwavelength bragg band gaps
Willey, C.; Chen, V.; Roca, D.; Kianfar, A.; Hussein, M.; Juhl, A.
Physical review applied 18, 014035 (2022)

2- Broadband and Intense Sound Transmission Loss by a Coupled-Resonance Acoustic Metamaterial
Roca, D.; Hussein, M.
Physical review applied 16, 054018:1-054018:11 (2021)

3- Multiresonant Layered Acoustic Metamaterial (MLAM) solution for broadband low-frequency noise attenuation through double-peak sound transmission loss response
Roca, D.; Cante, J.; Lloberas-Valls, O.; Pàmies, T.; Oliver, J.
Extreme mechanics letters 47, 101368:1-101368:9 (2021)

4- Experimental and numerical assessment of local resonance phenomena in 3D-printed acoustic metamaterials
Roca, D.; Pàmies, T.; Cante, J.; Lloberas-Valls, O.; Oliver, J.
Journal of vibration and acoustics. Transactions of the ASME 142, 021017:1-021017:19 (2020)

5- Computational design of locally resonant acoustic metamaterials
Roca, D.; Yago, D.; Cante, J.; Lloberas-Valls, O.; Oliver, J.
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 345, 161-182 (2019)

6- A computational multiscale homogenization framework accounting for inertial effects: application to acoustic metamaterials modelling
Roca, D.; Lloberas-Valls, O.; Cante, J.; Oliver, J.
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 330, 415-446 (2018)

7- An enhanced finite element macro-model for the realistic simulation of localized cracks in masonry structures: a large-scale application
Saloustros, S.; Pelà, L.; Cervera, M.; Roca, P.
International journal of architectural heritage 12, 432-447 (2018)