Riccardo Togni

Education

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  Università di Bologna

  2011 - 2013

  Master's degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 110/110 cum laude

  2013 - Master’s degree project on Aircraft DesignI led a group of colleagues for the conceptual and preliminary design of an innovative airliner, consisting in:1. Choosing the specifications2. Choosing an innovative configuration3. Esteeming the maximum weight and dimensions4. Designing the aerodynamic surfaces5. Assessing the static and dynamic stability (MATLAB)6. Testing the structure with static loads (Patran/Nastran)7. Drawing the 3D model (SolidWorks and… Show more 2013 - Master’s degree project on Aircraft DesignI led a group of colleagues for the conceptual and preliminary design of an innovative airliner, consisting in:1. Choosing the specifications2. Choosing an innovative configuration3. Esteeming the maximum weight and dimensions4. Designing the aerodynamic surfaces5. Assessing the static and dynamic stability (MATLAB)6. Testing the structure with static loads (Patran/Nastran)7. Drawing the 3D model (SolidWorks and Rhinoceros)2013 - Final dissertationTitle of the thesis: "A numerical study of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection"Advisor: Prof. Elisabetta De AngelisSubject: computational fluid dynamics Show less

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  Università di Bologna

  2007 - 2011

  Bachelor's degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 110/110 cum laude

  2011 - Final dissertationTitle of the thesis: "Design di autopiloti e implementazione di leggi di guida per l'UAV Pioneer RQ-2" ("Design of autopilots and implementation of guidance laws for the Pioneer RQ-2 UAV")Advisor: Prof. Matteo ZanziSubject: automatic controlDescription: I developed a flight control system for the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Pioneer RQ-2 starting from a linearized mathematical model of the aircraft. I used extensively MATLAB Simulink to test the dynamic… Show more 2011 - Final dissertationTitle of the thesis: "Design di autopiloti e implementazione di leggi di guida per l'UAV Pioneer RQ-2" ("Design of autopilots and implementation of guidance laws for the Pioneer RQ-2 UAV")Advisor: Prof. Matteo ZanziSubject: automatic controlDescription: I developed a flight control system for the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Pioneer RQ-2 starting from a linearized mathematical model of the aircraft. I used extensively MATLAB Simulink to test the dynamic stability without any control system (i.e. the airframe stability), and to design SAS and autopilots to enhance the dynamic response to external disturbances and to automatize some manoeuvres. Show less

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  Università di Bologna

  2014 - 2017

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanics and Advanced Engineering Sciences

  2015-2017 (University of Bologna, Cardiff University)I carried out a numerical study of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection, which is a flow that exemplifies many aspects of thermally driven turbulence. The data sets obtained from several flow simulations have been analysed in terms of single-point statistics (mean, variance, etc.) and two-point statistics (cross-correlations, structure functions, etc.). The results have shed a new light on the physics of natural convection and paved the… Show more 2015-2017 (University of Bologna, Cardiff University)I carried out a numerical study of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection, which is a flow that exemplifies many aspects of thermally driven turbulence. The data sets obtained from several flow simulations have been analysed in terms of single-point statistics (mean, variance, etc.) and two-point statistics (cross-correlations, structure functions, etc.). The results have shed a new light on the physics of natural convection and paved the way for the development of a physics-based model for LES.2014-2016 (University of Bologna, Cardiff University)I designed from scratch several programs in FORTRAN to postprocess large data sets and modified existing codes that perform DNS of turbulent flows. To improve the performance in supercomputing architectures, both simulation and postprocessing codes have been parallelized using MPI and OpenMP protocols for distributed and shared memory, respectively. Show less