Research Interest:
Luciano Demasi received Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering in 2004
(Politecnico di Torino University, Turin, and University of Washington,
Seattle). He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Washington’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Seattle.
Currently, he is the Graduate Adviser(Department of Aerospace
Engineering and Computational Science Research Center) at the San Diego
State University. His main research interests are in the fields of
Composite Structures, Computational Solid Mechanics, Static and Dynamic
Aeroelasticity, Steady and Unsteady Aerodynamics, Reduced Order Models
for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Problems, Unconventional Wing Configurations,
Aeroelasticity of Flapping Wings.
Sampled Publications:
1. L. Demasi, G. Monegato, A. Dipace, R. Cavallaro “Minimum Induced
Drag Theorems for Joined Wings, Closed Systems, and Generic Biwings.
Part I: Theory”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,Vol.
169, 1, pp-200-235, 2016
2. L. Demasi, G. Monegato,
E. Rizzo, R. Cavallaro A. Dipace, “Minimum Induced Drag Theorems for
Joined Wings, Closed Systems, and Generic Biwings. Part II:
Applications”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol.
169, 1, pp-236-261, 2016
3. R. Cavallaro, L. Demasi
“Challenges, Ideas, and Innovations of Joined-Wing Configurations: A
Concept from the Past, an Opportunity for the Future”, Progress in
Aerospace Sciences, in press, 2016
4. L. Demasi, E.
Santarpia, A. Dipace, R. Cavallaro, R. E. Gordnier, “High-fidelity
Simulations of a Flexible Flapping Wing in Forward flight”, AIAA
Journal, Vol. 54, 9, pp-2768-81, 2016
5. R.
Cavallaro, R. Bombardieri, L. Demasi, A. Iannelli “PrandtlPlane Joined
Wing: Body Freedom Flutter, Limit Cycle Oscillation and Freeplay
Studies”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 59, No. 11, pp. 57-84,
2015
6. L. Demasi, Y. Ashenafi, R. Cavallaro, E.
Santarpia “Generalized Unified Formulation Shell Element for
Variable-Stiffness Composite Laminates and Aeroelastic Applications”,
Composite Structures, Vol. 131, pp. 501-515, 2015
7.
R. Cavallaro, A. Iannelli, L. Demasi, A. M. Razón “Phenomenology of
Nonlinear Aeroelastic Responses of Highly Deformable Joined Wings”,
Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.
125-168, 2015
8. L. Demasi, R. Cavallaro, F.
Bertuccelli “Post-Critical Analysis of Joined Wings: the Concept of
Snap-Divergence as a Characterization of the Instability”, Journal of
Fluids and Structures, Vol. 54, pp. 701-718, 2015.
9.
L. Demasi, A. Dipace, G. Monegato, and R. Cavallaro, “Invariant
Formulation for the Minimum Induced Drag Conditions of Non-planar Wing
systems”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 52, No. 10, pp. 2223-2240, 2014.
10. R. Cavallaro, L. Demasi, A. Passariello “Nonlinear
Analysis of PrandtlPlane Joined Wings: Effects of Anisotropy”, AIAA
Journal, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 964-980, 2014.
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