NSDSTF

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF DEFORMABLE SOLIDS IN TURBULENT FLOW

 Coordinatore QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 

 Organization address address: 327 MILE END ROAD
city: LONDON
postcode: E1 4NS

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: John
Cognome: Williams
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 7882 5306
Fax: +44 20 8983 1007

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 173˙903 €
 EC contributo 173˙903 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF
 Funding Scheme MC-IIF
 Anno di inizio 2011
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2011-01-04   -   2013-01-03

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

 Organization address address: 327 MILE END ROAD
city: LONDON
postcode: E1 4NS

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: John
Cognome: Williams
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 7882 5306
Fax: +44 20 8983 1007

UK (LONDON) coordinator 173˙903.20

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laminar    fluid    stresses    turbulent    numerical    oesophagus    solids    deformable    correct    ureter    flow    dynamics    movement    surface    simulation    collision    blood    tube    cells   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The numerical simulation of deformable solids has many applications in fluid-solid interaction such as hydroelasticity and aeroelasticity. The greatest application is in medical engineering in which it will be possible to simulate the movement of tube like structures such as the oesophagus, intestines, bile duct, fallopian tube, uterus, ureter and blood vessels etc. However, the numerical simulation of the movement of individual blood cells in either a laminar or turbulent fluid flow is particularly difficult because it not only involves the correct modelling of the fluid flow but also the movement of the cells themselves which, in turn, requires the correct modelling of their dynamics, surface stresses and their surface deformations in response to these stresses. This project is aimed at investigating the deformation, movement and collision of deformable solids in laminar and turbulent flow. In order to do this it will be necessary to couple existing in-house discrete element and computational fluid dynamics codes. The boundaries of the solids will be allowed to deform under the pressures and stresses imposed on them by the surrounding fluid. Such a numerical scheme would also involve taking into account the possible collision of the cells and their ‘shielding’ and imbrication by other cells. The potential benefits of a code that could do this are enormous as it would be possible to investigate the exact cell movement mechanism, and lead to the design of better stents. A further project objective is to carry out simulations of peristaltic pumping by wavelike contractions which are fundamental biomechanical mechanisms for fluid and material transport and are used in the oesophagus, intestine, oviduct and ureter.'

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