CREA Alumni

Gianluca Parma - MSc Graduated 2015

MSc student at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology
Politecnico di Milano

My master thesis topic regards the study of ice accretion over aircraft. To this purpose, I’m working on to implement a Lagrangian particle tracking methods in SU2. This feature is necessary to reconstruct droplets trajectories and thus determining their impingement point. From impingement data, it is possible to reconstruct the distribution of water over the investigated surface and therefore it is possible to evaluate the amount of accreted ice. My tasks foresee also the implementation of an interface of SU2 to PoliMIce, the ice accretion engine developed at Politecnico di Milano.


Renata Cheli - MSc Graduated 2015

MSc student at the Department of Energy
Politecnico di Milano

My efforts were pledged to the characterization of the flow field within a planar converging diverging nozzle by means of Schlieren visualization.
Together with Margherita (Carmine) I designed, built and tested a double-pass type Schlieren facility. The test-rig configuration we established overcomes the drawbacks connected with the classical Z-type systems.
The device was proved to produce high-resolution Schlieren images/movies of unsteady supersonic flows inside planar geometries.
By means of experimental sessions we were able to unroll the complex shock-wave system arising in the discharge section of supersonic separated nozzle flows.


Margherita Carmine - MSc Graduated 2015

MSc student at the Department of Energy
Politecnico di Milano

During my master thesis I worked along with Renata (Cheli) developing and building a Schlieren test-rig. This device was designed aiming to inspect non-ideal flows: this particular topic regards a special group of fluid, known as Organic Fluid, that, in the close proximity of the saturation curve, near the critical point, may show an unusual thermodynamic behavior.
Since the accuracy of mathematical models has still to be verified, an experimental facility capable of producing qualitative and quantitative data is a key step for improving the reliability of these models.
The Schlieren test-rig I worked on was used to assess the supersonic ideal flow in planar geometry.

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