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van der Wilt, Pieter (author)
The traditional Eulerian view of biomass in bioprocess modelling results in issues when modelling large-scale bioreactors in which heterogeneous conditions are common. As the field increasingly moves from “scale-up” to “scale-down” philosophy, in which such heterogeneities are included from the start of process design, accurate modelling of the...
bachelor thesis 2022
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Kortleven, M. (author)
In this research computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to model a vertical axis wind turbine. Well known turbulence models | i.e. the k-epsilon and k-omega SST model | are used and compared in their performance against each other and a set of experimental data. The formal research question is "What models are available for the simulation of...
bachelor thesis 2016
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Mourão Bento, Hugo (author)
With the goal of decreasing the environmental impact of aircraft, ducted propellers emerge as an efficient propulsive alternative. Ducts are able to increase the thrust to power ratio of a propeller system by both producing thrust and/or lowering tip losses of propellers. In this thesis, RANS CFD simulations were used to analyse the possible...
master thesis 2019
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Palermo, Marco (author)
Despite widespread research into the possibilities of improving aerodynamic efficiency, a plateau seems to have been reached for the conventional configuration. Hence, the potential of unconventional configurations are being investigated in recent years. Flying V is one such configuration that promises a lift to drag ratio about 24 in cruise...
master thesis 2019
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Sofia-Gabrion, Grégoire (author)
A series of numerical simulations was executed using the high-performance cluster at TU Delft's Aerospace Faculty. The primary objective was to gain deeper insights into the intricate dynamics of a sonic transverse jet in a supersonic crossflow with an oblique induced shock wave, especially concerning mixing. These simulations delved into the...
master thesis 2023
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Lokken, Thomas (author)
With an increased demand for renewable energy wind farms, their efficiency receives growing attention from both the industry and academics. Mitigating wake interaction effects in wind farms is one of the ways wind farms could increase their efficiency. Control techniques to increase wake reenergizing are currently under development, however, are...
master thesis 2023
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Sadowy-Sadowski, Tomasz (author)
The concept of a spaceplane, a launch system that is a combination of an airplane and a rocket, is one of the most promising concepts of sustainable access to space. Along its trajectory, it experiences most extreme conditions with frequently opposing design requirements, making it one of the most complicated challenges in aerospace engineering....
master thesis 2022
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van Rijsingen, Mart (author)
The transport sector is making a significant contribution to the global CO2 emissions causing Global Warming. A large portion of this is caused by heavy-duty vehicles like tractor semi-trailer combinations. Since tractor semi-trailer combinations are often operated at relatively high speeds for long periods of time their fuel consumption, and...
master thesis 2018
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Huang, Ziyang (author)
To meet energy demand towards a low-carbon future, the global market demand is growing for metals such as cobalt and nickel which are major elements in batteries. Polymetallic nodules, which are formed on abyssal plains at depths ranging from 4 to 6 kilometres and are distributed in high abundance on the top of the seabed, contains several times...
master thesis 2021
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van Dijk, N. (author)
Offshore structures with partially filled storage tanks may experience sloshing of the cargo when exposed to waves. Inventive use on the topside result in storage tanks which are built as an integrated part of the deck structure. Weight control and available space is often a critical issue for offshore projects and can be improved by this...
master thesis 2016
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Arntzen, Stefan (author)
High-fidelity optimisation studies are a useful asset in the design of critical components for large gas turbines. These studies require the computation of numerous computationally expensive CFD simulations and result in predominantly optimisation graphs of design objectives (e.g. Pareto-front figure). The quantity of generated data is...
master thesis 2019
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Ganani, Chaggai (author)
Micropropulsion is universally considered to be a key technology enabling nano- and pico- satellites to perform more complex missions. However, past research has shown that nozzle efficiencies at the microscale are far inferior to their macro scale counterparts. These low efficiencies can be attributed to the relatively high viscous losses...
master thesis 2019
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Mathew, Maria (author)
This thesis studies a novel mesh deformation method based on radial basis functions to improve mesh quality in regions with small wall clearances. For fluid-structure interaction problems or imposed motion CFD problems, the usually fixed Eulerian fluid meshes have to undergo deformation to conform to the deforming structure. In such cases, it is...
master thesis 2019
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Visscher, F.J.C. (author)
Dredging is a very important activity for mankind, for example deepening waterways or creating artificial islands. The Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) is an important dredging vessel, this vessel uses the so called drag head. It is common practice to use water jets in drag heads to create a more efficient dredging process. Some...
master thesis 2016
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Huijing, Jasper (author)
RANS simulation are one of the most used tools for aerodynamic analysis. The advantage of RANS simulations is the reduced computational cost compared to other methods such as LES or DNS. This is because by solving the RANS equations one only solves for the mean flow. However, this reduction in computational cost comes at the price of uncertainty...
master thesis 2020
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Van Kampen, M.J. (author)
As hydrocarbon supplies dwindle, technology develops and long-term hydrocarbon prices rise it is becoming more and more economical to develop hydrocarbon fields offshore. An FPSO vessel can be favored as it is flexible, quickly commissioned and cost-effective, be used at all water depths and does not require additional pipelines to shore. To...
master thesis 2015
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Iyer, Sowmya (author)
The thesis presents an analysis of unsteady vortex shedding and vortex induced vibrations (VIV) on wind turbine blades using a combination of Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). A spanwise uniform blade with a symmetric NACA0021 airfoil section, 0.075 m chord, and 0.4 m span was tested...
master thesis 2023
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Becker, Max (author)
The current wind turbine design tools are based on aerodynamic simulations using blade element momentum (BEM) codes to calculate loads and power, see for instance the tools HAWC2, Bladed or FAST. This engineering method is computationally efficient, but theoretically valid only for steady two dimensional flow in non-yawed conditions. <br/><br/...
master thesis 2017
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Alberts, Jasper (author)
A wall-resolved Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of a wing-body junction is performed. The aim is to generate high-fidelity junction flow data to be used in a data-driven turbulence modelling approach, specifically to improve the accuracy of RANS-simulations in junction flows. The simulation is performed on a 61.5 million C-grid body fitted mesh in...
master thesis 2021
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Viswanathan, Veeraraghavan (author)
The aerodynamic drag force is a crucial factor for passenger cars and trucks, where fuel economy is of utmost importance. While a lot of research has been performed to optimize the design of the upper-body of the vehicle, the flow over a rotating wheel that is enclosed by a wheelhouse is not understood to the same level. Estimates show that the...
master thesis 2017
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