Casartelli Ernesto HSLU T&A

Prof. Dr. Ernesto Casartelli Ernesto Casartelli

Head of the Competence Center for Fluid Mechanics and Numerical Methods

Casartelli Ernesto HSLU T&A

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture

Room E304
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw


Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Technology IME

CC Fluid Mechanics and numerical methods

Head of the Competence Center for Fluid Mechanics and Numerical Methods

Lecturer

Head of the Research Group

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Biography

Ernesto Casartelli graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. After the PhD at the same institution he joined Sulzer Innotec, the research center of the company. There he worked in the field of Turbomachinery CFD, as a research engineer as well as group leader. Since 2003 he is a lecturer in CFD and Thermodynamics at the Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur.

Projects

Research projects

  • Sichere und effiziente Glaskörperentfernung bei Netzhautoperationen
  • Windkräfte in bewachsenen Fassade: CFD Studie
  • CFD-Stadtgebiet
  • Safe and efficient removal of the cataractous lens during cataract surgery
  • Schneiseil
  • CFD-Analysen Fassadenkonstruktion
  • Bemessungstool Stahl-Antennenmasten
  • Simulation realistischer Druckbeiwerte von Antennenkonfigurationen infolge Windeinwirkung mit Hilfe von CFD-Analysen
  • Energy Efficient Dishwasher
  • Dishwasher with Heat Pump

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Fleischli sel., Benno; Hanimann, Lucian; Lehr, Andreas; Mangani, Luca & Weickgenannt, Ansgar (2023). Adjoint Optimization of Real Gas Centrifugal Compressor. European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, 2023, doi: 10.29008/ETC2023-317
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2022). Application of a Coupled Reynolds Stress Model to a Swirl-Driven Diffuser Flow. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1079, 2022(31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 26/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Trondheim, Norway), Paper No: 012068. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1079/1/012068
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Fleischli sel., Benno & Mangani, Luca (2022). New Concept for Design in Turbomachinery Applications Using Full RANS Gradient Methodology. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Volume 145, 2023(Issue 4), Paper No: TURBO-22-1256. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055869
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2022). Lattice Boltzmann simulation of the ERCOFTAC pump impeller. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1079, 2022(31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 26/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Trondheim, Norway), Paper No: 012074. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1079/1/012074
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2022). Application of Advanced RANS Turbulence Models for the Prediction of Turbomachinery Flows. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Volume 144, 2022(Issue 1), Paper No: TURBO-20-1320. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051938
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Schmid, Angelika (2022). Capturing the S-Shape of Pump-Turbines by Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations Using an Anisotropic Turbulence Model. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 144(2), 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051809
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2021). Assessment of advanced RANS turbulence models for the stability analysis of low specific speed pump-turbines. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 774, 2021(30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (IAHR 2020) 21-26 March 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/774/1/012020
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Devals, Christophe; Fleischli sel., Benno; Mangani, Luca; Melot, Matthieu & Mullins, B F (2021). Application of a General Discrete Adjoint Method for Draft Tube Optimization. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 774, 2021(30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (IAHR 2020) 21-26 March 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/774/1/012012
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Citto, Francesco; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2021). A Robust Implementation of a Reynolds Stress Model for Turbomachinery Applications in a Coupled Solver Environment. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Volume 143, 2021(Issue 9), Paper No: TURBO-20-1385. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050604
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Claramunt, Klement; Darwish, Marwan; Hanimann, Lucian & Mangani, Luca (2021). Cavitation modelling using real gas state equation: A conceptual study. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/774/1/012080
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Fleischli sel., Benno & Mangani, Luca (2021). A discrete adjoint method for pressure-based algorithms. Computers & Fluids, Volume 227, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105037
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Fischer, Magnus; Gröschel, Elmar; Hanimann, Lucian & Mangani, Luca (2021). Steady-State Fluid-Solid Mixing Plane to Replace Transient Conjugate Heat Transfer Computations during Design Phase. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, Volume 6, 2021(Issue 2), doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp6020006
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Darwish, Marwan; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Vogt, Damian M. (2021). A Consistent and Implicit Rhie–Chow Interpolation for Drag Forces in Coupled Multiphase Solvers. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, Volume 6, 2021(Issue 2), doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp6020007
  • Al Abed, Ali; Casartelli, Ernesto; Darwish, Marwan; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Moukalled, Fadl (2020). A fully implicit conjugate heat transfer method. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, Volume 78, 2020(Issue 3), 175-196. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2020.1754101
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Darwish, Marwan; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Vogt, Damian M. (2020). Real Gas Models in Coupled Algorithms Numerical Recipes and Thermophysical Relations. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, Volume 5, 2020(Issue 3), doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp5030020
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Roos Launchbury, David (2020). On the Application of the Full Reynolds Stress Model for Unsteady CFD in Hydraulic Turbomachines. Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Volume 3: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics, 2020, Paper No: FEDSM2020-20398, V003T05A030. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2020-20398
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Darwish, Marwan & Mangani, Luca (2019). Coupled pressure based CFD solver for turbomachinery flows: overview of applications. Proceedings of 13th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid dynamics & Thermodynamics ETC13, 2019, Paper ID:ETC2019-331. doi: https://doi.org/10.29008/ETC2019-331
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca; Ryan, Oliver & Schmid, Angelika (2019). CFD simulation of transient startup for a low specific-speed pump-turbine. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 240, 2019(Issue 8), Paper No: 082007. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/240/8/082007
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando & Deniz, Sabri (2019). Experimental and numerical investigation of the speed-no-load instability of a low specific speed pump-turbine with focus on the influence of turbulence models. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 240, 2019(Issue 8), Paper No: 082005. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/240/8/082005
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Vogt, Damian (2019). Robust integration of real gas models into a pressure-based coupled solver. Proceedings of 13th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid dynamics & Thermodynamics ETC13, 2019, Paper ID: ETC2019-218. doi: https://doi.org/10.29008/ETC2019-218
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Ryan, Oliver (2017). Performance prediction of the high head Francis-99 turbine for steady operation points. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 782, 2017(Francis-99 Workshop 2: transient operation of Francis turbines), Paper No: 012007. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/782/1/012007
  • Barigozzi, Giovanna; Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca & Ravelli, Silvia (2017). Assessment of Transition Modeling and Compressibility Effects in a Linear Cascade of Turbine Nozzle Guide Vanes. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Volume 139, 2017(Issue 5), Paper No: FE-16-1656. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035462
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Egli, Marcel; Stern, Philip & Wuest, Simon L. (2017). Fluid Dynamics Appearing during Simulated Microgravity Using Random Positioning Machines. PLoS ONE, 2017,
  • Egli, Marcel; Casartelli, Ernesto; Stern, Philip & Wüest, S L (2017). Fluid Dynamics Appearing during Simulated Microgravity Using Random Positioning Machines.. PLoS ONE, 12, 170.
  • Wüest, Simon; Stern, Philip; Casartelli, Ernesto & Egli, Marcel (2017). Fluid Dynamics Appearing during Simulated Microgravity Using Random Positioning Machines. PLOS ONE, 1-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170826
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Widmer, Matthias (2016). Cavitation modeling for steady-state CFD simulations. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 49, 2016(Issue 9), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/49/9/092005
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca; Ryan, Oliver & Schmid, Angelika (2016). Application of transient CFD-procedures for S-shape computation in pump-turbines with and without FSI. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 49, 2016(Issue 4), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/49/4/042008
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca & Widmer, Matthias (2016). Steady-state cavitation modeling in an open source framework: Theory and applied cases. International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC), 2016,
  • Mangani, Luca; Casartelli, Ernesto; Romanelli, Giulio; Fischer, Magnus; Gadda, Andrea & Mantegazza, Paolo (2016). A GPU-Accelerated Compressible RANS Solver for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations in Turbomachinery. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 7B: Structures and Dynamics, 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2016-57783
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Favale, Marco; Gadda, Axel; Mangani, Luca & Romanelli, Giulio (2015). Implementation of Explicit Density-Based Unstructured CFD Solver for Turbomachinery Applications on Graphical Processing Units. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 2B: Turbomachinery, 2015, 1805-1814. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2015-43396
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Gadda, Andrea; Mangani, Luca & Romanelli, Giulio (2015). Comparison Of Acceleration Techniques on CFD Open-Source Software for Aerospace Applications. 22nd AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, doi: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2015-3059
  • Aakti, Brahim; Amstutz, Oliver; Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian & Mangani, Luca (2015). Predicting the performance of a high head Francis turbine using a fully implicit mixing plane. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 579, 2015, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/579/1/012009
  • Aakti, Brahim; Amstutz, Oliver; Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca & Romanelli, Giulio (2015). On the performance of a high head Francis turbine at design and off-design conditions. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 579, 2015, doi: DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/579/1/012010
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca; Spyrou, Nikolaos & Wild, Michael (2014). Assessment of an implicit mixing plane approach for pump-turbine applications. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 22, 2014(Issue 2), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/22/2/022003
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian; Mangani, Luca; Mauri, Sebastiano & Mokulys, Thomas (2014). Development of a novel mixing plane interface using a fully implicit averaging for stage analysis. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Volume 136, 2014(Issue 8),
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca; Romanelli, Giulio & Staubli, Thomas (2014). Transient Simulation of Speed-No Load Conditions With An Open-Source Based C++ Code. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 22, 2014(Issue 3), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/22/3/032029
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Hanimann, Lucian & Mangani, Luca (2014). Reviewing the Implicit Mixing Plane Approach: Theoretical and Applied Cases. ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Volume 2B: Turbomachinery, 2014, Paper No: GT2014-25869, V02BT39A017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-25869
  • Casartelli, Ernesto & Mangani, Luca (2013). Object-oriented open-source cfd for turbomachinery applications: A review and recent advances. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 6B: Turbomachinery, 2013,
  • Groschel, Elmar; Rembold, Benjamin; Mangani, Luca & Casartelli, Ernesto (2012). An object oriented CFD code for optimization of high pressure ratio compressors. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 8: Turbomachinery, Parts A, B, and C, 2012, 693-701. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2012-68708
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca & Mauri, Sebastiano (2012). Assessment of various turbulence models in a high pressure ratio centrifugal compressor with an object oriented cfd code. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Volume 134, 2012(Issue 6), Paper No. 061033. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4006310
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca; Maritano, Massimiliano & Roos Launchbury, David (2012). Numerical investigation on the influence of the fillet on film cooling rotor blades in heavy duty gas turbines with an object-oriented cfd code. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 4: Heat Transfer, Parts A and B, 2012, 1639-1648. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2012-69414
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca & Hug, S. (2012). Numerical comparison between model and prototype flow in a pump-turbine distributor. The International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, 2012,
  • Casartelli, Ernesto & Mangani, Luca (2011). Influence of penstock flow on distributor discharge. The International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, 2011,
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Lisibach, André & Schmid, Noah (2010). Flow Investigation in a Disk Micropump. ASME: International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, 2010, 1583-1592. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-31298
  • Casartelli, Ernesto & Ledergerber, Nathan (2010). Aspects of the numerical simulation for the flow in penstocks. International Group for Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, 8th International Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, 2010, Paper TSF-01.
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Ledergerber, Nathan; Sallaberger, Manfred & Widmer, Christian (2010). Simplified CFD model for flow field investigations at no-load conditions. The International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, 2010,
  • Baillifard, Marc-André; Casartelli, Ernesto & Nussbaumer, Thomas (2008). EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE FLUID DYNAMICS IN WOOD COMBUSTION PROCESSES. 16th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2008,
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Cimmino, D; Sallaberger, Manfred & Staubli, Thomas (2006). Impact of Rotor Side Space Flow on Draft Tube Performance. Hydrovision 2006, 2006,
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Cimmino, D; Gentner, Christof & Staubli, Thomas (2005). Interaction of leakage flow with the main runner-outflow in a Francis turbine. The International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, HYDRO 2005 – Villach,
  • Auerswald, Janko; Casartelli, Ernesto; Knapp, Helmut; Sigrist, A. & Staubli, Thomas (2004). Optimization of the plug formation in a microfluidic picoliter dosage system. International Conference on Micro and Nano-Engineering, 2004,

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Del Rio, Armando; Mangani, Luca & Schmid, Angelika (2022). Capturing the S-Shape of Pump-Turbines by Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations Using an Anisotropic Turbulence Model. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Volume 144, 2022(Issue 2), Paper No: FE-20-1699. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051809
  • Casartelli, Ernesto; Mangani, Luca; Romanelli, Giulio & Roos Launchbury, David (2015). Development of High Order LES Solver for Heat Transfer Applications Based on the Open Source OpenFOAM Framework. ASME Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 5B: Heat Transfer, 2015, Paper No: GT2015-43279, V05BT13A017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2015-43279
  • Müller, C.; Staubli, Thomas; Baumann, Ralf & Casartelli, Ernesto (2014). A case study of the fluid structure interaction of a Francis turbine. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 22, 2014(Issue 3), doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/22/3/032053
  • Buchmayr, Michael; Casartelli, Ernesto; Gattringer, M; Gehrer, Arno; Kontoleontos, Evgenia; Kyriacou, S; Mangani, Luca; Skouteropoulou, I & Weissenberger, S (2014). Evolutionary algorithm based optimization of hydraulic machines utilizing a state-of-the-art block coupled CFD solver and parametric geometry and mesh generation tools. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 22, 2014(Issue 1),
  • Auerswald, Janko; Casartelli, Ernesto; Knapp, H.F.; Sigrist, A.; Staubli, Thomas & Stöckli, T. (2003). Präzises mikrofluidisches Dosiersystem. MicroNews: Mitteilungen aus der Mikrotechnologie-Initiative Zentralschweiz / Hrsg.: MCCS Micro Center Central-Switzerland ... [et al.], 3.

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Baumann, Ralf; Staubli, Thomas; Casartelli, Ernesto & Müller, Christan (01.07.2014). A case study of the fluid structure interaction of a Francis turbine. 27th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Montreal.