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  University Park
  Nottingham
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  UK
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• Antonino.Larocca@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Since 2005 he has been focusing on advanced engineering and internal combustion research projects in collaboration with Ford Motor Company; work-in-progress covers a mixture of industrial-linked… read more

Selected Publications

• LA ROCCA, A. and POWER, H., 2008. A double boundary collocation Hermitian approach for the solution of steady state convection-diffusion problems Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 55(9), 1950-1960
• MACMILLAN, D., LA ROCCA, A., SHAYLER, P.J., MURPHY, M. and PEGG, I.G., 2009. The effect of reducing compression ratio on the work output and heat release characteristics of a DI diesel under cold start conditions SAE International Journal of Engines. 1(1), 794-803
• MACMILLAN, D., LA ROCCA, A., SHAYLER, P.J., MORRIS, T., MURPHY, M. and PEGG, I., 2009. Investigating the effects of multiple pilot injections on stability at cold idle for a DI diesel engine SAE International Journal of Engines. 2(1), 370-380
• LA ROCCA, A., DI LIBERTO, G., SHAYLER, P.J. and FAY, M.W., 2013. The nanostructure of soot-in-oil particles and agglomerates from an automotive diesel engine Tribology International. 61(May), 80-87

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Current Research

Since 2005 he has been focusing on advanced engineering and internal combustion research projects in collaboration with Ford Motor Company; work-in-progress covers a mixture of industrial-linked diesel projects, with analytical, computational and experimental work elements. Dr La Rocca is author/co-author of more than 28 papers published in international journals and conferences. He is also a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers His academic and professional interests includes: Internal Combustion Engines, Combustion Systems, Fuel Economy and Emissions, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical methods, Crystal growth, Crystal morphology and Heat Transfer

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Internal combustion research projects, diesel and gasoline engines projects with analytical, computational and experimental work elements; Heat Transfer; Crystal growth, Soot, Particulate matter, Soot-in-oil, Emission control, Powertrain, hybrids.

• PACINO, A., LA PORTA, C., LA ROCCA, A. and CAIRNS, A., 2023. Copper leaching effects on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions of a direct injection high pressure common rail diesel engine: Fuel Fuel. 340,
• AHMAD, S. S., TOM, L., LA ROCCA, A., LA ROCCA, S., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C. and BENAROUS, M., 2022. Torque Limiters for Aerospace Actuator Application: Energies Energies. 15(4),
• ZOU, T., GERADA, D., LA ROCCA, A., MOSLEMIN, M., CAIRNS, A., CUI, M., BARDALAI, A., ZHANG, F. and GERADA, C., 2022. A Comprehensive Design Guideline of HairpinWindings for High Power Density Electric Vehicle Traction Motors: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
• RUSSO, C., CIAJOLO, A., CIMINO, S., LA MATTA, V., LA ROCCA, A. and APICELLA, B., 2022. Reactivity of soot emitted from different hydrocarbon fuels: Effect of nanostructure on oxidation kinetics: Fuel Processing Technology Fuel Processing Technology. 236,
• LA ROCCA, A., LA ROCCA, S., ZOU, T., LIU, C., MOSLEMIN, M., GERADA, C. and CAIRNS, A., 2022. Performance Assessment of Standard Cooling Strategies for Hairpin Windings
• PETRELLI, G., CUI, M., ZOU, T., SALA, G., LA ROCCA, A., BARATER, D., FRANCESCHINI, G., GERADA, D., DEGANO, M. and GERADA, C., 2022. Comparison of Aluminium and Copper Conductors in Hairpin Winding Design for High Power Density Traction Motors
• S.A. PFAU, E. HAFFNER-STATON and A. LA ROCCA, 2021. Measurement of Sub-23 nm Particulate Emissions from GDI Engines: A Comparison of Processing Methods SAE Technical Paper 2021-01-0626
• GOLOVANOV, D., GERADA, D., SALA, G., DEGANO, M., TRENTIN, A., CONNOR, P. H., XU, Z., LA ROCCA, A., GALASSINI, A., TARISCIOTTI, L., EASTWICK, C. N., PICKERING, S. J., WHEELER, P., CLARE, J. C., FILIPENKO, M. and GERADA, C., 2021. 4MW Class High Power Density Generator for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
• PACINO, A., HAFFNER-STATON, E., LA ROCCA, A., SMITH, J. and FOWELL, M., 2021. Understanding the Challenges Associated with Soot-in-Oil from Diesel Engines: A Review Paper
• KUMAR, R., LA ROCCA, A., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C. and FERNANDES, B. G., 2021. Significance of anisotropic thermal expansion in high speed electric machines employing ndfeb permanent magnets: Energies Energies. 14(22),
• S.A. PFAU, A. LA ROCCA and M.W. FAY, 2020. Quantifying soot nanostructures: Importance of image processing parameters for lattice fringe analysis Combustion and Flame. 211, 430-444
• ALNAMASI, K., TERRY, S., LA ROCCA, A. and CAIRNS, A., 2020. Brake Power Availability Led Optimisation of P0 versus P2 48V Hybrid Powertrain Architectures: SAE 2020 World Congress Experience, WCX 2020 SAE 2020 World Congress Experience, WCX 2020. 2020-April(April),
• ZOU, T., GERADA, D., WALKER, A., VAKIL, G., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., PACIURA, K., BARDEN, R., ERNEST, E., ZHU, S., QAYYUM, N., MCQUEEN, A., BARDALAI, A., RAM KUMAR, R. M., MARFOLI, A. and GERADA, C., 2020. Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines
• TRENTIN, A., SALA, G., TARISCIOTTI, L., GALASSINI, A., DEGANO, M., CONNOR, P., GOLOVANOV, D., GERADA, D., XU, Z., LA ROCCA, A., EASTWICK, C., PICKERING, S., WHEELER, P., CLARE, J. C. and GERADA, C., 2020. Research and Realisation of High-Power Medium Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• LA ROCCA, A., FREGNI, A., LA ROCCA, S. and GERADA, C., 2020. Numerical Thermal Modelling of Multiphase Spray Cooling of Hairpin Windings
• AL-ANI, M., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., WALKER, A., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2020. Design of rare-earth-free PM-assisted synchronous reluctance machine for heavy-duty automotive application
• CONNOR, P. H., LA ROCCA, A., XU, Z., DEGANO, M., EASTWICK, C. N., PICKERING, S. J. and GERADA, C., 2019. Air-cooling of a hollow high-speed permanent magnet rotor
• AL-ANI, M., PACIURA, K., MCQUEEN, A., WALKER, A., VAKIL, G., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., GERADA, D. and GERADA, C., 2019. Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application
• HAFFNER-STATON, E., LA ROCCA, A., CAIRNS, A. and FAY, M., 2019. Morphological Characterization of Gasoline Soot-in-Oil: Development of Semi-Automated 2D-TEM and Comparison with Novel High-Throughput 3D-TEM: SAE 14th International Conference on Engines and Vehicles, ICE 2019 2019-September(September),
• BOZHKO, S., YANG, T., LE PEUVEDIC, J., ARUMUGAM, P., DEGANO, M., LA ROCCA, A., XU, Z., RASHED, M., FERNANDO, W., HILL, C. I., EASTWICK, C., PICKERING, S., GERADA, C. and WHEELER, P., 2018. Development of Aircraft Electric Starter-Generator System Based-On Active Rectification Technology: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
• PFAU, S. A., LA ROCCA, A., HAFFNER-STATON, E., RANCE, G. A., FAY, M. W., BROUGH, R. J. and MALIZIA, S., 2018. Comparative nanostructure analysis of gasoline turbocharged direct injection and diesel soot-in-oil with carbon black: Carbon Carbon. 139, 342-352
• PFAU, S. A., LA ROCCA, A., HAFFNER-STATON, E., RANCE, G. A., FAY, M. W., BROUGH, R. J. and MALIZIA, S., 2018. Comparative nanostructure analysis of gasoline turbocharged direct injection and diesel soot-in-oil with carbon black: Carbon Carbon. 139, 342-352
• RUBINO, L., PIOTR OLES, J. and LA ROCCA, A., 2017. Evaluating Performance of Uncoated GPF in Real World Driving Using Experimental Results and CFD modelling: SAE Technical Papers SAE Technical Papers. 2017-September,
• LA ROCCA, A., CAMPBELL, J., FAY, M. W. and ORHAN, O., 2016. Soot-in-Oil 3D Volume Reconstruction Through the Use of Electron Tomography: An Introductory Study TRIBOLOGY LETTERS. 61(1),
• Q LI, PJ SHAYLER, M MCGHEE and A LA ROCCA, 2016. The initiation and development of combustion under cold idling conditions using a glow plug in diesel engines International Journal of Engine Research. 10,
• E HAFFNER-STATON, O ORHAN, A LA ROCCA and M FAY, 2016. Uncertainties in the Traditional 2D-TEM Characterization of Carbon Nanoparticles In: 20th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles.
• ORHAN, O., HAFFNER-STATON, E., LA ROCCA, A. and FAY, M., 2016. Characterisation of flame-generated soot and soot-in-oil using electron tomography volume reconstructions and comparison with traditional 2D-TEM measurements: Tribology International Tribology International. 104, 272-284
• HEGAB, A., LA ROCCA, A. and SHAYLER, P., 2016. Towards keeping diesel fuel supply and demand in balance: Dual-fuelling of diesel engines with natural gas: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
• STEVENS, D., LA ROCCA, A., POWER, H. and LA ROCCA, V., 2015. Estimating the temperature evolution of foodstuffs during freezing with a 3D meshless numerical method: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 53, 46-55
• A LA ROCCA, F BONATESTA, M FAY and F CAMPANELLA, 2015. Characterisation of Soot in oil from a Gasoline Direct Injection Engine using Transmission Electron Microscopy Tribology International.
• STEVENS, D., LA ROCCA, A., POWER, H. and LA ROCCA, V., 2015. Estimating the temperature evolution of foodstuffs during freezing with a 3D meshless numerical method: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 53, 46-55
• F. BONATESTA, E. CHIAPPETTA and A. LA ROCCA, 2014. Part-Load Particulate Matter from a GDI Engine and the Connection with Combustion Characteristics Applied Energy. 124(1), 366-376
• A LA ROCCA, G. DI LIBERTO, P.J. SHAYLER, C.D.J. PARMENTER and M.W. FAY, 2014. A Novel Diagnostics Tool for Measuring Soot Agglomerates Size Distribution in Used Automotive Lubricant Oils SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants. 2014-01-1479,
• A. LA ROCCA, V. LAROCCA, A. MESSINEO and D. PANNO, 2014. Use of HFC fluids as suitable replacements in low-temperature refrigeration plants ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
• M.W. FAY, A. LA ROCCA and F. CAMPANELLA, 2014. Preparation of soot-in-oil samples from gasoline direct injection engines for HRTEM analysis In: MMC2014 - Microscience Microscopy Conference, June 2014, Manchester Central Convention Complex, UK.
• A. LA ROCCA, F. BONATESTA, F. CAMPANELLA and M.W. FAY, 2014. Nanoparticle characteristics of exhaust and soot-in-oil from gasoline direct injection automotive engines In: 18th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles June 2014. ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland..
• F. BONATESTA, A. LA ROCCA and E. CHIAPPETTA, 2014. Exploring the correlation between soot number density and combustion duration in a GDI engine at part-load conditions In: 18th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles June 2014. ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland..
• ASANGO, A., LA ROCCA, A. and SHAYLER, P., 2014. Investigating the effect of carbon nanoparticles on the viscosity of lubricant oil from light duty automotive diesel engines 1,
• BONATESTA, F., CHIAPPETTA, E. and LA ROCCA, A., 2014. Part-load particulate matter from a GDI engine and the connection with combustion characteristics: Applied Energy Applied Energy. 124, 366-376
• LA ROCCA, A., DI LIBERTO, G., SHAYLER, P., PARMENTER, C. and FAY, M., 2014. A novel diagnostics tool for measuring soot agglomerates size distribution in used automotive lubricant oils: SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants. 7(1), 301-306
• M.W. FAY, A. LA ROCCA and P.J. SHAYLER, 2014. TEM and HRTEM of Soot-in-oil particles and agglomerates from internal combustion engines Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 522(012072),
• BENT, E., SHAYLER, P., LA ROCCA, A., ROUAUD, C. and IMECHE,, 2013. The effectiveness of stop-start and thermal management measures to improve fuel economy: Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conference Proceedings Woodhead Publ Ltd.
• A.LA ROCCA, H. POWER, 2005. Free mesh basic function collocation approach for the numerical solution of system of multi-ion electrolytes International Journal for Numerical Method in Engineering. 64, 1699-1734