High Speed Flows and Microfluidics
In 2011, research continued in the areas of very high-speed flows at supersonic and hypersonic Mach numbers and for very small-scale, low-speed flows for microfluidic applications. The research of high-speed flows has relevance to the development of vehicles for high-speed flight and planetary exploration both in terms of the external aerodynamics and heat transfer associated with atmospheric flight at these speeds as well as the development of propulsion systems such as scramjets to power these vehicles. Quite separately, the investigation of microfluidics is concerned with the scaling of fluid flows to very small geometries and their application to small chemical processing systems often for biomedical needs. The research performed in both areas ranged from fundamental studies to improve our understanding of the underlying physics governing these flows to more application-based studies. These investigations incorporated a wide range of experimental, numerical and analytical techniques.
SCRAMSPACE supersonic combustion flight
test Free flying models in hypersonic facilities CARS measurements of electric field strength
in gases Simulation of hypersonic separated flows Fluid-Structure Interaction of Gas Turbine Blades Supersonic flows over shallow cavities Shock reflection off cylindrical surfaces Simulation and measurement of fluid-thermalstructural
behaviour of hypersonic vehicles Fluidic Thrust Control Modelling of flow in a micro-hydrocyclone Experimental study of cutting forces in micro
end-milling Investigation on the droplet formation time
with xanthan gum solutions at a t-junction
The world’s fastest spark plug Laser-Induced Plasmas at 100.000° Celsius Modelling of flow in a micro-hydrocyclone Sustainability in micro-manufacturing Multiphase flow mixing in a rotary holding furnace Projectiles in transonic and supersonic ground effect Time-resolved Mach-Zehnder interferometry Fluid-Structure Interaction of Gas Turbine Blades Base Flows Computational Studies of Hypersonic High Enthalpy Separated Flows Quantifying Exhaust Flows Laser-based Sensors for Safer Air Travel In-flight Mapping of Heating on a Hypersonic Vehicle Free flying models in hypersonic facilities