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Additive manufacturing of metal alloy for aerospace by means of Powder Laser Cladding: station tuning and clad characterization
(2016-04-04)
This thesis investigates the application of continuous coaxial laser cladding by powder injection as repair and cover process. The investigation aimed to check the possibility of repairing a V-groove geometry on a substrate ...
Modeling and control of advanced powertrain systems and Waste Heat Recovery technologies for the reduction of CO2 emissions in light-duty vehicles
(2016-04-01)
Transportation is the major sector in the EU where greenhouse gas emissions are still rising. Therefore, in the recent years, the OEMs research and development has focused on the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ...
Sviluppo e sperimentazione di un sistema di ibridizzazione e del relativo sistema di controllo per veicoli convenzionali
(2016-04-05)
Recently, the possibility of upgrading conventional vehicles to Hybrid Electric Vehicles is gaining
interest. Among the different options for hybridization, researchers are focusing on electrification
of rear wheels in ...
Optimal tuning of control variables in CR Diesel engines via Multi-Zone modelling of combustion and emissions with experimental testing
(2016-03-30)
The interest in Diesel engines for automotive application has dramatically grown in the last decades, due to the benefits gained with the introduction of Common Rail system and electronic control. A strong increase in fuel ...
Caratterizzazione termo-fluidodinamica ed ottimizzazione delle prestazioni di un prototipo di refrigeratore magnetico a magneti permanenti rotanti operante a temperatura ambiente
(2016-04-11)
The main purpose of the present work was the completion and the
thermo-fluid dynamic characterization of a Rotary Permanent Magnet
Magnetic Refrigerator operating at room temperature.
The experimental device consists of 8 ...
Analisi dell’affidabilità sismica delle strutture isolate mediante dispositivi Friction Pendulum Bearings System
(2016-05-24)
The thesis investigates the seismic reliability of isolated structures with FPBs (Friction Pendulum Bearings)
towards failure due to high vertical component excitation and friction coefficient variations. In the end, it ...
Proposte metodologiche per la progettazione e gestione del patrimonio edilizio mediante strumenti ICT
(2016-06-27)
The research starts from two surveys the first one conducted at national level by CRESME (Center of Social Economic market Research for the Construction and Land) and the other one conducted by NIST (National Institute for ...
Analisi sperimentale delle prestazioni energetiche dei fluidi frigoriferi tipo “HFO” candidati alla sostituzione dell’R134a
(2016-04-07)
The present experimental work was born from the need to expand the knowledge on the new type of refrigerant fluids, the HFO, representing the fourth generation of fluorinated refrigerants, born in response to the directives ...
Eredità e memoria di paesi abbandonati. Documentazione e analisi di centri scomparsi
(2016-06-21)
The issue of abandoned villages and towns is nowadays an important issue around which are articulated complex search paths that cut across several disciplines: from history of architecture and survey, from anthropology to ...
Performance analysis of landslide early warning systems at regional scale
(2016-05-10)
Landslide early warning systems are non-structural risk mitigation strategies aiming at dealing with intolerably high probabilities of landslide occurrence by reducing risk through the reduction of the exposed elements. ...