Luca Santoro

Thesis title

Active thermography as non destructive evaluation technique for welded joints

Tutors

• Raffaella Sesana
• Francesca Maria Cura'

• Monitoring system for welding process and non destructive testing of weldings

ERC sectors

• Start Cup Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta conferred by Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, Italy (2024)

• Effective member - International Society for Optics and Photonics, Stati Uniti (2025-)
• Other roles - Working Group NDT in additive manufacturing, Italia (2024-2100)
• Effective member - AIPND, Italia (2022-2100)
• Effective member - AIAS, Italia (2021-2100)

• 6th International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI2025), Co-Chair of Thematic Symposia

• Visiting Researcher, presso Technical University Munich (1/3/2023-31/7/2023)

Master of Science

• Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - NODES Spoke 7/TOSA. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso

• DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTATION OF MECHANICAL DRIVE COMPONENTS AND THERMOGRAPHY (DIMEAS)

• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella; Cura, Francesca Maria (2025)
  Rapid Assessment of the Fatigue Limit Using an Iterative Algorithm Applied to Intrinsic Dissipation. In: 53° congresso nazionale AIAS, Napoli, 4-7 settembre 2024, pp. 1-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2025)
  A physics-informed framework for feature extraction and defect segmentation in pulsed infrared thermography. In: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS. ISSN 1350-6307
  Contributo su Rivista
• Razza, Valentino; Santoro, Luca; De Maddis, Manuela (2025)
  Gradient-based image generation for thermographic material inspection. In: APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING. ISSN 1359-4311
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2025)
  A pilot study using flying spot laser thermography and signal reconstruction. In: OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING, vol. 188, pp. 1-12. ISSN 0143-8166
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Quercio, Michele; Canova, Aldo; Sesana, Raffaella (2024)
  Measuring Thermal and Electrical Performances of Additively Manufactured Magnetic Shielding Material: An Active Thermography Approach. In: NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION. ISSN 1058-9759
  Contributo su Rivista
• Sesana, Raffaella; R, Raffaella; Santoro, L; Borghese, V.; Santini, S (2024)
  Correlazioni Preliminari tra Proprietà Termiche e Densità nelle Strutture in Legno con Prove Non Distruttive. In: INGENIO-WEB.IT https://www.ingenio-web.it/, pp. 1-14
  Contributo su Rivista
• Sesana, Raffaella; Santoro, Luca (2024)
  Proposal for kf effective notch factor estimation for life assessment of welded joint based on geometric parameters. In: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS. ISSN 1350-6307
  Contributo su Rivista
• Borghese, Vittoria; Santoro, Luca; Santini, Silvia; Sesana, Raffaella (2024)
  Correlation between thermal and density properties of chestnuts: preliminary results of experimental non-destructive testing. In: ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 24. ISSN 1644-9665
  Contributo su Rivista
• Quercio, M.; Santoro, L.; Poskovic, E.; Sesana, R.; Canova, A. (2024)
  Magnetic and thermal characterization of Fe2.9wt.%Si for magnetic shielding applications. In: IEEE ACCESS. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Quercio, Michele; Sesana, Raffaella; Canova, Aldo; Aiello, Alex (2024)
  Directional Thermal Diffusivity of Additive Manufactured Thin Sheets. In: 3rd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation ISIEA 2024, Bolzano, 19-21 June 2024, pp. 126-132. ISSN 2367-3370. ISBN: 9783031704611
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, Luca; Razza, Valentino; Maddis, De; Manuela, (2024)
  Nugget and corona bond size measurement through active thermography and transfer learning model. In: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. ISSN 1433-3015
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella; Diller, Johannes; Radlbeck, Christina; Mensinger, ... (2024)
  Dissipative and thermal aspects in cyclic loading of additive manufactured AISI 316L. In: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, vol. 163. ISSN 1350-6307
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Razza, Valentino; De Maddis, Manuela (2023)
  Frequency-based analysis of active laser thermography for spot weld quality assessment. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. ISSN 0268-3768
  Contributo su Rivista
• Santoro, Luca; Borghese, Vittoria; Santini, Silvia; Sesana, Raffaella; Cura, Francesca ... (2023)
  Density estimation of historical wooden elements through means of thermographic correlation approach. In: 14th International Conference on non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage, Brescia, 28-30 Novembre 2023, pp. 1-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2023)
  TERMOGRAFIA ATTIVA E PASSIVA PER LA CARATTERIZZAZIONE DEL DANNEGGIAMENTO A FATICA DELL'ACCIAIO 25CRMO4. In: AIAS
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2023)
  APPROCCIO TERMOGRAFICO ALLO STUDIO DELLE PROPRIETÀ FISICHE DI MANUFATTI STORICI IN LEGNO: RISULTATI PRELIMINARI. In: AIAS
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2023)
  CARATTERIZZAZIONE NON DISTRUTTIVA DELLO STATO METALLURGICO TRAMITE ANALISI TERMICA BASATA SULLA FREQUENZA. In: AIAS
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sesana, Raffaella; Santoro, Luca; Cura, Francesca; Molica Nardo, Rosario; Pagano, ... (2023)
  Assessing thermal properties of multipass weld beads using active thermography: microstructural variations and anisotropy analysis. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, pp. 1-12. ISSN 0268-3768
  Contributo su Rivista
• De Maddis, Manuela; Razza, Valentino; Santoro, Luca (2023)
  Metodo per il controllo non distruttivo di giunti saldati, mediante termografia attiva. N. brevetto: 102023000023949, propr. brevetto: Politecnico di Torino
  Brevetti
• Corsaro, Luca; Cura, Francesca Maria; Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella (2023)
  Metodologia di identificazione delle tensioni residue su materiali e componenti mediante tecniche di termografia attiva. N. brevetto: 102023000003597, propr. brevetto: Politecnico di Torino
  Brevetti
• Santoro, Luca; Sesana, Raffaella; Molica Nardo, Rosario; Cura, Francesca Maria (2023)
  Infrared in-line monitoring of flaws in steel welded joints: a preliminary approach with SMAW and GMAW processes. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, pp. 2655-2670. ISSN 0268-3768
  Contributo su Rivista
• Cura, F M; Santoro, L; Sesana, R; Corsaro, L (2023)
  ASSESSMENTS ON MATERIAL THICKNESS AND COATING IN LASER SPOT ACTIVE THERMOGRAPHY. In: ICEM20 EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS IN ENGINEERING AND BIOMECHANICS, Oporto, 2-7 July 2023, pp. 1051-1058. ISBN: 978-989-54756-6-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Santoro, L; Sesana, R; Cura, F M; Corsaro, L (2023)
  IN LINE DEFECT DETECTION IN STEEL WELDING PROCESS BY MEANS OF THERMOGRAPHY. In: ICEM20 EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS IN ENGINEERING AND BIOMECHANICS, Oporto, 2-7 July 2023, pp. 1059-1068. ISBN: 978-989-54756-6-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

• Metodologia di identificazione delle tensioni residue su materiali e componenti mediante tecniche di termografia attiva . national and international Patent
  Inventors: Francesca Maria Cura' Luca Santoro Raffaella Sesana
• Metodologia di identificazione delle tensioni residue su materiali e componenti mediante tecniche di termografia attiva . national and international Patent
  Inventors: Francesca Maria Cura' Luca Santoro Raffaella Sesana