Mechanical engineering

The members of LaTEC (Laboratory of Thermo-fluid dynamics, Energy, and HVAC systems) of the Engineering Department at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" have international scientific experience in the fields of computational thermo-fluid dynamics, fuel cells, geothermal energy conversion, energy planning, polygeneration systems, renewable energy sources, thermoeconomic analysis of energy systems and biomedical engineering.

Numerical optimization algorithms,

Geometric modelling,

Evolutionary algorithms,

Applications: fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, FEA and CFD analysis

• theory of elasticity
• thin-walled beams
• thin-walled structures
• ship structures
• wind turbine structures
• technical diagnostics
• composite materials
• theory of plasticity

• Fatigue
• Fracture Mechancics
• Mechanical Power Transmissions

-thermodynamic and numerical modelling of thermal-flow problems,

-energy conversion analysis,

-analysis of the hybrid energy systems based on renewables,

-aerodynamic modelling of drones,

-energy efficiency improvement of the photovoltaic technologies,

-energy efficiency,

• Experimental modal analysis
• Numerical modal analysis
• Dynamics of nonlinear systems
• Identification of dynamic systems, Inverse analysis
• Model update

- development, dynamical testing and thermographic evaluation of novel auxetic cell structures with negative Poisson ratio

- evaluation of energy absorption performances of metal cellular structures produced by classical foaming and rapid prototyping

 - nondestructive thermographic testing of metals and composites based on active infrared thermography and Xenon flashes