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Project

Improving efficiency and safety of devices with flow along cylinders using fluid-structure interaction simulations (ESFLOC)
Code
01N00216
Duration
01 January 2016 → 25 August 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Fluid mechanics
  • Engineering and technology
    • Numerical modelling and design
Keywords
Cylinder flow vibration simulation
 
Project description
 

Flows along cylinders occur in heat exchangers, air-jet looms and reactors. However, the vibration of these cylinders due to interaction with the flow is not fully understood. To improve the efficiency and safety of these devices, insights will be developed about multiple flexible cylinders in axial flow, supersonic flow along a cylinder and multi-phase flow along a cylinder.