Exploring the origins of waters at Cape Farewell along pathways through the Irminger Sea by Lagrangian Particle Tracking

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an important element in the Earth’s Climate System, and it leads to variations in the climate systems, such as heat transformation, carbon dioxide distribution, freshwater distribution, and extreme weather conditions. <br/>The dense water formation and export in the North Atlantic...

Modelling sediment and propagule pathways to improve mangrove rehabilitation: A case study of the pilot project in Demak, Indonesia

Mangrove forests are important (sub)tropical intertidal ecosystems providing coastal protection and other ecosystem services like carbon storage and biodiversity. In view of the loss of these forests many rehabilitation projects have started, but unfortunately these efforts often fail. A main cause for coastal erosion is a disrupted (fine)...

Effects of Salinity Variations in the Labrador Sea: An evaluation of salinity effects on the Labrador Sea circulation through an idealized model

The Labrador Sea is one of the deep convection sites in the world's oceans and the water masses formed here are an important component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). To study this linkage, one study in particular used an idealized model of the Labrador Sea where the density variations consists only of temperature...

Internal flow simulation of an ESP air purifier using RANS flow field and Lagrangian tracking of aerosols

The gradually increasing air pollution calls for more and more effective solutions. This master thesis is focused on the investigation of aerosol trajectories inside the agricultural purifier named `ASPRA Agro', developed at VFA Solutions. Various CFD simulations have been carried out using an open-source C++ toolbox named `OpenFOAM'. The flow...

Extending the velocity range of Robotic Volumetric PIV: Desing and application of a multi-Δt approach

Car industry and motorsport development nowadays strongly rely on wind tunnel testing. As the literature survey shows, in order to fully understand the characteristics of the flow around a car, large-scale and volumetric flow field measurements are required. For its features, PIV can be pointed as a useful technique for automotive wind tunnels....

Robotic Volumetric Particle Tracking Velocimetry by Coaxial Imaging and Illumination

Aerodynamics research and development often involves large-scale and turbulent flows; may this be a rotor flow, the wake of a car, or the flow passing a human athlete to name a few examples. Volumetric particle image velocimetry (PIV) is well suited for the study of such flows. The introduction of Helium Filled Soap Bubbles (HFSB) for wind...