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PAOLO FERRO

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Structure

Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali - DTG

Address

STRADELLA SAN NICOLA, 3 - VICENZA

Telephone

0444998743

E-mail

paolo.ferro@unipd.it

Paolo Ferro is Full Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Selection at the University of Padua (Italy). After the degree in Materials Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) he received the Ph.D. degree from University of Padua in Metallurgical Engineering. He was scientific director of the research program 'Numerical and Experimental Determination of Residual Stresses in Welded Joints and their Influence on Fatigue Strength. He won the prize for young researchers ‘Aldo Daccò’ 2002. He is a member of CMBM (Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials), ExCo’s member of Italian Group of Fracture, member of ESIS TC15 (Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Components), principal chairman of ESIS TC18 (Structural Integrity of Welded Joints), scientific coordinator of the Italian research program about mechanical characterization of heavy section ductile irons and finally coordinator of the European project on Critical Raw Materials called DERMAP (Design of components in a critical raw materials perspective) . He published more than 200 works. His research is mainly focused on the analytical and numerical modelling of welding, heat treatment and additive manufacturing processes with particular attention to residual stresses assessment and their influence on the structural integrity of metallic components.

Notices

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00
    at Ufficio
    Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali, DTG (ufficio al primo piano)

  • Friday from 10:00 to 11:00
    at Ufficio
    Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali, DTG (ufficio al primo piano)

Teachings

Publications

[1] M. Colussi, P. Ferro, F. Berto, G. Meneghetti (2018). The peak stress method to calculate residual notch stress intensity factors in welded joints. FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, ISSN: 1460-2695
[2] Borsato T, Ferro P, Berto F, Carollo C (2017). Fatigue strength improvement of heavy-section pearlitic ductile iron castings by in-mould inoculation treatment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, vol. 102, p. 221-227, ISSN: 0142-1123
[3] E. Battaglia, F. Bonollo, P. Ferro (2017). Experimental Damage Criterion for Static and Fatigue Life Assessment of Commercial Aluminum Alloy Die Castings. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS. A, PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol. 48, p. 2574-2583, ISSN: 1073-5623
[4] F. Berto, P. Ferro, H. Salavati (2017). Fatigue strength of sharp V-notched specimens made of ductile cast iron. ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, ISSN: 1350-6307
[5] Ferro P, Berto F., James N.M. (2017). Asymptotic residual stress distribution induced by multipass welding processes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, vol. 101, p. 421-429, ISSN: 0142-1123
[6] Ferro P., Berto F., James N.M. (2017). Asymptotic residual stress distribution induced by multipass welding processes. Int. J. Fatigue. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, vol. 101, p. 421-429, ISSN: 0142-1123
[7] P. Ferro, A. Fabrizi, J.-O. Nilsson (2017). Intermetallic Phase Precipitation in Duplex Stainless Steels: Considerations on the Use of Johnson-Mehl-Avrami- Kolmogorov Equation. RESEARCH AND REPORTS ON METALS, vol. 1, p. 1-6
[8] P. Ferro, F. Berto, M. N. James (2017). A simplified model for TIG-dressing numerical simulation. MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol. 25, 035012, ISSN: 0965-0393
[9] Razavi S.M.M., Ferro P, Berto F., Torgersen J. (2017). Fatigue strength of blunt V-notched specimens produced by selective laser melting of Ti-6Al-4V. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS, ISSN: 0167-8442, doi: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2017.06.021
[10] T. Borsato, P. Ferro, F. Berto, C. Carollo (2017). Mechanical and fatigue properties of pearlitic ductile iron castings characterized by long solidification times. ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, vol. 79, p. 902-912, ISSN: 1350-6307, doi: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2017.06.007
[11] Berto F., Ayatollahi M.R., Borsato T., Ferro P. (2016). Local strain energy density to predict size-dependent brittle fracture of cracked specimens under mixed mode loading. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS, vol. 86, p. 217-224, ISSN: 0167-8442
[12] Borsato Thomas, Ferro Paolo, Berto Filippo, Carollo Carlo (2016). Mechanical and Fatigue Properties of Heavy Section Solution Strengthened Ferritic Ductile Iron Castings. ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, vol. 18, p. 2070-2075, ISSN: 1438-1656
[13] Ferro P, Berto F., James M.N. (2016). Asymptotic residual stresses in butt-welded joints under fatigue loading. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS, vol. 83, p. 114-124, ISSN: 0167-8442
[14] P. Ferro, F. Bonollo. Design for Recycling in a Critical Raw Materials Perspective. Recycling 2019, 4, 44; doi:10.3390/recycling4040044
[15] P. Ferro, F. Bonollo & S.A. Cruz. Product design from an environmental and critical raw materials perspective, 2020 International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2020.1719445
[16] P. Ferro, F. Bonollo & S.A. Cruz. Alloy Substitution in a Critical Raw Materials Perspective. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 81-91.

Research Area

Welding: advanced welding processes (i.e.,HYB), welding numerical simulation, nature-inspired welding design, structural integrity of welded joints

Cast Iron: microstructure, static and fatigue properties of Solution Strengthened Ferritic Ductile Cast Iron

Additive manufacturing of metallic materials: process optimization by modelling, microstructural and mechanical characterization

Physics-informed machine learning (ML) applied to metallic materials processing (AM, welding, heat treatments)

Material selections for eco-design in a critical raw materials (CRM) perspective

Thesis proposals

Main topics proposed for master thesis:
1) Numerical simulation of metallurgical processes (heat treatment and welding) with particular reference to more efficient numerical models for industrial applications
2) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of innovative welding joints (i.e.: Hybrid Metal Extrusion & Bonding (HYB))
3) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of new generation heavy section ductile irons castings
4) Numerical simulation of additive manufacturing
5) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of components obtained by additive manufacturing
6) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of stainless steels and nickel based superalloys
7) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of aluminum alloys pressure die castings
8) Continuous casting process simulation of aluminum alloys
9) New approaches for material selection in a critical raw materials perspective