After completing his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and getting his PhD in Energy Engineering, Francesco is now part of the research staff of the Traf Group.
Research Projects & Areas of Interest
Background Information
Publications

Aerodamping map for a turbine rotor row (IBPA = -90°) LarsQ3D code | 
Flow animation for a turbine rotor row (flexing vibration) LarsQ3D code | 
Aerodamping map for a turbine rotor row (IBPA = +90°) LarsQ3D code |
Francesco carries out basic and applied research in the fields of Computational Aeroelasticity (CA) and Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA) in axial turbomachines. His main interest is in the development of 2D/3D CA and CAA time-linearized and/or non-linear inviscid/viscous solvers and their application to blade flutter and tone noise analysis.
- March 2005 - present
- Member of the research staff of the Traf Group (Department of Industrial Engineering, formerly "Sergio Stecco" Department of Energy Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy).
- January 2002 - December 2004
- PhD student in Energy Engineering at the "Sergio Stecco" Department of Energy Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
PhD thesis title: "Development of a time-linearized computational method with application to bladerow aeroelasticity" - January session 2002
- Italian State PE examination
- July 2001
- Laurea with honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Thesis title: "Sviluppo di un risolutore per lo studio dei fenomeni aeroelastici nelle palettature di turbomacchine." ("Development of a solver for aeroelastic phenomenon analysis in turbomachinery blades") - July 1995
- High School Diploma "Maturità Scientifica" at Liceo Scientifico "G. Castelnuovo" Florence, Italy