Contact Tommaso Piovesan
Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
Background
Dr Tommaso Piovesan is a Research Fellow in Propulsion Aerodynamics at the Centre of Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering, Cranfield University. He holds an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Padua, Italy. In 2019, he joined Cranfield University as a postgraduate intern (Erasmus+ Traineeship) at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) for Aero Systems Design, Integration, and Performance, later working as a full-time research assistant on fan-intake aerodynamics.
In 2020, he started pursuing his PhD at the Rolls-Royce UTC for Aero Systems Design, Integration, and Performance. He was awarded a doctorate in Aerodynamics and Unsteady Flow Distortion in a Short Aero-engine Intake under Crosswind in 2024. Since 2019, Dr Tommaso Piovesan has contributed as both a PhD student and research assistant to various research programs, including the EU-funded NIFTI (Non-Intrusive Flow Distortion Measurements within a Turbofan Intake) project and iFAN (Integrated Fan Technologies) project.
His research interests include aero-engine aerodynamics, performance, CFD modeling, wind tunnel experiments, and flow visualization techniques.
Current activities
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Gas turbine engine aerodynamics
Numerical methods
Experimental aerodynamics
Measurement science and instrumentation
Flow visualisation techniques
Flow distortion analsysis
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Piovesan T, Zachos PK, MacManus DG, Kempaiah K, Michaelis D, .... (2025). Coupled fan-intake dynamic distortion characterization at crosswind conditions. AIAA Journal, 63(2)
- Piovesan T, Zachos PK, MacManus DG & Sheaf C. (2024). Unsteady swirl distortion in a short intake under crosswind conditions. AIAA Journal, 63(5)
- Kempaiah KU, Piovesan T, Zachos PK, Michaelis D, Gebbink R, .... (2023). High-resolution turbofan intake flow characterization by automated stereoscopic-PIV in an industrial wind tunnel environment. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(2)
- Boscagli L, Christie R, MacManus D & Piovesan T. (2022). Aerodynamics of a short intake in crosswind. Aerospace Science and Technology, 129(October)
- Matesanz García J, Piovesan T & MacManus DG. (2022). Aerodynamic optimization of the exhaust system of an aft-mounted boundary layer ingestion propulsor. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 33(4)
Conference Papers
- Piovesan T, Zachos PK, MacManus D, Michaelis D, van Rooijen B, .... (2025). Use of non-intrusive flow diagnostics for aero-engine inlet flow distortion measurements in an industrial wind-tunnel
- Piovesan T, Zachos P & MacManus D. (2025). Total Pressure Distortion Reconstruction Methods from Velocimetry Data within an Aero-engine Intake at Crosswind
- Piovesan T, Zachos PK, MacManus DG & Sheaf C. (2024). Unsteady swirl distortion in a short intake under crosswind conditions
- Piovesan T, Migliorini M, Zachos PK & Tsoutsanis P. (2024). Dynamic swirl distortion characteristics in S-shaped diffusers using UCNS3D and time-resolved, stereo PIV methods
- Piovesan T, Wenqiang Z, Vahdati M & Zachos PK. (2022). Investigations of the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics for intakes at crosswind
- Matesanz-Garcia J, Piovesan T & MacManus DG. (2022). Aerodynamic optimization of the exhaust system of an aft-mounted boundary layer ingestion propulsor