This report presents the results of studies on emissions dispersion from an aircraft engine during the take-off phase. Two types of wind configuration were applied to a single and a double jet engine. Results highlight the influence of different parameters on the plume dispersion pattern, and confirm that CFD is an appropriate tool for source dynamics simulations. ALAQS Comparison of CFD and La...

Data are related to the numerical simulation performed in the study entitled "CFD modeling to evaluate the thermal performances of window frames in accordance with the ISO 10077" (Malvoni et al., 2016) [1]. The paper focuses on the results from a two-dimensional numerical analysis for ten frame sections suggested by the ISO 10077-2 and performed using GAMBIT 2.2 and ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 CFD code. ...

Sensitivity analysis is a research area of increasing interest within CFD. Recent developments in Automatic Differentiation software (AD) make the discrete adjoint methods particularly attractive. We outline the theory of adjoint sensitivities and discuss how to use AD to derive adjoint versions from CFD codes. In particular we review the properties of the four major AD packages, we explain how...

The fluid dynamics of the Thoratec HeartMate III (Thoratec Corp., Pleasanton, CA, U.S.A.) left ventricular assist device are analyzed over a range of physiological operating conditions. The HeartMate III is a centrifugal flow pump with a magnetically suspended rotor. The complete pump was analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and experimental particle imaging flow visualiza...

In this chapter, the development, implementation and evaluation of a suitable curriculum for students to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as part of a fluid mechanics course at intermediate undergraduate level are described. CFD is the simulation of fluids, heat transfer, etc., using modelling, that is, mathematical physical problem formulation, and numerical methods which includes, discr...

This paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) investigation of the aerodynamic effects of drafting in cycling. In drafting, cyclists ride close behind each other to reduce aerodynamic drag. The CFD simulations for single cyclists and for a group of two cyclists are successfully compared with wind-tunnel measurements. Both CFD simulations and wind tunnel measurements show that also th...

Though researchers in computer graphics have started to use the GPGPU (General Purposed Graphics Processing Unit) method to speed up their procedural programs, these techniques are seldom used in the building simulation field. It is possible to apply the GPGPU method to many simulation scenarios (i.e. human evacuation, shadow simulation) to speed up performance. In this paper, CFD is used as an...

Background It is believed that hemodynamic factors contribute significantly to aneurysm formation, growth and rupture. Studies attempting to predict risk factors are mostly based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A disadvantage of CFD is that among other assumptions, often non-patient-specific inflow conditions are prescribed. 4D phase contrast MRI (4D PCMRI) for the assessment of hemodyna...