Research Areas
- Turbomachinery, internal flows, and unsteady phenomena which occur in these systems, including aero-acoustics.
- Fan and compressor aerodynamics/acoustics are the primary focus.
- Emphasis on numerical simulations of fluid flow with supporting experiments as needed.
- Specialization in simplified modelling of fans and compressors using body forces in numerical simulations.
- Interest is in solving problems relevant to industry and empowering industrial partners through the transfer of insight into the underlying flow physics which governs phenomena of interest.
- Expertise in Fluent and CFX software (flow solvers), Pointwise (grid generation), and CFD-Post and MATLAB (post-processing).
Research Infrastructure
- Open-loop wind tunnel which can accommodate a wide variety of test sections (blade cascades, isolated airfoils, objects in jets, etc.).
- Flow capacity: 16 kg/s of air (outlet velocity: up to 40 m/s in standard configuration, higher possible at lower overall mass flows).
- Flow field traversing with hot-wire probes, Pitot-static probes are the measurement capabilities.
- Flow visualization via oil film.
To get involved with the Turbomachinery and Unsteady Flows Research Lab
Contact: Dr. Jeff Defoe
Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering
519-253-3000, Ext. 5961
jdefoe@uwindsor.ca