This study introduces an unsteady panel method designed to solve potential flows around rigid airfoils and self-propelling eel-like bodies exhibiting undulatory swimming motion. The flow model represents the boundary-layer as an infinitesimally thin vortex sheet on the body surface, detaching only at the wedged trailing-edge of the body in the form of point vorticity.

This talk focuses on accelerating the design of microfluidic heat sinks via topology optimization of the conjugate heat transfer problem. The computational bottleneck of this iterative process is the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes (NS) equations due to their nonlinearity.

The role of chiral amines in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries is substantial, as they are present in 40 to 45 % of small pharmaceuticals and 20 % of agrochemicals. Synthesising chiral amines involves traditional chemical methods and novel enzymatic approaches, including the use of transaminase enzymes as catalysts.

This short seminar is focused on the (un)steadiness of the flow, as well as the aerodynamic behaviour, of an impulsively started NACA0010 airfoil at a Reynolds number of Re = 5000, and for 3 moderate angles of attack.

The last decades have shown impressive progress regarding the strength and ductility compromise of steels. Yet, the resulting refined and complex microstructures lead to fracture mechanisms which are not captured by traditional forming and failure indicators.

Landslide dams are natural dams that are formed by the blockage of a river channel with landslides, rock falls and debris flows. Landslide dams are prone to overtopping failure shortly after their formation, resulting in catastrophic floods in the downstream areas, further posing a great danger to the local residents and altering the local environment.

In the midst of the ongoing transformation in power systems driven by the shift to renewable energy, finding effective ways to balance electricity supply and demand is crucial. Energy storage plays a pivotal role in addressing this challenge, and among the established technologies, pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) stands out as the most mature and widespread.

One possible route for the geological disposal of the Belgian reactor 1 (BR1) fuel, which will eventually become nuclear waste, could be the direct encapsulation of the whole fuel capsule in a cementitious matrix. Because the cladding of the BR1 fuel is made of aluminium alloy 1100 (AA1100), this alloy would be in direct contact with the cementitious matrix.

This work addresses the challenge of designing a synchronous reluctance machine with a focus on on optimizing mean torque, torque ripple and structural integrity.

Understanding and predicting the hydrodynamics of river systems is a challenging, yet crucial task for managing the land-sea continuum. Considering the goal of maintaining an acceptable accuracy level with acceptable calculation time, various modeling approaches can be investigated to address this challenge.