We are happy to confirm that the online PhD symposium will be organized from Monday 1 March until 3 March 2021. Prominent lecturers in three application fields of fluid dynamics will give a keynote lecture opening each day of the symposium.
During the 12th PhD symposium, the VKI graduate students will review the doctoral research carried out in the three departments of the Institute: Aeronautics and Aerospace, Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics, and Turbomachinery and Propulsion.
The first-year PhD students will present a short pitch of maximum 5 minutes on their research plans and some preliminary results. Their posters are available for download on the programme tab.
The second-year students will give a 15-minute talk on their research activities and progress results followed by 5 minutes of questions.
The third-year students will give a 20-minute talk followed by 5 minutes of questions.
The talks are organized in sessions according to the following topics:
-Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
-Environmental flows & Safety
-Aerodynamics & Aeronautics
-Aeroacoustics
-Liquid & Solid Propulsion
-Aerothermochemistry
-Aerothermodynamics
-Rarefied and plasma flows
-Turbine aerodynamics & heat transfer
-Compressor aerodynamics & heat transfer
-Shape Optimization
-Instrumentation & measurement techniques
Location
Online
Programme
Monday 1 March 2021
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote lecture of Graham V. Candler, McKnight Presidential Chair, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Russell J. Penrose Professor, Associate Department Head, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, USA
10:50 - 11:15 Andrea FAGNANI: Investigation of aerothermomechanical and chemical demise phenomena in atmospheric entry plasma
11:15 - 11:40 David HENNEAUX: A high-order level-set method to follow the gas-liquid interface of melting materials
11:40 - 12:05 Francisco TORRES HERRADOR: Understanding the graphitization process of carbon fibers
Session 2: Aerothermodynamics
12:05 - 12:30 Firas BEN AMEUR: Development of high-order adaptative algorithms for simulating magnetic reconnection processes with uncertainty quantification
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 13:55 Ray VANDENHOECK: Massively parallel and robust high-order methods for transitional hypersonic flow modelling on unstructured grids
13:55 - 14:20 Ali Can ISPIR: Simulation of supersonic mixing of alternative fuels for air-breathing engines based on data mining
14:20 - 14:45 Vincent GIANGASPERO Modeling strategy for blackout analysis of re-entry phases in space exploration missions
14:45 - 15:05 Louis REBOUL: TBD
15:05 - 15:35 Coffee Break
Session 3: Rarefied and Plasma Flows
15:35 - 16:00 Maxim VAN CAPPELLEN: TBD
Session 4: Aeroacoustics
16:00 - 16:25 Joachim DOMINIQUE: TBD
16:25 - 16:50 Baris KALE:ABL simulations with uncertain weather parameters and impacts on WT performance and near-field noise
16:40 - 17:15 Simon SAMAAN: Acoustic detection leaks in pipelines
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Session 5: Liquid Metal and Industrial Flows
09:00 - 09:25 Zoé JARDON: TBD
09:25 - 09:45 David BARREIRO: TBD
09:45 - 10:05 Fabio PINO: Feedback control of liquid metal coating
10:05 - 10:35 Coffee Break
10:35 - 10:55 Matilde FIORE: Thermal turbulence modelling of low Prandtl number flows via data analysis and machine learning
10:55 - 11:15 Aude LECARDONNEL: Experimental characterization of evaporation heat exchangers using low GWP fluids
Session 6: Environmental Flows & Safety
11:15 - 11:35 Loreline FAUGIER: Elaboration of numerical and experimental models for airflow in a subway station
11:35 - 11:55 Tom LAURIKS: CFD modeling for prediction and mitigation of traffic-related air pollution hotspots in a realistic urban street
11:55 - 12:15:40 Abdelhafidh MOUMEN: On the application of background-oriented Schlieren on the ballistics field
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 13:40 Kartik VENKATRAMAN: Wind Energy in Complex/Urban environments
15:30 - 16:30 Keynote Lecture of Steven L. Brunton, James B. Morrison Endowed Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering,
Adjunct Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, USA
Wednesday 3 March 2021
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Lecture of Frank Eulitz, Associate Professor and Head of the Turbomachinery and Propulsion Department, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 8: Shape Optimization
10:55 - 11:20 Tom DE BRUYN: Aero structural optimization using adjoint method
11:20 - 11:45 Luca ZAMPINI: Multigrid acceleration of optimization
Session 9: Turbine Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer
11:45 - 12:05 Gustavo LOPES: 3D flows in high-speed low pressure turbines
12:05 - 12:25 Mizuki OKADA: PIV measurements of rim seal flows in a high-speed turbine rig
12:25 - 13:25 Lunch
13:25 - 13:45 Antonio Federico TORRE: Aerodynamics of a 1.5 stage high-speed low-pressure turbine
Session 10: Compressor Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer
13:45 - 14:05 Riccardo TORACCHIO: Steady and unsteady numerical characterization of the stable operating range of a highly-loaded low-pressure compressor stage
14:05 - 14:30 Cedric BABIN: Measurement setup and strategy for shrouded stator cavity flow characterization in high speed axial compressor facility
14:30 - 14:50 Bart BROUWERS: Visualization of flows in cohesive sediment layers
14:50 - 15:10 Muhsin Can AKKURT: Aero-thermal investigation of roughened circular channels
15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 - 17:15 Pitch Session
Enrico ANFUSO: Investigation of aerothermodynamic phenomena of aerospace flight in ground testing facilities
Fabio Miguel PEREIRA MORGADO: Multi-disciplinary modelling of the aerothermodynamically-induced fragmentation of re-entering bodies
Aysu ÖZDEN: Advanced numerical scheme for high-speed deflagration and detonation (tentative)
Pierrette ATIKPO: TBD
Benoit FOLOPPE: Improving meteorology for offshore wind energy systems : coupling of WRF & WRF-LES using a new scale-adaptive 3D PBL model
Emmanuel GILLYNS: Wind turbine wakes impact on the dynamics of high-voltage cables for fatigue assessment and optimization
Romain POLETTI : Adaptive control of bio-inspired wings in the overset deforming Mesh method
Adithya VEMURI: TBD
Bora Orcun CAKIR: Development of multi-physics CFD solver for detonating flows
Gert-Jan GLABEKE: Assessment and optimization of LIDAR Doppler velocimetry for complex atmospheric flows
Tommaso CARLESI: Development of an advanced experimental technique to measure turbulent heat flux in liquid metals
Giuseppe GANGEMI: Development of a high order fluid solver for air plasma sheath
Pedro JORGE: Development of gas-surface interaction models for rarefied flows
Pietro PARODI: Modeling and simulation of air plasmas using particle methods applied to Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion
Thanh-Son TRAN: Inlet distortion mitigation through gradient-based optimization
Federico BERTELLI: The role of turbulence length scales on the aerodynamics of internal flow passages
Gonçalo GRANJAL CRUZ : Improvement of measurement accuracy using Bayesian inference - Application to low speed UHBR fan
Yohanna HENROTEL: TBD
Abdel Nour WASSIM: TBD
Daniel Gabor KOVACS: Experimental investigation of space debris fragmentation during re-entry
Attendance is free of charge. Please confirm your participation by email to the VKI secretariat: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Your email should contain the following information: indicate your firstname, lastname, current nationality, address, affiliation and position, and mention as subject "Participation in 2021 VKI PhD Symposium."
Eligibility Criteria
The citizens of the following countries are eligible to attend the von Karman Institute Lecture Series:
- EU member countries
- NATO member countries
- NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia)
- Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates)
- Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Japan, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay, South-Africa and Vietnam.
VKI reserves the right to request a clearance check with Belgian authorities.
The participants will have to present their ID card (for EU citizens) or passport (for other citizens) the first day of the symposium.
