Project Dream - POLITO

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND STRUCTURE

Politecnico di Torino is the oldest technical school in Italy (founded 150 years ago) three Schools of Engineering, two Schools of Architecture, a School of Economics and management, a Doctorate Graduate School. People:600 lecturers, 400 research staff, 801 technical and administration staff, 26,000 students

Departments involved in the DREAM project

DIMEC (Department of Mechanical Engineering) - Turbo-machinery research team leaded by Prof. M.M. Gola. (4 faculty members, 2 PhD students and 5 research assistants)
Research fields: non-linear dynamics of blades with friction damping, dynamics of bladed disk, characterisation of contact parameters, mistuning in blades array.

DIASP (Department of Aerospace Engineering) - AESDO group (www.aesdo.polito.it) leaded by Prof. Marco Di Sciuva (2 faculty members, 2 laboratory assistants and 5 PhD students)
Research fields: design and optimisation of aircraft and engine components, virtual design, structural reliability, composite materials, numerical and experimental simulation of impacts

DISMIC Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Composite materials team leaded by Prof. C. Badini (3 faculty members, 3 PhD students, 3 post doc researchers)
Research fields: composite materials synthesis and characterization, thermal stability of materials

DIASP shares with DIMEC the High Quality Laboratory AERMEC (Aeromechanical
Structural Systems).

POLITO AND DREAM

Politecnico di Torino is involved in WP 3.3. POLITO will contribute to the DREAM project after a long collaboration with AVIO Group, with the following skills:

DIMEC group: Theoretical and experimental investigation of the non-linear dynamics of the blade under compression. Skills after 10 years of collaboration with AVIO: experimental characterization of engine components by means of ad hoc test rigs, development of numerical models and software for turbine blade design
DIASP group: Design, development, set-up and calibration of airgun facilities. Ballistic tests of unstressed and pre-stressed plates. Skills after 12 years of collaboration with AVIO: experimental and numerical characterisation of materials for containment cases.
DISMIC group: Synthesis of ceramic and metal matrix composites materials. Mechanical, structural and chemical characterization of thin films and bulk materials. Protective coatings deposition and ageing treatment evaluation in oxidized atmosphere.