High Performance CFD, Simulation and Modelling in Energy Applications
The computational team, headed by Professor Ville Vuorinen, focuses primarily on high-performance CFD of turbulent flows, including large eddy simulation (LES) and combined LES-RANS approaches using various software such as open-source code OpenFOAM as well as commercial codes STAR-CCM+ and STAR-CD. The research has three primary directions: 1) chemically reacting flow (combustion), 2) heat transfer and fluid flows and 3) applications in manufacturing processes, including material science and machines with moving/rotating parts. The research of the team has broad industrial relevance for e.g. power plants, engines, boilers, combustion, electronics and chemical engineering.
Personnel: Professor Ville Vuorinen, Senior Research Fellow Ossi Kaario, Professor Mika Järvinen, Professor Martti Larmi