Progetto costruttivo definitivo di un impianto di prova in similitudine di turbopompe cavitanti
Curriculum vitae
Place and Date of Birth: S.Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy, 17/10/1973
Education
2000: Laurea Degree in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
1992: High school degree, Liceo Scientifico Statale “G.De Rogatis”, S.Nicandro G. (FG), Italy
Experience:
2002-present: Ph.D. Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
2002-present: Assistant professor for “Technology of Aeronautic Constructions” course at University of Pisa
2000-present: Project Engineer, Centrospazio - Consorzio Pisa Ricerche, Pisa, Italy
Main projects:
2002-2003 “Studio di fenomeni di cavitazione in circuiti di alimentazione di razzi a propellente liquido”, ASI contract no. I/C/015/02/0
2002 “Test Sperimentali su Airfoil”, collaboration with CIRA for FAST2 program, contract no. 99.0146.0000/0
2001 “Impianto per prove rotodinamiche di turbopompe cavitanti”, ASI contract no. I/C/144/00/0
Main Working Activities:
• Design, dimensioning, choice of components, development, realization and validation of CPTF (Cavitating Pump Test Facility), CPRTF (Cavitating Pump Rotordynamic Test Facility) and TCT (Thermal Cavitation tunnel)
• Experimental activity on cavitating/noncavitating turbopumps and hydrofoils. Long-time experience in the use of: pressure transducers (static/resistive and dynamic/piezoelectric transducers); electromagnetic flowmeters; slip rings assemblies.
• Collaboration in the design of a rotating dynamometer for the CPRTF and “know-how” experience in the measurement of forces and moments by strain-gauges
• Analog/digital signal acquisition, conditioning, filtering and postprocessing
• Writing of technical papers and intermediate/final reports for ASI and CIRA contracts
• 2D and 3D technical drawing for design purposes
Bibliography:
“Experimental Activities on Liquid Propellant Turbopumps at Centrospazio”, VII Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, Roma, Italy, September 15-19, 2003
“Thermal Cavitation Experiments on a NACA 0015 Hydrofoil”, Proceedings of FEDSM ’03 – 4th ASME_JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, USA, July 6-11, 2003
“A New Cavitation Test Facility at Centrospazio”, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Launcher Technology, Liege, Belgium, December 3-6, 2002
“A New Cavitating Pump Rotordynamic Test Facility”, Proceedings of JPC - AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Indianapolis, USA, July 7-10, 2002
Affiliations:
2003 ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
2003 AIDAA (Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica ed Astronautica)
2002 AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Languages:
Italian
English (good)
Known/Regularly used Software:
Microsoft Office (2000 and XP releases)
LabView (release 5)
AutoCad (release 2000)
ProEngineer (2000i2 and 2001 releases)
IntelliCAD (2001 release)
Matlab (5 and 6.5 releases)
MathCad (release 7)
PaintShopPro (release 7)
Studi
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Laurea in Ingegneria Aerospaziale
conseguita presso Università degli Studi di Pisa nell'anno 1999-00
con una votazione di 110 su 110 -
Diploma di maturità
conseguito presso il
Liceo scientifico
con votazione 60/60°
Lingue straniere
- Inglese parlato e scritto: buono
Conoscenze informatiche
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