Research Group: Fluids, Acoustics and Vibration
Overview
The Fluids, Acoustics & Vibration Group from the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Trinity College Dublin has been conducting research for many years on modelling and analysis of flow/structure interactions and vibro-acoustic problems. The research activities of the group cover a wide range of interdependent disciplines in which specific expertise has been developed and used to generate innovative solutions to complex engineering problems.
Leader(s)
- Prof. John Fitzpatrick - Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the School of Engineering
- Prof. Henry Rice - Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Dr. Craig Meskell - Senior Lecturer
- Dr. Gareth Bennett - Lecturer
Research Projects
- Noise Source Identification For Ducted Fans
- Silencer
- NACRE (I)
- NACRE (II)
- An Investigation of How the Turbulent Length and Time Scales are Affected by Nozzles With Mixing Enhancement Features
- Beamforming
- Coupling between fluid flow-induced vibration and noise in tube arrays
- Flow-induced acoustic resonance in bluff body flows
- Investigation of fluid forces responsible for fluid elastic instability in tube arrays
- TEENI
- Metropolis
- Coherent structure analysis in jet flows
Current Research Staff and Students
| Name | Position | Tel. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. John Fitzpatrick | Professor | 1778 | john.fitzpatrick@tcd.ie |
| Prof. Henry Rice | Associate Professor | 1996 | hrice@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Craig Meskell | Senior Lecturer | 1455 | cmeskell@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Gareth Bennett | Lecturer | 3878 | gareth.bennett@tcd.ie |
| Dr. John Mahon | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 1998 | mahonjp@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Eoin King | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 1134 | kingea@tcd.ie |
| Dr. Ciaran O'Reilly | Postgraduate Research Student | 1134 | cjoreill@tcd.ie |
| Mr. Cathal Clancy | Postgraduate Research Student | 1998 | clancyca@tcd.ie |
| Mr. Francesco Pilla | Postgraduate Research Student | 1998 | fpilla@tcd.ie |
| Mr. Shane Finnegan | Postgraduate Research Student | 1998 | finnegsl@tcd.ie |
| Mr. Stephen Gillen | Postgraduate Research Student | 1998 | gillens@tcd.ie |
| Mr. John Kennedy | Postgraduate Research Student | 1998 | kennedj@tcd.ie |
| Mr. Paul McDonald | Postgraduate Research Student | 3038 | pmcdonal@tcd.ie |
Facilities
Measurement equipment within the group includes:
- 2 component LDA system;
- a low speed dPIV system based on a double shot pulse laser;
- a high speed dPIV system based on a continuous wave laser and a high speed camera;
- 4 channels of hotwire anemometry;
- hermetically sealed pressure transducers;
- a 30 microphone focusing array and associated data acquistion system;
- class 0 condenser microphones;
- various instrumentation for vibration monitoring, including acclerometers, force transducers, non contact displacment transducers and component laser vibrometers;
- modular, multichannel, synchronous data acquistion systems (NI, SCSI and PXI based)
Research Seminar Schedule
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