Name: VICTOR ELIAS ROSA MOSCON DE MATOS
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 16/12/2021
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| JUAN SÉRGIO ROMERO SAENZ | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| JUAN SÉRGIO ROMERO SAENZ | Advisor * |
| LUCIANO DE OLIVEIRA CASTRO LARA | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: Since before the beginning of industrial activity in the world, flow machines have played an important role in the development of humanity. The importance of the study and knowledge of fluid flow phenomena is essential for the development of new technologies in the fields of engineering and medicine. This work aims to implement topological optimization in two-dimensional transient laminar flows. First, all flow conditions and their variations over time are calculated from the Navier-Stokes equation, the finite element method is implemented to approximate the differential equations. Then, the topological optimization process is started, using as objective the minimization of the head loss in a predefined domain, WHERE a medium-porous material model is used, a method based on the objective function gradient is used to define the sensitivity analysis. The concept of permeability is seen throughout development, WHERE each element is interpolated between fluid and solid in an iterative process, so that each update the objective of reducing energy loss along a channel is optimized, WHERE the final result of this process is the optimal geometry for the proposed problem
