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This research area in the School encompasses the behaviour of fluids (liquids and gases), and the two-way interactions between fluids and embedded structures known as Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) where the motion of a structure or boundary influences the flow, which in turn moves or deforms the structure. FSI is crucial to a full understanding of many problems in design and Nature alike. For high speed (supersonic or hypersonic) flows there may be additional coupling with temperature effects known as Fluid-Thermal-Structure Interaction (FTSI), where frictional heating of the fluid and structure can create additional stresses and deformations in structures as well as alter fluid properties. Fluids may be almost incompressible (e.g. water) or compressible (e.g. air), laminar or turbulent, Newtonian (stress and strain linearly related as in most pure fluids) or non-Newtonian (non-linear stress-strain relationships such as shear thickening or shear thinning, common in many fluids with embedded particles such as blood).
Researchers in the School are examining a wide variety of fluid regimes and application areas, in both fundamental and applied studies. These include:
Tools include experimental facilities such as a supersonic blowdown wind tunnel and a hypersonic shock tunnel, and expertise in the development of in-house numerical codes based on Navier-Stokes and Lattice Boltzmann flow solver approaches, with immersed boundary methods for robust treatment of large boundary motions and deformations.
Hypersonic flow over a deformable plate.
Simulation of vortex behavior for a tandem flapping foil turbine.
Trans-sonic projectiles in ground effect.
Flow around a flexible insect wing model
Student Enquiries
T +61 2 5114 5000
General Enquiries
T +61 2 5114 5247
F +61 2 6268 8276
Dr Neda Aboutorab - Director of Undergraduate Studies
T +61 2 5114 5110
A/Prof Frank den Hartog - Director of Postgraduate Studies
T +61 2 5114 5138
Dr Fangbao Tian or Dr Daryl Essam - Research Admissions
seit.hdradmissions@adfa.edu.au
T +61 2 5114 5212 or T +61 2 5114 5146
Hours
Monday-Friday: 09:00 - 16:00
Location
Buildings 15 – 21
Northcott Drive
Canberra ACT
Postal Address
c/o School of Engineering and Information Technology
PO Box 7916
CANBERRA BC 2610
Australia