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From data to divulgation: the scientific path
Module 1 – Scientific Writing
Objectives
The module 1 aims to provide the key components of the scientific writing structure. The fundamental elements
of a scientific paper will be presented and the creation of a document about a generic laboratory or numerical
study will be asked in order to verify the concepts covered by the lectures.
Program
Lesson 1 – Theoretical lesson on writing and structure of a paper / thesis.
The fundamental elements of the structure of a paper / thesis will be presented and analyzed deeply.
In particular, the first lesson will cover the following elements:
a. Abstract - structure and essential elements, definition of context, objective and method, presentation of
different types of abstracts based on some published examples, importance of keywords and summary of main
results
b. Introduction - structure and analysis of the state of art, presentation of tools for literature study and
organization of the work summary aimed at defining a clear introduction that allows for a clear statement of the
specific contribution of the presented study
c. Bibliography - examples of bibliography and tools for a fast and dynamic realization
Lesson 2 – Theoretical lesson on writing and structure of a paper / thesis
The fundamental elements of the structure of a paper / thesis will be presented and analyzed deeply.
In particular, the second lesson will cover the following elements:
a. Methodology - structure and analysis of examples from literature, analysis of the essential elements and
possible tools for effective communication (flowcharts, concept maps)
b. Results - structure and analysis of literature examples, importance of graphic elements, possible tools and
quality standards
c. Discussion / Conclusions - structure and analysis of literature examples
Lesson 3 – Critical analysis of scientific literature.
a. Analysis of the structure of different papers (Scientific reports, Review papers, PhD Thesis)
b. Analysis of the framework of the personal document proposed by the students
c. Q&A session
Module 2 – How to present your research
Objectives
The module 2 aims to develop the fundamental skills toward effective presentation. The structure of oral
presentation will be analyzed, basics of the communication theory will be provided. Theoretical knowledge will
be tested through practical experiences.
Lesson 1 – Basics of presentation structure. Presentation file rouge and key elements. Description of the most
used tools for making a presentation (PPT, CANVA, PRIZI). Tricks and point of attentions while making a
presentation. Short practice.
Lesson 2 – Basics of communication theory. Practical experience.
Lesson 3 – Presentation contest. The best oral presentation will be awarded with the “best oral presentation
certificate”.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: open science
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: entrambi i casi
Corso obbligatorio
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Signal analysis and modeling of biological systems
Acquisition techniques dedicated to biological signals: Noise and interference. SNR, averaging, artifacts, differential techniques. Linear and nonlinear systems.
Biological signal analysis: Fourier analysis. Time-Frequency analysis. Applications to biological signal filtering.
Modeling human physiology: A specific example: cochlear mechanics and otoacoustic emissions (OAEs). How mathematical modeling helps developing advanced acquisition and analysis techniques. Experimental data acquisition and analysis sessions using Labview and Matlab.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Technologies for the management and evaluation of physical exercise
In the last period, the production of technology aimed at the administration of all types of physical exercise has increased exponentially.
The course aims to provide knowledge of the technological tools most used for the administration and evaluation of physical exercise, connecting them to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Another objective is to provide the skills necessary to use tools and platforms to administer and evaluate physical exercise.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Ligth Alloys metallurgy and related technologies with industrial applications
Aluminum alloys classes and main properties differences. Innovative Al-alloys: Al-Sc alloys metallurgy. Ti alloys metallurgy and heat treatments. New Mg alloys metallurgy for the new safe Mg-application. Near net and net shape hot forging process of titanium and aluminum alloys. Additive Manufacturing processes: generalities, differences and applications. Superplasticity: fundaments and aerospace applications. Al-Li alloys for automotive competition application. Powder metallurgy and metallic powder production processes. Metallic powder consolidation processes and Hot Isostatic Pressing. Diffusion Bonding process and application to titanium products as special joining technology. Civil and military ballistic application for Al and Ti manufacturing of armors.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Failure analysis course
Introduction (2h)
Introduction to failure analysis and description of the main morphologies of fractures. Causes of brittleness in metals and fracture mechanics.
Production related defects in metals (3h)
Description of defects due to casting, forging, welding and heat treatments.
Introduction to the degradation mechanisms (8h)
Fatigue, creep, corrosion/oxidation and wear.
Instruments used for failure analysis (3h)
Introduction to the main destructive and not destructive analysis methods used in failure analysis
Case Histories (4h)
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Corrosion of Metallic Materials
General introduction of corrosion phenomena. Corrosion mechanisms, principles of electrochemistry. Thermodynamics: Nerst equation, corrosion tendency and electrode potentials, Pourbaix diagrams. Kinetics: polarization and corrosion rate, causes of polarization. Active-to-passive metals. Corrosion morphologies, crevice corrosion, pitting, stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue, intergranular corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement. Effect of metallurgical, mechanical, microbiological and environmental factors. Electrochemical tests for monitoring of corrosion phenomena. Description of mechanisms for types of corrosion for different metal and environment combination.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Optothermal investigations for the analysis of Cultural Heritage structures
Optothermal techniques for the analysis of Cultural Heritage: introduction. Artworks, books and archaeological findings: materials and structures. Determination of the thermophysical properties of opaque (copper alloys, gildings, etc…) and semitransparent (paper, parchment, etc…) materials. Visualization of subsurface graphical features in artworks by analysing the infrared emission contrast. Determination of the thermal diffusivity of copper alloy artefacts. Characterization of thermal discontinuities in metallic compounds. Evaluation of the thermophysical properties of organic supports. Analysis of the hydrothermal denaturation process of collagen based materials.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Porous materials: classification, features and applications
Porous materials: metals, polymers and ceramics. Open and closed porosity (micro and macro). Classification according to size and shape of the pores. Properties (sound, energy and vibration absorption, crash behavior) and production methods. Functional and structural applications in aerospace, lightweight construction, automotive.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Optical spectroscopy of nanomaterials
Introduction to Nanomaterials. Zero-dimensional nanostructures: Nanoparticles. One-dimensional nanostructures: nanowires and nanorods. Two-dimensional nanostructures: thin films.
Spectroscopic Techniques for Studying Optical Properties of Nanomaterials
Other Experimental Techniques: Electron Microscopy and X-Ray
Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanomaterials
Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanomaterials
Optical Properties of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Optical Properties of Metal Nanomaterials
Optical Properties of Carbon Nanostructures
Charge Carrier Dynamics in Nanomaterials
Applications of Optical Properties of Nanomaterials
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Advanced optics for sensors and integrated devices
Module 1 (10h)
Optical properties at the interface. Ellipsometric characterization Principles of guided optics. Integrated optical devices (Mach-Zehnder, Ring resonator). Optical sensors.
Module 2 (10h)
Photon statistics. Photon counting. Non classical light beams. Sub-poissonian statistics and photon antibunching. Squeezed states and interferometric measurements. Virgo experiment (gravitational wave investigation).
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Fundamentals of plastic flow: analysis and modelling
1. Fundamental of plastic deformation: resolved shear stress, gliding and yield criteria.
2. Introduction to dislocations: slip systems; stacking faults energy (SFE) and dislocation structures; athermal gliding; thermal activated gliding; deformation associated to thermal activation; microstructure features relevant to dislocation motion.
3. Strain hardening: phenomenology of strain hardening; single crystal and polycrystals; microstructure features relevant to strain hardening.
4. Analysis of mechanical behavior: time recovery versus strain softening; scaling relationships for flow stress and work hardening; effect of rate and temperature on strain hardening; material scaling.
5. Flow curves and microstructure evolution at low and intermediate temperatures; dynamic recovery and dislocation structures; influence of temperature and strain rate; influence of solute and SFE.
6. Constitutive equations for low temperature deformations: Hollomon-type equations.
7. Constitutive equations related to dislocation density and microstructural parameters: Voce-type equations.
8. Constitutive equations for high temperature deformations: steady-state flow curves.
9. Physical base models of plastic deformation: equations for obstacles controlled plastic flow; models of strain hardening.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Synthesis, characterization and biomedical applications of nanostructured carbon and metal oxide-based materials
Nanomaterials: a general overview. Metal oxide based nanomaterials: nanowires, nanorods, and other nanomorphologies. Preparation and properties of carbon nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene. Structures and properties of relevance for biological applications. Main techniques for the chemical and physical characterization of nanomaterials. Biomedical applications: the state of art. Enzyme-immobilized, nucleic acid immobilized, antibody immobilized metal oxide-based biosensors: biodetection of pathogens by tuning of electrical, optical and physical properties as a consequence of a biological reaction. Gas detection by chemiresistors. Nanomaterials for drug delivery: the case of Layered Double Hydroxides. Targeting and destruction of cancer cells. Light emitting nanocomposites for detection. Biocompatibility and toxicity
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Plasma Diagnostics and Analysis Techniques Applied to Nuclear Fusion Reactors
Lecture 1: Introduction to Tokamak plasmas (Part A)
Lecture 2: Introduction to Tokamak plasmas (Part B)
Lecture 3: Analysis of time series - Part A: Descriptive Statistics
Lecture 4: Analysis of time series - Part B: Fourier Transform, Spectra and Spectrogram
Lecture 5: Analysis of time series - Part C: Time Series Prediction
Lecture 6: Inverse Problems - Part A: Tomography
Lecture 7: Inverse Problems - Part B: Equilibrium Reconstructions
Lecture 8: Inverse Problems - Part C: Machine/Deep Learning
Lecture 9: AI applied to Fusion problems - Part A
Lecture 10: AI applied to Fusion problems - Part B
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Multispectral imaging applied to the cultural heritage study
Cultural Heritage and non-destructive investigations. Imaging techniques: perturbation and detection. UV, Vis and IR radiation: interaction with the matter. Reflection, transmission, absorption, scattering. Multispectral approach. Infrared reflectography and thermography. UV florescence and reflectography. Dynamic approach: imaging as a function of a third quantity and the data cube generation. The case of the Hyperspectral Imaging, Pulse Thermography and Computer Tomography. Compositional mapping. Application to the study of Cultural Heritage. Artworks, historical books, archaeological findings: materials and structures. Investigations of bronzes, paintings, illuminations, codes, parchment and paper records. Optical methods for 3D recording.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Mechanical and Thermal Measurements: experiments and statistical analysis of data
Experimental measurements: examples. Interpretation of collected data. Accuracy and precision of measurements. Random prcesses. Events. Estimates and error interval. Stocastic processes. Inferential statistics. Samples and populations. Examples of statistical problems. Testing, deconvolution, classification. Definition of probability. Bayesian and modern statistics. Classical interpretation of probability. Conditional probability.Parametrization of data. Assignment of probabilty to events. Definition of measurements and declaration of errors. Measurements distributions. Examples: Gaussian, Poissonian, Binomial, etc. Least square method. Covariance and correlation. Chi square test. Data rejection.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Measurements for Identification and Control of Tokamak Plasmas
Tokamak plasmas of reactor relevance are open systems, kept well out of equilibrium by continuous injection of energy and matter. They are therefore affected by many instabilities interacting nonlinearly and so very difficult to identify and control. This course introduces the measurement techniques, called diagnostics, deployed on the major devices, to assess their quality and to implement real time control strategies. The diagnostics presented cover all the major measuring methods used in big physics experiments: interferometry, polarimetry, reflectometry, spectroscopy etc. The range of wavelengths covered by these diagnostics spans the interval from radiofrequencies to gamma rays, requiring a background covering microwaves, atomic and nuclear physics. Special attention is accorded to the detection of neutrons, since they are the ultimate indicators of the plasma performances. The main control strategies, based on some of the most fundamental diagnostics, are also presented and their performance assessed in detail.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Mechanical Spectroscopy: principles and applications
Elasticity and anelasticity. Behaviour of the Standard Linear Solid (S.L.S.) subjected to constant stress or constant strain. S.L.S. subjected to cyclic stress. Mechanical Spectroscopy tests. Maesurement of damping factor Q-1 and dynamic modulus. Relaxation peaks and activation energy. Experimental apparata and techniques.
Applications of metallurgical interest: measurement of the mechanical properties of porous metals and thin films, of the amount of C, N, O and H in solid solution in steels and other alloys, of the diffusion coefficient D, determination of the critical points in martensitic transformations (MS and MF), monitoring of precipitation and ordering, evaluation of structural stability and superplastic regime, investigation of magneto-elastic effects in ferromagnetic materials. Experiments with liquid metals.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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X-ray diffraction techniques for materials characterization
X-ray production and interaction with matter. Bragg’s law. The diffractometer and the Debye-Scherrer camera. Determination of the crystal structure. Ordered structures and measurement of the order degree. Systematic and random errors in X-ray diffraction experiments. High precision measurement of lattice parameters. Phase diagrams: determination of solvus curves. The JCPDS database and identification of unknown compounds. Determination of the phase fractions in a polyphasic material. The Scherrer’s equation. Measurement of residual stresses. Analysis of peak profile for determining the density of lattice defects. Advanced instruments for X-ray diffraction experiments.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Photothermal techniques and their applications
The course is aimed at introducing the photothermal techniques so as to show their main applications. Photothermal science is a rapidly developing field that has led to the development of several techniques that are currently adopted in both industrial and research fields. The topics covered in the course are: Photothermal principle, Thermal waves, Detection techniques, NDE evaluation, Investigation of phase transitions.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Nanomaterials
Introduction and basic scientific element of Physical Chemistry of solid surfaces at nanoscale limit. Zero-dimensional nanostructures: Nanoparticles. One-dimensional nanostructures: nanowires and nanorods. Two-dimensional nanostructures: thin films. Synthesis procedures: Bottom-up and Top-down.Application of nanomaterials in the sensor and environmental fields.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Additive Manufacturing Lab
The course aims at providing the fundamental competences to approach design and fabrication of discrete parts by layer-by-layer deposition. Moreover, it allows using additive manufacturing facilities of the Department laboratories and related accessory equipment. The final target is making students independent in manufacturing of spare parts and enhancing their designing capabilities. The course is almost entirely taken in laboratory apart from CAD activities and small theoretical lessons on 3d printing technologies for plastics, metals and ceramics. The laboratory experiments are mainly carried out by filament deposition modelling (FDM) apart possible actions on filament extrusion and part testing. The course is mainly structured in 8 activities:
1. Basic knowledge in FDM
2. 3d CAD modelling of parts for additive manufacturing.
3. Slicing and support structures generation
4. Filament extrusion
5. 3d printing machine set-up
6. Manufacturing of simple shapes
7. Testing of manufactured samples: surface and material properties
8. Extension to other additive manufacturing techniques
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: NO
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Radiation Physics and Principles of Radiation Protection
The course aims to introduce the student to the physics of radiations (charged particles, neutrons and EM radiation) and their interactions with matter with particular reference to the physical processes that are of interest for radiation dosimetry.
The concepts of absorbed dose as well as of other dosimetric quantities derived from it, as defined by ICRP, and of current application in radiation protection will then be presented and discussed.
Furthermore, after having introduced the basic concepts underlying radiation shielding, with greater emphasis on neutron and gamma shielding, we will examine the basic instrumentation for radiation protection as well as the experimental methodologies for the measurement of the various operational dosimetric quantities with nods to environmental monitoring and radon measurement.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: NO
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Spectroscopic and Neutron Techniques for Fusion Plasma Diagnostics
1) a) Introduction to Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion (notes on nuclear reactions, possible fusion reactions with emphasis on DD and DT; differences with the Sun and the stars.
b) Fusion devices: Tokamaks (existing and future ones), its principle of operation and forces. Plasma heating methods.
c) Plasma physics: Fundamental parameters and their control.
2) a) The main plasma diagnostics: measurement methods, problems, etc.
b) Plasma as a Radiation Source: Spectrum of Radiation Emitted for Plasma Diagnostics; Blackbody and Collisional Radiative Equilibrium
3) a) Passive spectroscopic diagnostic techniques for Visible, UV and Soft X-ray;
b) Active diagnostics techniques: CXRS, MSE.
4) Methods of spectroscopic data analysis.
5) Plasma as a neutron source (volume source, calculation of neutron emission and fusion power, Effects of neutrons on materials, Introduction to neutron transport and the concept of breeding. The breeding blanket)
6) Diagnostics for neutron measurement (NAS, RNC, Spectrometers, etc.)
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Ionizing radiation dosimetry in medical applications
Classification of ionizing radiation (photons, electrons, neutrons and ions). Interaction with matter. Stopping power, the Bragg peak. Multiple scattering. Nuclear fragmentation. Biological Effects of ionizing radiation. Dosimetric quantities: absorbed dose, equivalent dose, linear energy transfer. Radiation therapy applications (Radiotherapy and Hadron Therapy). Radiation therapy dosimeters. Concept of microdosimetry.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Complements of physics of fusion reactors
The course covers a series of in-depth topics for the physics of fusion reactors for a total of 30 hours. The expected topics are the following
1. Particle orbits. Using the Hamiltonian formalism, the orbits of particles in axisymmetric confinement systems will be rigorously classified.
2. Modeling of plasmas as fluids. We will discuss the main models of description of plasma as superposition of two charged fluids and as single fluid (MHD model).
3. Waves in plasma and MHD stability. The classification of wave propagation modes in plasmas described by the MHD model and the free energy sources that generate macroscopic instabilities in thermonuclear plasmas will be presented.
4. Small-scale instability. The instabilities generated in plasmas with a wavelength of the order of the Larmor radius of ions are believed to be responsible for the turbulent transport of energy in thermonuclear plasmas. A simplified description of these instabilities will be given and a simple expression of the associated heat transport coefficients will be obtained.
5. Simplified MHD equilibria. This part of the course aims to give an introduction to a class of MHD equilibria for which the solution of the Grad-Shafranov equation can be done analytically and which can therefore be used as simple models in many problems concerning thermonuclear plasmas.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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Advanced Design for Additive Manufacturing of Smart, Sustainable and High-Performance Products
The course contents will cover the following aspects:
Additive manufacturing techniques - key advantages.
Design for additive manufacturing in sustainable and smart product development.
International standards.
Mechanical and functional properties.
Mechanical and thermal measurements on additively manufactured hybrid structures.
Topology and topography optimization.
Optimality criteria methods.
Integrated design methods.
Generative design.
Bioinspired architectures for sustainable and smart products.
Tipologia: altro
Tipo corso: internazionale
Macrosettore: altro
Area: scientifica
Elevata formazione: SI
Verifica finale: SI
Lingua: INGLESE
Modalità: riconducibile al progetto formativo del Dottorando
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