Research
IFD faculty and staff conduct research in the general area of computational and experimental fluid mechanics. IFD currently includes four professorships or research groups. external pageProf. G. Hallercall_made from the Institute for Mechanical Systems is affiliated with IFD.
IFD Research Groups
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Multi-Scale Modeling
The following links give an overview of the research output and the main research directions of the group:
- chevron_right Publications Group Prof. Jenny
- chevron_right Modeling of Turbulence and Turbulent Reactive Flows
- chevron_right Flow in Porous Media
- chevron_right Rarefied Gas Kinetics & Aerodynamics
- chevron_right Bio Fluid Dynamics, Biomedical Optics
- chevron_right Numerical Schemes and Algorithms
- chevron_right Covid-19 Research
Our research focuses on experimental investigations of high-speed multiphase fluid phenomena, with applications in biomedical engineering, material science, and in hydraulic machinery, among others. The main research areas of the group are:
- Fundamentals of cavitation and bubble oscillations
- Bubbles and droplets in biomedical applications
- Engineering applications for impulsive multiphase fluid phenomena
Chair in Nonlinear Dynamics
Details about the research topics addressed in the Group of Prof. George Haller can be found external pageherecall_made.