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RACHELE BERTOLINI
Position
Ricercatrice a tempo det. art. 24 c.3 lett. B L. 240/2010
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VIA VENEZIA, 1 - PADOVA
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Rachele Bertolini graduated cum laude in Materials Engineering at University of Padova in December 2014. She got the PhD degree in Manufacturing Engineering, with the thesis “Innovative machining strategies to manufacture biomedical prostheses for improved in-life functional performances”. From 2020 to 2021 she was research fellow in Manufacturing Technologies at University of Padova. From February 1st, 2021 to December 2022 she is Researcher at the University of Padova. Currently, she is assistant professor at University of Padua.
Educational activity
Teaching activity deals with courses of fundamentals of Manufacturing Technologies, Technologies and Processing Systems for Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing of Biomedical Components at University of Padova.
Main Research Topics
Her scientific activity deals with the following subjects:
- The impact of the surface integrity induced by machining on the in service life perfomences of components of biomedicla interest
- Surface functionalization of metallic materials through machining processes
- Machinability of AM metals
- Evaluation of the mechanical behaviour and formability of metallic materials
- Machinability of composite materials
- Machinability of polymeric materials
Membership and Appointment
She is research affiliate of CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering) and senior associate of AITeM (Italian Association for Manufacturing Technology).
She is the Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology Associate Editor.
Notices
Office hours
Friday from 14:00 to 16:00
at via venezia 1, settimo piano
Si riceve previo appuntamento.
Publications
Bertolini, R., Campagnolo, A., Sorgato, M., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S., Meneghetti, G. (2022) Fatigue strength of LPBF Ti6Al4V machined under flood and cryogenic lubri-cooling conditions. International Journal of Fatigue, 162, 106973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.106973.
Ghiotti, A., Bertolini, R., Sorgato, M., Campagnolo, A., Savio, E., Bruschi, S. (2022) Ti6Al4V titanium alloy fatigue strength after AM- and machining-based process chains, CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, 71/1, 461-464.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2022.04.021.
Airao, J., Nirala, C. K., Bertolini, R., Krolczyk, G. M., Khanna, N. (2022) Sustainable cooling strategies to reduce tool wear, power consumption and surface roughness during ultrasonic assisted turning of Ti-6Al-4V. Tribology International, 107494.
https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107494.
Peron, M., Bertolini, R., Cogo, S. (2022) On the corrosion, stress corrosion and cytocompatibility performances of ALD TiO2 and ZrO2 coated magnesium alloys. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 125, 104945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104945.
Lizzul, L., Sorgato, M., Bertolini, R., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S. (2021) Ball end milling machinability of additively and conventionally manufactured Ti6Al4V tilted surfaces. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 72, 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2021.10.037.
Bertolini, R., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S. (2021) Wear Behavior of Ti6Al4V Surfaces Functionalized through Ultrasonic Vibration Turning. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30(10), 7597-7608. https://10.1007/s11665-021-05952-5.
Bertolini, R., Simonetto, E., Pezzato, L., Fabrizi, A., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S. (2021) Mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of AA7075-T6 sub-zero formed sheets. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 115(9), 2801-2824. https://10.1007/s00170-021-07333-7.
Bertolini, R., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S. (2021) Graphene nanoplatelets as additives to MQL for improving tool life in machining Inconel 718 alloy. Wear, 476, 203656.
https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.wear.2021.203656.
Ghiotti, A., Bertolini, R., Pezzato, L., Savio, E., Terzini, M., Bruschi, S. (2021) Surface texturing to enhance sol-gel coating performances for biomedical applications. CIRP Annals– Manufacturing Technology, 70(1), 459-462. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.cirp.2021.04.040.
Sorgato, M., Zanini, F., Bertolini, R., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi S. (2020) Improvement of micro-hole precision by ultrasound-assisted drilling of laser powder bed fused Ti6Al4V titanium alloy, Precision Engineering, 66, 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2020.06.014.
Simonetto E., Bertolini R., Ghiotti, A., Bruschi, S. (2020) Mechanical and microstructural behaviour of AA7075 aluminium alloy for sub-zero temperature sheet stamping process, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 187, 105919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105919.
Gong., L., Bertolini, R., Ghiotti, A., He, N., Bruschi S. (2020) Sustainable turning of Inconel 718 nickel alloy using MQL strategy based on graphene nanofluids, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 108:3159–3174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05626-x.
