Thesis Opportunities

Flow analysis and heat transfer in cryogenic helium flows

• Objectives:
  Develop a numerical framework for predictive simulations of Cryogenic Helium flows (T~5.4K) inside custom pipe flows. Analysis and prediction of flow stability and disturbance at small Re in cryogenic conditions using a state-of-the-art description of cryogenic helium thermophysical properties.   

• Tools:
  Matlab, CoolProp, nek5000

• Related Projects:
  Einstein Telescope, in collaboration with the Physics Department, Prof. Fluvio Ricci.

• Related Publications:

  1. Indelicato, G., Remiddi, A., Lapenna, P. E., Creta, F., Longmire, N. P., and Banuti, D. T. “Dataset of wall-resolved large-eddy simulations: Turbulent pseudoboiling in cryogenic hydrogen pipe flows.” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 37(1), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T6604

  2.  Lapenna, P. E. “Characterization of pseudo-boiling in a transcritical nitrogen jet.” Physics of Fluids, 30(7), article 077106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038674