BACHELOR THESIS:
CFD with Open Source software - Different topics can be proposed here.
The aim of this type of thesis is to develop your skills using opensource software for CFD applications.
All work will be done on students' laptop, and the topic should be of interest and discussed together.
MASTER THESIS:
CFD implementation of Particle tyre deposition in passenger vehicles - in collaboration with University of Napoli (Federico II)
CFD characterization of urban turbulent flows - in collaboration with Department of Atmospheric Physics
Thermodynamic characterization of a beehive - in collaboration with Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Flow Control in Vehicle Platoons - in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology
3D Wake Flow Balance Analysis - in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology
Aerodynamic Development of a Solar Car - in collaboration with Onda Solare
Minimal Control Extent for Plasma Actuation: a CFD study - in collaboration with CICLoPE laboratory
BACHELOR THESIS:
Integrated CFD workflow for rocket component optimization - Diego Dascola
CFD aerodynamic study of a square-section cylinder with variable-phase plasma actuators. - Matteo Virgili
- Jacopo Turrini
MASTER THESIS:
Ship keel optimization using open source CFD tools - Matteo Guardigli
CFD Modeling of the fanning behaviour inside a bee hive - Riccardo Candini
CFD implementation and validation of the PANS turbulence model in OpenFOAM - Abdelrahman Hessein
High-Reynolds-Number Turbulent Pipe Flow over Anisotropic Roughness: Response and Recovery Downstream of a Smooth-Rough-Smooth Step Change - Nicolò Bisi - degree 20260324 - thesis - presentation
A LES Wake control study over a D-shaped bluff body using plasma actuators - Lorenzo Balzani - degree 20260324 - thesis - presentation
Implementation of an automated post-processing workflow for wake dynamics and modal analysis of bluff-body simulations in openfoam - Samuele Codelupi - degree 20260324 - report
CFD set-up of a SAE car in cornering condition - Marco Bellucci - degree 20260324 - report
BACHELOR THESIS:
Graphical interface development for meshing and solver set-up in OpenFOAM - Emanuele Rossi - degree 20251210 - github repository - report
Development of thermo-fluid dynamics simulations using the open source software Fenics - Francesca Manzoni - degree 20251030 - report/tutorial
CFD set-up and test of a formula SAE car under cornering conditions - Andrea Forcellini - degree 20251030
Upstream actuation for bluff body wake control - Mattia Mallegni - degree 20251030 - github repository - report and tutorial
A numerical approach to study the thermodynamics of a beehive - Maurizio Cerè - degree 20251030 - github repository - report and tutorial - presentation
MASTER THESIS:
RANS-Based Aerodynamic Optimization of a Pickup Truck: Performance Assessment and Verification of Add-On Improvements - Alessandro Piferi - degree 20251210 - report
Finite Element Modelling and Experimental Validation of Sound Transmission in Multilayer Yacht Panels - Marco Del Longo - degree 20251210
MASTER THESIS:
Mechatronics Optimization Development for Wind Tunnel Tests - Pierfrancesco Oselin (link)