3D simulation of magneto-mechanical coupling in MRI scanners using high order FEM and POD 

    Seoane Chouciño, Marcos (Date of defense: 2020-07-15)

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners have become an essential tool in the medical industry due to their ability to produce high resolution images of the human body. To generate an image of the body, MRI scanners combine ...

    Advanced physics-based and data-driven strategies 

    Ibáñez Pinillo, Rubén (Date of defense: 2019-09-02)

    Simulation Based Engineering Science (SBES) has brought major improvements in optimization, control and inverse analysis, all leading to a deeper understanding in many processes occuring in the real world. These noticeable ...

    Comparison and coupling of continuous and hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods : application to multi-physics problems 

    Paipuri, Mahendra (Date of defense: 2018-03-21)

    This thesis proposes a coupled continuous and hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin formulation to solve conjugate heat transfer problems. This model is then used to find the thermal response of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer ...

    Complexity reduction in parametric flow problems via Nonintrusive Proper Generalised Decomposition in OpenFOAM 

    Tsiolakis, Vasileios (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)

    The present thesis explores the viability of the proper generalised decomposition (PGD) as a tool for parametric studies in a daily industrial environment. Starting from the equations modelling incompressible flows, the ...

    Efficient simulation tools for real-time monitoring and control using model order reduction and data-driven techniques 

    Quaranta, Giacomo (Date of defense: 2019-09-02)

    Numerical simulation, the use of computers to run a program which implements a mathematical model for a physical system, is an important part of today technological world. It is required in many scientific and engineering ...

    Fluid structure interaction by means of reduced order models 

    Tello Guerra, Alexis (Date of defense: 2020-07-10)

    The standard Fluid Structure Interaction coupling (velocity--pressure/displacement) is compared against two novel types of coupling, a Two Field coupling (velocity--pressure/displacement--pressure) and a Three Field coupling ...

    Low and high-order hybridised methods for compressible flows 

    Vila Pérez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2021-02-10)

    The aerospace community is challenged as of today for being able to manage accurate overnight computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of compressible flow problems. Well-established CFD solvers based on second-order ...

    Numerical modelling of viscoelastic flows based on a log-conformation formulation 

    Moreno Martínez, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-09-22)

    Viscoelastic fluids are a type of non-Newtonian fluids which are formed by complex internal structures and high-molecular-weight, whose typical examples are the polymer solutions and molten polymers. Also, the viscoleastic ...

    A particle finite element method for fluid-related problems in civil engineering 

    Celigueta Jordana, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2019-11-14)

    The work presented in this Thesis is a set of developments focused on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) and its applicability in several fields in Civil Engineering. The PFEM had already been proven to be a powerful ...

    Randomized linear algebra for model order reduction 

    Balabanov, Oleg (Date of defense: 2019-10-11)

    Solutions to high-dimensional parameter-dependent problems are in great demand in the contemporary applied science and engineering. The standard approximation methods for parametric equations can require computational ...

    Simulation tools for biomechanical applications with PGD-based reduced order models 

    Zou, Xi (Date of defense: 2018-03-12)

    Numerical simulation tools are generally used in all modern engineering fields, especially those having difficulties in performing large number of practical experiments, such as biomechanics. Among the computational methods, ...