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Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast

3 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratings

The latest developments in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), fluid mechanics and engineering from professional engineers, academics and mathematicians

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Episodes

Tidal Stream Energy with Wouter Remmerie

November 30, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

In this episode of the Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast, I discuss the challenges in tidal stream turbine design with Wouter Remmerie. Wouter Remmerie is a founder and owner of AirShaper. AirShaper is an online platform that allows you to carry out aerodynamics CFD simulations in the cloud, with no expert knowledge of CFD, aerodynamics or specific software.    Checkout the abbreviated podcast (with video clips and diagrams) here: https://youtu.be/c3VaPgTJh88 ******************************** Ti...

Dr Giovanni Giustini on Steam Bubbles in Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors

March 27, 2021 18:50 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MB

In this episode of the Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast, I discuss new research in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that is being carried out to model steam bubbles in water-cooled nuclear reactors with Dr Giovanni Giustini. Dr Giovanni Giustini is a research fellow in the Nuclear Engineering Research Group at Imperial College London. His research focusses on interface capturing methods that can be used to track steam bubbles in boiling water, which have direct application to water-cooled nucle...

Dr Chris Vogel on Challenges and Opportunities in Tidal Stream Energy

March 27, 2021 18:33 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

In this episode of the Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast, I discuss challenges and opportunities in Tidal Stream Energy with Dr Chris Vogel. Dr Chris Vogel is a departmental lecturer at the University of Oxford in the Department of Engineering Science. His research focusses on Wind and Tidal Turbine energy extraction.  Some useful timestamps for the discussion are:  02:25 An Introduction to Dr. Chris Vogel and Tidal Stream Energy 06:50 What is tidal range / barrage technology?  12:05 What are ...