Tenured Academic Staff

Joris Degroote

Fluid-structure interaction, quasi-Newton methods

Guest professors

Benoît Marinus (at RMA)

Aeroplanes

Research Staff

Axel Bral

Development of techniques to simulate the interaction between airjets and a flexible, fuzzy yarn

Maxim Notable

Multi-fidelity simulation of airborne wind energy systems

Niels Pynaert

Optimization of flexible aircraft models for airborne wind energy

Victor Van Riet

Development of novel techniques for the simulation of solid-liquid phase change problems

Affiliated Research Staff

• Daniele Di Cristofaro: Fluid-structure interaction of hydrofoils, at Polimi
• Matija Avirovic: Experimental study of passive control of the flow around a high lift-to-drag ratio airfoil at very high altitude, at RMA
• Amith Balusubramanya: Fluid-structure interaction simulations of cardiovascular problems, at IBiTech
• Kamiel Ceusters: Development of a numerical multi-physics method to analyze the vibration characteristics of rotating components in liquid metal, at SCK
• Tom De Bruyn: Adjoint optimization of composite blades, at VKI
• Vinayak Ramachandran Nambiar: Leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades by droplet impact, at Soete
• Romain Poletti: Real-time optimization of bio-inspired wings using the deformable overset method and machine learning, at VKI
• Mathieu Vervaecke: Fluid-structure interaction simulation of the wire drawing process

Supporting Staff

• Annick De Coster: Financial and administrative management
• Yves Maenhout: System administrator

Retired Academic Staff

• Erik Dick: Mach-uniform algorithms, transition models

Former Staff

• Nicolas Delaissé: Quasi-Newton methods for partitioned simulation of fluid-structure interaction and elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication
• Henri Dolfen: Fluid-structure interaction simulations and uncertainty quantification of flow-induced vibration in tube bundles)
• Thomas Haas: High-fidelity simulation of airborne wind energy systems
• Wim Beyne: Design methods for thermal storage systems
• Navaneeth Kodunthirappully Narayanan: Development of fluid-structure interaction algorithms for tents subjected to ponding water and wind flow
• Sarah Vandenbulcke: Computational biomechanics modeling of the cerebrospinal fluid: model development and application to Chiari type 1 malformation, at IBiTech
• François Trigaux: Scale-resolved aeroelastic simulation of large wind turbines using the actuator line method, at UCLouvain
• Peyman Havaej: CFD-FSI modelling of thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication in line contacts, at Soete
• Nicolas Boutet: Analytical study of multi-secant quasi-Newton methods for optimization problems, at RMA
• Federico Canè: Patient-specific computational fluid dynamics models of the human left heart using the chimera technique, at IBiTech
• Kelbij Star: Development of reduced order modeling methods for incompressible flows with heat transfer and parametric boundary conditions, at SCK-CEN
• Toon Demeester: Efficient quasi-Newton methods for steady free surface flow
• Alec Bagué: Fluid-structure interaction of hydrofoils, at Maritime
• Lucas Delcour: Development of numerical modelling techniques for air-jet weft insertion
• Laurent De Moerloose: Computational analysis of two-phase flow-induced vibration in heat exchanger and piping geometries
• Jimmy Colliers: Wind-structure interactions of tensile surface structures, at VUB
• Alireza Rasekh: Thermal study of axial flux permanent magnet synchronous machines
• Jolan Wauters: Development and application of surrogate-assisted optimization under uncertainty strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles
• Gilberto Santo: Fluid-structure interaction simulations of wind turbines with composite blades
• Mathijs Peeters: Efficient methods for automated conversion of wind turbine blade designs into high-fidelity finite element models with shell and solid elements, at Composites
• Akil Osman: Computational fluid-structure interaction study of the aeroelastic behavior of a wire in transonic and supersonic flows
• Iva Papeš: Computational analysis of a twin screw expander for small scale ORC systems
• Alessandra Bavo: Integrating valve leaflet motion into patient-specific numerical blood flow simulations of the human heart : strategies and challenges
• Jeroen De Ridder: Computational analysis of flow-induced vibrations in fuel rod bundles of next generation nuclear reactors
• Jan Vierendeels: Fluid-structure interaction based on computational fluid dynamics