A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, R. Penna, 2003. “Experimental investigation of the flow around a fast displacement ship hull model”. Journal of Ship Research, vol. 47, No 3, September, pp. 247-261.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, A. Di Mascio, 2003. “Breaking wave at the bow of a fast displacement ship model”. Journal of Marine Science Technology, vol.8 pp.68-75, Soc. of Naval Engineers of Japan.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, R. Wilson, E.F. Campana, F. Stern, 2007 “Scars and Vortices induced by Ship Bow and Shoulder Wave Breaking”. J. Fluids Eng. 129, 1445 (2007).
A. Rafiee, F. Pistani, K. Thiagarajan 2011. “Study of liquid sloshing: numerical and experimental approach”. Computational Mechanics, Vol: 47, No: 1, pp: 65-75.
F. Pistani, K. Thiagarajan 2012. “Experimental measurements and data analysis of the impact pressures in a sloshing experiment”. Ocean Engineering 52 (2012) 60–74.
Referred Conference and Workshop Papers:
A. Iafrati, A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, E.F. Campana, 2000. "Numerical and experimental study of the wave breaking generated by a submerged hydrofoil”. 23rd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Val de Reuil, France.
D. Dessi, F. Pistani, M. Elefante, 2000. “Force measurements and experimental investigation of cavitation of a fast vessel submerged control foils”. NAV 2000 Conference, 19-22 September, Venezia, Italy.
D. Dessi, F. Pistani, A. Olivieri, 2000. “Experimental investigation of the hydrodynamic forces acting on the control surfaces of a new WIG concept”. ISOPE 2000 Conference, 28 May – 2 June, Seattle, USA.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, R. Penna, 2000. “Detailed measurements of wave-pattern and nominal wake”. AFM 2000 III international conference on Advances in fluid mechanics, Montreal. WIT press, UK.
A. Olivieri, F.Pistani, R. Penna, 2001. “Ship flow experimental database for RANSE codes validation”. CMEM 2001, WITpress.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, R. Penna, 2001. “Towing tank experiments of boundary layer, wake and free surface low around a naval combattant”. 26th American Towing Tank Conference, Webb Institute, Glen Cove, New York, USA.
D. Dessi, F. Pistani, 2002. “An experimental approach for the prediction of full-scale forces acting on the submerged control surfaces of a new WIG vehicle”. 12th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference & Exhibition, Kyushu, Japan.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, A. Di Mascio and R. Penna, 2002. “Breaking waves generated by a fast displacement ship model”. 24rd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics 6-13 July, Fukuoka, Japan.
F. Pistani , A. Olivieri, E.F. Campana, 2006 “Experimental study of the wave generation around a ship bow wave at different scales”. 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, 2-5 April 2006, Loughborough, UK.
F. Pistani, K. Thiagarajan, 2007 “Experimental campaign on a moored FPSO in complex bi-directional sea states”. 22nd International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies 15th–18th April 2007, Plitvice, CROATIA.
F. Pistani, J. Munipalli, K.P. Thiagarajan, F. Winsor, B. Colbourne, 2007 “Weathervaning instabilities of a FPSO in regular waves and consequence on Response Amplitude Operators”. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2007-29359. June 10-15, 2007, San Diego, California, USA.
F-X.Sireta, K.Thiagarajan, B. Molin, and F.Pistani, (2008), “Hydrodynamic coefficients of porous plates and application to subsea development”. Proceedings of the Marine Operations Specialty Symposium, Singapore.
F. Pistani, A. Olivieri, E.F. Campana, 2008 “Effects of surface tension in the near field wave breaking of ships”. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2008-57639. June 15-20, 2008, Estoril, Portugal.
H. Wadhwa, F. Pistani and K. P. Thiagarajan, 2009 “Experimental visualization of flows induced by solid and porous oscillating disks”. 8th International Symposium On Particle Image Velocimetry - PIV09 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 25-28, 2009
F. Pistani, Krish Thiagarajan, R. Seah, D. Roddier, “Set-up of a sloshing laboratory at the University of Western Australia”. ISOPE 2010 June 20-25 Beijing, China.
N. Repalle, F. Pistani and K. Thiagarajan, “Experimental Study of Evolution of Impact Pressure along the Vertical Walls of a Sloshing Tank”. ISOPE 2010 June 20-25 Beijing, China.
T. Truong, N. Repalle, F. Pistani, K. Thiagarajan, “An experimental study of slamming impact during forced water entry”. 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Auckland, New Zealand 5-9 December 2010
F. Pistani,K. Thiagarajan, D. Roddier, T. Finnigan, “Comparison Of Sloshing Impacts For Rectangular And Chamfered Lng Tanks”. OMAE2011-49452. June 19-24, 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A. Toffoli, S. Chai, E. M. Bitner–Gregersen, F. Pistani, “Evolution of three dimensional mechanically generated random waves: a comparison with numerical simulations”. OMAE2011-49198. June 19-24, 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
F. Pistani, D. Brooker “A novel approach for modelling a FPSO riser turret mooring (RTM) system for mooring design”. OMAE2014-23453. June 8-13, 2014, S.Francisco, CA, USA.
F. P ISTANI , 2015. “Design of Riser Turret Mooring Systems”. AOG2015. March 11-13, 2015, Perth, WA, Australia.
Grants:
Professor Krish Thiagarajan, Dr Dinh Truong, Dr Fabrizio Pistani 2007, “Assessment of Two Phase Effects on LNG Sloshing in Marine Tanks”. WA Energy Research Alliance (WA:ERA) Ex Chevron, Funds Approved: $719,862.00.
Technical Reports:
R. Penna, F. Pistani, A. Olivieri. 1999. “Studio del frangimento d’onda mediante tecniche di analisi di immagini”. Technical report INSEAN 1999-111.
A. Iafrati, A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, E.F. Campana, R. Penna. 1999. “Numerical and experimental study of the wave breaking generated by a submerged hydrofoil”. Technical report INSEAN 1999-85.
D. Dessi, F. Pistani. 2000. “Experimental investigation of cavitation and force measurements of the control foils of the Seabus-Hydaer”. Technical report INSEAN.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, A. Avanzini, F. Stern, R. Penna, 2001. “Towing tank experiments of resistance, sinkage and trim, boundary layer, wake, and free surface flow around a naval combattant INSEAN 2340 model”. IIHR Technical report n° 421 – Sep 2001. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.(http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/products/pubvid/pdf%5CIIHR421.pdf)
A. Olivieri, F.Pistani, R.penna, 2001.“Experimental investigation on the flow around a towed fast displacement ship hull model”. Technical report INSEAN.
A. Olivieri, F. Pistani, R. Wilson, L. Benedetti, F. La Gala, E.F. Campana, F. Stern 2004. “Froude number and scale effects and Froude number 0.35 wave elevations and mean-velocity measurements for bow and shoulder wave breaking of surface combatant dtmb 5415”. IIHR Technical report n° 441 – Dec 2004. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. (http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/products/pubvid/pdf/IIHR421.pdf)
F.Pistani, 2004. “Open water tests on a five blades propeller model with variable pitch”. Technical report INSEAN 2004 (040/C.2428).
F. Pistani, K. Thiagarajan 2006. “Assessment of Dynamic Factors for Subsea Deployment from Crane Vessels. Stage 1: State-of-the-Art Report” R2D3 Project ID R2D3-UWA-05-561.
F.Pistani, 2007. “Calm water resistance and self propulsion tests for a military frigate with evaluation of the effects of the orientation of the appendages”. Technical report INSEAN (C.2520-05CT07-RAP01).
K. Thiagarajan, F. Pistani, T. Truong, D. Rakshit, N. Repalle, 2010. “Air water sloshing experiments – report” WAERA Technical Report Doc. No.: A07-016-DB01