Oyarzún Altamirano, Guillermo Andrés (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Frontiers of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are constantly expanding and eagerly demanding more computational resources. Currently, we are experiencing an rapid evolution in the high performance ...
Pedro Costa, Juan Bautista (Date of defense: 2019-05-23)
In this thesis, numerical tools to simulate compressible flows in a wide range of situations are presented. It is intended to represent a step forward in the scientific research of the numerical simulation ...
Aizpurua Udabe, Imanol (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)
The need of optimization is present in every field of engineering. Moreover, applications requiring a multidisciplinary approach in order to make a step forward are increasing. This leads to the need ...
Gutiérrez Álvarez, Enrique (Date of defense: 2018-07-17)
CFD techniques are important tools for the study of multiphase flows, because most of the physical phenomena of these flows often happen on space and time scales where experimental methodologies are ...
Torras Ortiz, Santiago (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
El objetivo principal de esta tesis es la resolución numérica de problemas de transferencia de calor y dinámica de fluidos y su aplicación para el estudio del comportamiento transitorio de sistemas ...
Calafell Sandiumenge, Joan (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
The main purpose of this thesis has been to contribute to the development of methodologies for wall modeling Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of wall-bounded flows, especially those at high Reynolds numbers. ...
Baez Vidal, Aleix (Date of defense: 2019-01-10)
The present thesis investigates how explicit filters can be useful in numerical simulations of turbulent, compressible flow with symmetry preserving discretizations. Such explicit filters provide stability ...
Morozova, Nina (Date of defense: 2022-06-20)
This thesis presents a methodology for CFD-based multi-fidelity surrogate models for indoor environmental applications. The main idea of this work is to develop a model that has accuracy comparable to ...
Bartrons Casademont, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
The present thesis aims at developing a basis for the numerical simulation of the growth and densification of macroscopic frost sheets. Notwithstanding the fact that icing has still a long way to fully ...
Amani, Ahmad (Date of defense: 2019-07-24)
The complex nature of multiphase flows, particularly in the presence of non-Newtonian rheologies in the phases, limits the applicability of theoretical analysis of physical equations as well as setting ...