{"id":145354,"date":"2025-05-12T13:55:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/luca-dagostino-4636-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:36:55","slug":"luca-dagostino-4636-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/luca-dagostino-4636-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca D&#8217;Agostino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Docente Esterno | Email: luca.dagostino@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"4636","unipi-persone-nome":"Luca","unipi-persone-cognome":"D'Agostino","unipi-persone-email":"luca.dagostino@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Luca d'Agostino<br \/>\r\nProfessore di Propulsione Aerospaziale<br \/>\r\nLuogo e data di nascita: Torino, 30 aprile 1953<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nISTRUZIONE ED ESPERIENZA PROFESSIONALE<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tLaurea in Ingegneria Meccanica, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Pisa, 1978<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tM.S. 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(1987) and Research Fellow (1987\u201388) in Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tRicercatore (1988\u201392), Professore Associato (1992\u201399) e Professore (1999\u2013) di Propulsione Aerospaziale, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Italy<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nINTERESSI DI RICERCA<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPropulsione a Razzo ed Atmosferica:<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tTurbopompe di alimentazione di motori a razzo a propellenti liquidi:<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tAnalisi sperimentali di turbopompe cavitanti\/noncavitanti in condizioni di similitudine idrodinamica e di cavitazione termica <br \/>\r\n\u2013\tCavitazione termica ed i suoi effetti sulle prestazioni e la dinamica delle turbopompe<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tAnalisi teroriche e sperimentali delle instabilit\u00e0 indotte dalla cavitazione<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tAnalisi teroriche e sperimentali delle forze rotodinamiche whirl<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tModellazione a simlazione della cavitazione termica in turbomacchine idrauliche<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tRazzi a propellenti \u201cverdi\u201d:<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tSviluppo e sperimentazione di catalizzatori avanzati del H2O2 per propulsori a razzo<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tAnalisi sperimentali di propulsori monopropellente ad H2O2<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tAnalisi sperimentali di propulsori a H2O2\/HC (idrocarburi)<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tAnalisi della combusione in sistemi propulsivi aerospaziali:<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tControllo attivo delle instabilit\u00e0 di combustione in motori a turbina a gas<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tInstabilit\u00e0 aeroacustiche della combustione in razzi a propellente solido segmentati<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tTransitorio di accensione e combustione quasi-stazionaria di motori a propellenti solidi<br \/>\r\n\u2022\t\u201cEngine condition monitoring\u201d ed individuazione di guasti mediante identificazione di sistema Bayesiana<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAerotermodinamica:<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tSperimentazione su flussi ipersonici ed ad alta entalpia:<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tCaratterizzazione di interazioni onda d\u2019urto\/strato limite su superfici riscaldate<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tSviluppo di sonde di temperatura totale a doppio film sottile ad alta velocit\u00e0 (>50 kHz) <br \/>\r\n\u2013\tMisura degli spettri di pressione e temperatura turbolenti in flussi ad alta entalpia e ipersonici<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFlussi Bifase:<br \/>\r\n\u2022\tAnalisi sperimentali, teoriche e modellazione di flussi cavitanti: <br \/>\r\n\u2013\tMisure della popolazione di nuclei di cavitazione mediante velocimetria laser Doppler, holografia e contatori Coulter<br \/>\r\n\u2013\tDinamica. modellazione, stabilit\u00e0 e simulazione numerica di flussi cavitanti con bolle con effetti termici e dinamici delle bolle","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-telefono":"","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=07524 ","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=07524 &tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Docente Esterno","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp09648","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1210867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maximum Likelihood Identification of Backflow Vortex Instability in Rocket Engine Inducers<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Guidolotti, Stefano; D&#039;Agostino, Luca - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1166193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concurrent theoretical, experimental and numerical analyses of mixed-flow turbopump design<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Apollonio, Alessandro; Anderlini, Alessandro; Valentini, Dario; Pace, Giovanni; Pasini, Angelo; Salvetti, MARIA VITTORIA; D&#039;Agostino, Luca - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1162494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maximum Likelihood Identification of Cavitation Instabilities in Axial Inducers<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Tumminia, Matteo; Valentini, Dario; Pace, Giovanni; Hadavandi, Ruzbeh; Torre, Lucio; Pasini, Angelo; D\u2019Agostino, Luca - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1139804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turbopump Design: Comparison of Numerical Simulations to an Already Validated Reduced-Order Model<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Apollonio, A.; Anderlini, A.; Valentini, D.; Pace, G.; Pasini, A.; Salvetti, M. V.; D&#039;Agostino, L. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1103750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parametric Identification of Rotating Cavitation in a Three-Bladed Axial Inducer<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Costanzo, A.; Valentini, D.; Pace, G.; Hadavandi, R.; Torre, L.; Pasini, A.; D&#039;Agostino, Luca - 2021 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1103746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experimental and Numerical Study on Cavitation Performances of a Turbopump with and without an Inducer<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Fu, Y.; Xie, J.; Shen, Y.; Pace, G.; Valentini, D.; Pasini, A.; D\u2019Agostino, L. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1103740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design of an Affordable Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion System for CubeSats<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Pasini, A.; Sales, L.; Puccinelli, E.; Lin, L.; Apollonio, A.; Simi, R.; Brotini, G.; D\u2019Agostino, L. - 2021 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1103738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Test Facility for the Lifetime Characterization of Cryogenic High-Speed Bearings<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Pasini, Angelo; Simi, Riccardo; Brotini, Gabriele; Apollonio, Alessandro; D\u2019Agostino, Luca; De Rosa, Marco; Leonardi, Marco - 2021 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1038319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Development of High Speed Hybrid Bearings for Reusable Pump-Fed Liquid Rocket Engines<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Pasini, Angelo; A. Simi, R.; Brotini, G.; Apollonio, A.; D\u2019Agostino, L.; De Rosa, M.; Leonardi, M. - 2021 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1056130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparison of Numerical Simulations to a Reduced-Order Model Extended with Splitter Blades<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Apollonio, A.; Anderlini, A.; Valentini, D.; Pace, G.; Pasini, A.; Salvetti, M. V.; D\u2019Agostino, L. - 2020 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1035921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Identification of Cavitation Instabilities on a Three-Bladed Inducer by Means of Strain Gages<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Hadavandi, R.; Pace, G.; Valentini, D.; Pasini, A.; D\u2019Agostino, L. - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1060928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rapid Interactive Design-to-Performance of Mixed-Flow Space Inducers<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(D&#039;Agostino, Luca - 2019 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/991835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thermal Cavitation Instability Analysis in Axial Inducers by Means of Casing And Hub-Mounted Pressure Sensors<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Hadavandi, R.; Pasini, A.; 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