Argomenti di tesi proposti dal docente.
Plasma Thrusters
- Development of an interface for the coupling of the source module (fluid code) and the plume module (PIC code).
- Preliminary design of an experimental set-up for electric propulsion thrusters.
- Design of a code able to automatically build a mesh aligned with the magnetic field in order to reduce numerical diffusion. Such mesh shall be obtained by taking as input a specific set of parameters and shall be aligned with the magnetic field.
- Design of a code able to automatically build a mesh suitable to be used by the source module in OpenFOAM.
- Analysis of the radiative loss effects on the performance of a plasma thruster.
- Simulation of a magnetic nozzle with opensource PIC codes (Starfish,Spis,Xoopic).
- Preliminary design of a thrust balance to estimate the performance of plasma thrusters.
Solid Rocket Boosters
- Simulation of the casting process of a Solid Rocket Booster (openFoam).
- Evaluation of the convective heat exchange on a burning surface (openFoam).
- 1D-unsteady ballistic model to evaluate the combustion chamber pressure evolution of a Solid Rocket Booster (Matlab)
Aerospike
- Evaluation of the thrust generated by an aerospike and its comparison with experimental measurements (openFoam).
- Evaluation of the aerospike thrust under changing ambient and external flow conditions (openFoam).
Gas Turbines
- Adaptation of a turbo-shaft engine to run with Hydrogen fuel.
Ultime tesi seguite dal docente
Tesi di Laurea
- Analisi sugli effetti di diverse funzioni di distribuzione nelle performance di propulsori al plasma di tipo Helicon
- Modellazione delle anisotropie generate in un grano di propellente composito a seguito del processo di colaggio
- Ottimizzazione della topologia del campo emesso da magneti permanenti per impiego su Helicon Plasma Thruster
- Progetto preliminare di una camera a vuoto per il test di propulsori al plasma
- Simulazione numerica di un sistema propulsivo ABEP tramite modelli 0D e metodi Particle in Cell
- Sistemi di conversione dell’energia nucleare in propulsori elettrici per missioni spaziali
- Studio della topologia magnetica di magneti permanenti per applicazioni su Helicon Plasma Thrusters
- Sviluppo di un global model per propellenti alternativi
- Valutazione dell’effetto del raggio di curvatura locale della superficie sulla velocità di regressione del propellente solido
Tesi di Laurea Magistrale
- Analysis of the Burning Surface Regression of a Square-Shaped Solid Propellant Sample
- Design of a bang-bang pressure regulation system for cold gas and plasma engines
- Development of a custom solver based on OpenFOAM library to simulate iodine-based Helicon Plasma thruster.
- Development of a MEMS Space Bipropellant Propulsion System based on Ethane/Nitrous Oxide
- Feasibility analysis and preliminary design of an Helicon-based ABEP in VLMO
- Numerical analysis of turbulent flow in an Aerospike Nozzle using dbnsTurbFoam
- Numerical Derivation of the Thrust History for the "DemoP1" Aerospike Rocket Engine During the Ascension Phase.
- Predicting the antenna properties of helicon plasma thrusters using machine learning techniques
- Simulation of the casting process of a composite propellant in a small scale solid rocket motor.
Tesi di Dottorato
- Development of numerical tools for the simulation, design and optimization of a Helicon Plasma Thruster