MIT-UNIPI Project: Dynamic Characterization of POGO
Instabilities in Cavitating Turbopumps
Final
Thesis Opportunities for Master’s Degree
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Starting
Date: February/March 2017
Duration: 6-9 months
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Starting
Date: September/October 2017
Duration: 6-9 months
Brief
Abstract
MIT and UniPi aim to jointly develop a
novel theoretical foundation capable of characterizing the dynamics of POGO
oscillations and devising new design guidelines. The research will be jointly
carried out by MIT and UniPi during the 18 month long of project. Each team
will have a Principal Investigator (PI) and one or two undergraduate or
graduate students. During the project, a delegation of each participating team,
led by the PI, will stay at the premises of the other participating team two
times for about one week to jointly conduct research.
Principal
Investigators
Zoltán
Spakovszky
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Director of Gas Turbine Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Angelo
Pasini
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Propulsion
University of Pisa
Reference
Person
Angelo Pasini
University of Pisa / Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering - Aerospace Division
8 Via Gerolamo Caruso, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Phone: +39-050-2217251 / Fax: +39-050-2217244
Email: angelo.pasini@unipi.it
