Master thesis: Four experimental projects on heat transfer and fluid

Master thesis: Four experimental projects on heat transfer and fluid dynamics at the R&D Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

A Snapshot of Your Day

You will be part of the Fluid Dynamics Lab team as Master Student. We are offering four positions that will experimentally investigate the effect of additively manufactured (AM) induced roughness on the heat transfer and pressure loss. In the fluid dynamics lab, three methods have been developed and verified that are suitable for these studies -the quasi Steady State Heat Transfer method (qSSHT), the Surface Roughness Heat Transfer method (SRHT) and the Laser Velocimetry method (LV).

Two of the positions will be applying the qSSHT method in different perspectives. The third positions will be using the existing SRHT-rig where enlarged AM-induced surface roughness is investigated in regards of Nusselt number distributions. In the LV-rig, a pulsed laser and a high speed camera will be utilized to study the interaction between AM surfaces and air flows.

The projects are performed at our labs, and they are 7 months long with start in April in order to have enough time for you to introduce developments in the test methods and collect results to validate them.

How You’ll Make an Impact

The master thesis project is well structured and you will have a well experienced and competent supervisor. The project plan usually follows the path were you will be responsible for:
* Literature review
* Test rig preparation for testing
* Perform testing
* Analysis of test results
* Apply changes on the test rig, test procedure or analysis to improve the results
* Final report and presentation writing

 

What You Bring 
* Studied courses on gas fluid dynamics, dimensional similarity, numerical methods, and Matlab/Python.
* Good skills in English language are required both in speech and writing.

About the Team

We are an innovative workplace, who believe that our knowledge is the foundation to build our future on. During the thesis you will acquire improved skills in dimensional analysis, data acquisition and mass flow/pressure/temperature measurements. We will provide you with basic knowledge in additive manufacturing and an assigned experienced supervisor will support you during the whole period.

The goal of each of our Master Thesis’ is to create a work result that it might be worth publication. If you are curious to look at some examples of previous student projects from the lab they can be found in the Journal of Turbomachinery and/or at ASME Turbo Expo (TURBO-14-1171, GT2014-25619, GT2015-42475, GT2017-64143, GT2018-75019).

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