Design Methods for Industrial Engineering
Research Fields
CAD/CAx technologies, Reverse Engineering, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Topological Optimization, Non-Linear CAE, Multisciplinary Optimization and Metamodeling with FEA.
Engineering Domains
Integrated Product-Process Design; Dimensional and Geometric Tolerance Inspection; Computer-Aided Methods for Cultural Heritage; Mechanical and Structural Design; Lightweight and Crash Design.
Applications
Sheet Metal Forming Product-Process Design
Die set-up.
Springback assessment and optimization.
Virtual Prototyping for integrated product-process design optimization.
Automatic Tolerance Inspection for Injection Molding
Automatic measurement and report.
Virtual Inspection paths and analysis.
Acquisition protocol and mamangement through PDM.
Automatic feature recognition driven by PDM.
Reverse Engineering and Computer-Aided Technologies for Cultural Heritage
Digital Model acquisition and post-processing through non contact device.
Reverse engineering for shape reconstrction.
Support design and structural analysis of statues, in particular ancient bronze statues.
Virtual analysis of war scenarios in medium-age.
Reverse Engineering for Pipelines External Damages
Automation and post-processing of the measurements.
Local and global shape deviation assessment.
CAD modeling for FEA.
Data correlation with maintenance and residual structural behaviour.
Aluminum Foams Characterization and Applications
Mechanical characterization.
Mesoscale modeling and FEA.
Morphological analysis and structural analysis correlation.
Morphological analysis and process correlation.
Computer-Aided Technologies for Medical Applications
Non linear FEA for soft tissue.
From 2D to 3D models for optimal meshes in CAD-CAE applications.
Rapid prototyping for preliminary analisys in surgery.