Facilities

­ Numerical tools

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Mathematics & programming

• Matlab, Maxima, Python, Fortran 90, Maple, ...

Lumped parameter & 1D analysis

• Custom-made tools for compressible flows in micro-channels, road tunnel ventilation, industrial roller kilns, industrial dryers

Modelling, meshing, and CFD analysis

• Pointwise, Ansys Fluent, OpenFOAM, Incompact3D, Nek5000, in-house CFD codes

Optimization

• Dakota, custom-made tools

 

­ Experimental equipment

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Radiator wind tunnel

Multi-channel pressure scanners

Pitot tube velocimetry

Hot wire anemometry

Vane anemometry

Laser doppler anemometry

Thermocouples

Infrared thermography

Ultrasound pulsed laser doppler velocimetry (UPDV)

High-speed time-resolved stereo particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Multi-point high-speed video acquisition system