Research
IFD faculty and staff conduct research in the general area of computational and experimental fluid mechanics. IFD currently includes four professorships or research groups. Professors external page G. Haller and N. Noiray from the Institute for Mechanical Systems respectively the Institute of Energy and Process Engineering are affiliated with IFD.
IFD Research Groups
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Multi-Scale Modeling
The following links give an overview of the research output and the main research directions of the group:
- chevron_right Publications Group Prof. Jenny
- chevron_right Modeling of Turbulence and Turbulent Reactive Flows
- chevron_right Flow in Porous Media
- chevron_right Rarefied Gas Kinetics & Aerodynamics
- chevron_right Bio Fluid Dynamics, Biomedical Optics
- chevron_right Numerical Schemes and Algorithms
- chevron_right Covid-19 Research
- chevron_right Code Repositories
Our research focuses on experimental investigations of high-speed multiphase fluid phenomena, with applications in biomedical engineering, material science, and in hydraulic machinery, among others. The main research areas of the group are:
- Fundamentals of cavitation and bubble oscillations
- Bubbles and droplets in biomedical applications
- Engineering applications for impulsive multiphase fluid phenomena
Chair in Nonlinear Dynamics
Details about the research topics addressed in the Group of Prof. George Haller can be found external page here.
Professorship for Combustion and Acoustics for Power and Propulsion Systems
Details about the research topics addressed in the Group of Prof. Nicolas Noiray can be found here.