Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0667240
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Taming turbulence: Hydrodynamic stability and flow-structure interaction using grid-free computation. Turbulence is characterized as seemingly disordered fluctuations that impede the progress of an object through a fluid by creating increased frictional or drag forces. Using a new type of fluid-flow simulation, this project will generate advanced understanding of turbulence in the flow over the surface of a vehicle, be it a ship, car, aircraft or within a pipe, with the technological objective of reducing drag by adhering a compliant skin to the surface. While the correct choice of compliance relies upon understanding very complex flow-structure dynamics, the resulting technology is simple, robust and has low capital and maintenance costs. Clearly, drag reduction reduces fuel costs and lower fuel consumption is environmentally beneficial.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2006
End Date: 09-2010
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $228,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Fluid Physics
