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Warncke, N.G.W. (author)This thesis studies the hydrodynamics of froth flotation, a process that is used in industry as a means of removing small inclusions from the treated liquid by gas bubble injection. This work is particularly motivated by the removal of aluminium and silicon oxides from liquid steel. Hydrodynamic aspects have a strong influence on the efficiency...doctoral thesis 2014
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Oldenziel, G. (author)Liquid droplets occur in many natural phenomena and play an important role in a large number of industrial applications. One of the distinct properties of droplets as opposed to solid particles is their ability to merge, or coalesce upon collision. Coalescence of liquid drops is of importance in for example the food industry, where the shelf...doctoral thesis 2014
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Steenstra, R.S. (author)For the design of granular bed protections often a stability parameter is used. The stability parameter represents the forces that are acting on the stones and is used to predict the response of the bed to these forces. Existing parameters are often derived for a limited range of application. When the parameter is used outside this range, the...master thesis 2014
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Sun, Z. (author)The micro vortex generator (MVG) is used extensively in low speed aerodynamic problems and is now extended into the supersonic flow regime to solve undesired flow features that are associated with shock wave boundary layer interactions (SWBLI) such as flow separation and associated unsteadiness of the interaction system. Numerous experimental...doctoral thesis 2014
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Van Campen, L.J.A.M. (author)Separation of oil and water is an essential step in the treatment of the production streams from fossil oil wells. Settling by gravity is a robust though voluminous process and therewith expensive method at remote locations, leading to a need for smaller separation equipment. In this thesis, we describe the research performed on the development...doctoral thesis 2014
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Ambesi, D. (author), Kleijn, C.R. (author), Den Hartog, E.A. (author), Bouma, R.H.B. (author), Brasser, P. (author)In chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear protective clothing, a layer of activated carbon material in between two textile layers provides protection against hazardous gases. A cylinder in cross flow, sheathed by such material, is generally used to experimentally test the garment properties. This is, however, complicated and predictive...journal article 2013
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Burchard, H. (author), Schuttelaars, H.M. (author), Rockwell Geyer, W. (author)In this idealized numerical modeling study, the composition of residual sediment fluxes in energetic (e.g., weakly or periodically stratified) tidal estuaries is investigated by means of one-dimensional water column models, with some focus on the sediment availability. Scaling of the underlying dynamic equations shows dependence of the results...journal article 2013
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Patel, A. (author)In the present work, a comprehensive review on different mechanisms affecting heat transfer characteristics of supercritical flows is carried out. The physical mechanism of heat transfer is then further investigated using inhouse DNS data. In addition, RANS simulations of a heated vertical pipe with supercritical CO2 are carried out using...master thesis 2013
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Suarez Raspopov, R.S.R. (author)In aircraft engines, especially in turbomachinery components, large part of the flow along the surface is laminar or transitional. The boundary layer development, losses, efficiency and heat transfer are greatly affected by the location and extend of the laminar-to-turbulent transition. The accurate prediction of the transition process is...master thesis 2013
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Derakhshani, S.M. (author), Schott, D.L. (author), Lodewijks, G. (author)Dust emissions can have significant effects on the human health, environment and industry equipment. Understanding the dust generation process helps to select a suitable dust preventing approach and also is useful to evaluate the environmental impact of dust emission. To describe these processes, numerical methods such as Computational Fluid...conference paper 2013
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Ferrari, S. (author), Badas, M.G. (author), Besalduch, L.A. (author), Querzoli, G. (author)We present a novel algorithm, namely Feature Tracking Velocimetry (FTV), which is less sensitive to the appearance and disappearance of particles and to high velocity gradients than classical Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). The basic idea of FTV is to compare windows only where the motion detection may be successful, that is where there are...conference paper 2013
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Shekhar, C. (author), Nishino, K. (author), Iso, Y. (author)The turbulence dissipation rate and turbulence shear stress are estimated inside a cylindrical, stirred flow mixer by carrying out Stereo PIV measurements in twelve vertical and three horizontal planes. The flow domain is vertically oriented, filled with the water. A commercially-available, three-blade impeller, HR-100, is used as the agitator....conference paper 2013
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Van der Veen, G.J. (author)In the next decades wind energy is expected to secure a firm share of the total energy production capacity in many countries. To increase competitiveness of wind power with other power sources it is essential to lower the cost of wind energy. Given the design of a turbine, this objective can be attained in several ways, for instance by...doctoral thesis 2013
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Voermans, J.J. (author)Little research was done in the past concerning the propagation of three dimensional effect in shallow wake flow caused by a roughness patch. Today’s research on related subjects is dominated by emerging obstructions in shallow water where the flow can be assumed as (quasi) two dimensional. However the relevance of a submerged obstruction with...master thesis 2013
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Violato, D. (author), Scarano, F. (author)The three-dimensional behavior of jet core breakdown is investigated with experiments conducted on a free water jet at Re = 5000 by time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry (TR-TOMO PIV). The investigated domain encompasses the range between 0 and 10 jet diameters. The characteristic pulsatile motion of vortex ring shedding and...journal article 2013
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Lay-Ekuakille, A. (author), Palamara, I. (author), Caratelli, D. (author), Morabito, F.C. (author)Subterranean waters are often polluted by industrial and anthropic effluents that are drained in subsoil. To prevent and control pollution, legislations of different developed countries require an online monitoring measurement, especially for detecting organic solvents (chlorinated and unchlorinated ones). Online measurements include both real...journal article 2013
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Eckhardt, B.E. (author)The study of the transition to turbulence in parallel shear flows without linear instability of the laminar profile has profited immensely from the application of dynamical systems ideas. Studies of the transition in plane Couette flow and pipe flow, in particular, have shown that the transition is connected with the appearance of 3-d coherent...journal article 2012
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Winterwerp, J.C. (author), Van Kesteren, W.G.M. (author), Van Prooijen, B.C. (author), Jacobs, W. (author)This paper proposes a conceptual framework for erosion of cohesive sediment beds. We focus on cohesive beds, distinguishing between floc erosion, surface erosion, and mass erosion. By (our) definition, surface erosion is a drained soil mechanical process, whereas mass erosion occurs under undrained conditions. The eroding shear stress is modeled...journal article 2012
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Gurunath, S. (author)In order to ramp up the conversion ratios and burn-up of nuclear reactors, it is inevitable to go to tightly packed fuel rods in the reactor. These nuclear reactors with tightly packed rod-bundles are characterized by interesting flow patterns, different from the ones encountered in regular channel and pipe flows. The correct prediction and...master thesis 2012
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Harleman, M.J.W. (author)Previous research has shown that the addition of gas bubbles to a turbulent boundary layer in water can reduce the local skin-friction drag by up to 80%. Application of this technique to ships seems promising, but to date no significant drag reductions are obtained on full-scale ships. More knowledge about the drag reduction mechanism is...doctoral thesis 2012