Typology Short description
Laboratories and/or equipment Mechanics laboratory for dynamics of rotors and land vehicles, transmissions, tribology; Robotics laboratory; Acoustic laboratory, Lighting and micro-climatic measurements laboratory.
Thermofluidodynamic measurements and thermal and refrigeration systems.
Aerodynamic tunnels from subsonic to hypersonic; Aerospace Structures Laboratory, Materials characterization laboratory; GN&C laboratory; Microgravity Laboratory, Propulsion Laboratory; Naval tank.
Engine test rooms, turbomachinery and turbochargers.
Vibroforo Room, Strain Gauge Room; Optomechanical room.
Library Sources Volumes covering the topics of the course
  • Energy, Applied Thermal Fluid Dynamics and Environmental Conditioning;
  • Aerospace Engineering;
  • Economic-Management Engineering;
  • Industrial design and management;
  • Naval Engineering;
  • Mechanics and Energetics.
  Subscriptions (issue, years, coverage of the course topics)

Federico II University has subscription to many libraries listed in: http://www.sba.unina.it/index.php?it/251/periodici-elettroniche with access to the full-text of journals, magazines, reports, documents, newspapers, books, image collections, and more within the University network. PhD themes is largely guaranteed by the following:

  • Oxford University Press (OUP)
  • Royal Society (London)
  • Springer
  • Wiley Interscience
  • Elsevier
  • ASME Journal
E-resources

Database (access to the contents of sets of magazines and/or editorial series)

The access to the subscriptions electronics research is enable for the addresses within the University. Federico II University users (professors, researchers, staff, students taking a doctor's degree, researchers grant, students) can acceed also from outside with proxy.
The main databases available are:

  • ISI WoS
  • Scopus
  • IEEE Xplore Digital Library
  • MathSciNet
  • SciFinder
  • Technology Research Database
  Software related to the main PhD research areas
  • HW / SW for mechanical systems control: dSpace, NI Compact RIO, NI PXI 1071, NI LabView.
  • Codes for thermo-fluid dynamic and energy analysis (Ansys Workbench (FLUENT, CFX), Thermoflex, Comsol Multiphysics, Trnsys, Design Builder, Energy Plus, Pyrosim, FDS).
  • Workstations and SW for fluid dynamic and term-structural analysis and simulation of internal combustion engines.
  • SW CAD, CAT, Virtual Reality, DFAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing), RE (Reverse Engineering), AM (Additive Manufacturing).
  Spaces and resources for PhD students and electronic calculation IDEAS (Interactive DEsign And Simulation) laboratories jointly with Fraunhofer IWU: IDEAinVR (Interactive Design and Ergonomics Applications in Virtual Reality), COGITO (COmputer GeometriIc Modeling and SimulaTiOn), CREAMI (Center of Reverse Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Innovation), SQUARE (Statistics, Quality, and Reliability). Workshops for machining, including lathes, milling machines, column drills, carpentry. Student rooms.
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