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Dr. Craig Meskell
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng

Biography

Dr. Craig Meskell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in Trinity College, Dublin. His primary degree is in Aeronautical Engineering from QUB. He earned his PhD for work on flow-induced vibration in heat exchanger tube bundles. He has also been a Visiting Professor at McMaster University. His technical expertise is in the area of unsteady fluid mechanics, especially when coupled with noise, vibration or structural interaction. For nearly a decade, he has focussed his work almost exclusively on power generating and energy conversion applications, having been active in the field of aircraft noise at a European level. His favourite colour is red

Recent and ongoing projects include: flow-induced vibration in nuclear steam generators; flow-induced noise in gas heat exchangers; system identification for wave energy conversion devices; modelling of flow-induced vibration in large, commercial scale wind turbines; and energy efficiency through optimized compressed air use in industrial scale manufacturing sites.

Support for his work on energy devices has come from SFI, IRCSET, EI, HEA.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bellec, Morgane, Gibson, Lee, Meskell, Craig, Performance of a Closed Cycle Power Takeoff for a Shore-Based Wave Energy Device, Applied Sciences, 13, (11), 2023, p6377 Journal Article, 2023 TARA - Full Text DOI

Alessia Sgobba, Craig Meskell, Impact of Combined Heat and Power on the goal of decarbonizing energy use in Irish manufacturing, Journal of Cleaner Production, 278, 2021, p123325 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Morgane Bellec, Ciara Gurhy, Lee Gibson & Craig Meskell, PERFORMANCE OF A CLOSED CYCLE POWER TAKE OFF FOR MUTRIKU BREAKWATER, The 12th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration., Paris-Saclay, 5-8 July 2022, edited by L. Zimmer , 2022, pp219 - 226 Conference Paper, 2022 TARA - Full Text

Keogh,Daniel B., Meskell, Craig, Bi-stable flow in parallel triangular tube arrays with a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.375, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 285, 2015, p98 - 108 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Breakey, D., Meskell, C., Comparison of metrics for the evaluation of similarity in acoustic pressure signals, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332, (15), 2013, p3605-3609 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Pellegrino, A., Meskell, C., Vortex shedding from a wind turbine blade section at high angles of attack, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 121, 2013, p131-137 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Kevin R. Tarrant & Craig Meskell, Assessment of the parametric roll behaviour of a point absorber wave energy conversion device in irregular waves., VII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, Nantes, France, 15-17 May, 2017, edited by Michel Visonneau, Patrick Queutey and David Le Touzé , 2017, pp732 - 642 Conference Paper, 2017 TARA - Full Text

Breakey, D.E.S., Fitzpatrick, J.A., Meskell, C., Aeroacoustic source analysis using time-resolved PIV in a free jet, Experiments in Fluids, 54, (5), 2013 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Mahon, J., Meskell, C., Estimation of the time delay associated with damping controlled fluidelastic instability in a normal triangular tube array, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME, 135, (3), 2013 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

P. Eret, C. Harris, G. O'Donnell, C. Meskell, A practical approach to investigating energy consumption of industrial compressed air systems, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 226, (1), 2012, p28 - 36 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

John Mahon & Craig meskell, Surface pressure survey in a parallel triangular tube array, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2012, p15 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Petr Eret and Craig Meskell, Microphone Arrays as a Leakage Detection Tool in Industrial Compressed Air Systems, Advances in Acoustics and Vibration, 2012, 2012, p10 pages Journal Article, 2012 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

C. Meskell, A Decrement Method for Quantifying Nonlinear and Linear Damping in Multidegree of Freedom Systems, ISRN Mechanical Engineering, 2011 (2011), (659484), 2011 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text DOI

Finnegan, SL, Meskell, C, Ziada, S, Experimental Investigation of the Acoustic Power Around Two Tandem Cylinders, JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 132, 2010 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Mahon, J & Meskell, C., Interaction between acoustic resonance and fluidelastic instability in a normal triangular tube array, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME, 131, 2009, p0113031-0113037 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Mahon, J., Meskell, C., Surface pressure distribution survey in normal triangular tube arrays , Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25, (8), 2009, p1348-1368 Journal Article, 2009

Meskell, C., A new model for damping controlled fluidelastic instability in heat exchanger tube arrays , Proc. IMechE Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 223, (4), 2009, p361-368 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text DOI

Mahon, J., Meskell, C., Investigation of the underlying cause of the interaction between acoustic resonance and fluidelastic instability in normal triangular tube arrays , Journal of Sound and Vibration, 324, (1-2), 2009, p91-106 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

P Eret & C Meskell, A practical approach to parameter identification for a lightly damped, weakly nonlinear system, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 310, 2008, p829 - 844 Journal Article, 2008 TARA - Full Text DOI

Craig Meskell, A decrement method for quantifying nonlinear and linear, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 296, 2006, p643 - 649 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Meskell,C., Fitzpatrick,J.A., Investigation of the Nonlinear Behaviour of Damping Controlled Fluid-elastic Instability in a Normal Triangular Tube Array, Journal of Fluids & Structures, 18, (5), 2003, p573 - 593 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

J. Keays and C. Meskell, A study of the behaviour of a single-bladed waste-water pump, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 220, (2), 2006, p79 - 87 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Jordan P, Fitzpatrick JA, Meskell C, Beampattern control of a microphone array to minimize secondary source contamination, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114, (4), 2003, p1920 - 1925 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Sweeney C, Meskell C, Fast numerical simulation of vortex shedding in tube arrays using a discrete vortex method, Journal of Fluids and Structures , 18, (5), 2003, p501 - 512 Journal Article, 2003 TARA - Full Text DOI

Meskell, C., FItzpatrick, J.A.,, Errors in Parameter Estimates from the Force State Mapping Technique for Free Response due to Phase Distortion, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 252 , (5), 2002, p967-974 Journal Article, 2002 URL DOI

Meskell, C., Fitzpatrick, J. and Rice, H., Application of force-state mapping to a non-linear fluid-elastic system, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 15, (1), 2001, p75 - 85 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

C. Meskell & G. Bennett (Eds), Flow-Induced Vibration, Dublin, ISBN 978-0-9548583-4-6, 2012, 768pp Book, 2012 URL

Gillen S. & C. Meskell , Surface pressure distribution in normal triangular tube arrays, Flow-Induced Vibration FIV2008, edited by Zolotarev & Horacek , 2008 Conference Paper, 2008

J. Mahon, P. Cheeran & C. Meskell, Spanwise correlation of surface pressure fluctuations in heat exchanger tube arrays, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 3, 2010, pp533 - 542 Conference Paper, 2010

S.L. Finnegan, C. Meskell & P. Oshkai, Aeroacoustic source distribution around four cylinders orientated in a square, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 3, 2010, pp735 - 744 Conference Paper, 2010

S.L. Finnegan, P. Oshkai & C. Meskell, Experimental Methodology for Aeroacoustic Source Localisation in Ducted Flows with Complex Geometry, 16th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference 2010, 31st AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, 2010, 2010, pp1157 - 1169 Conference Paper, 2010

Paduano, C., Meskell, C., Numerical investigation of reynolds number effects on lock in ability of an aeroacoustic field in ducted flows , 18th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (33rd AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Colorado, USA, June 2012, 2012, pp97939 Conference Paper, 2012

Shane L. Finnegan & Craig Meskell , EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ACOUSTIC SOURCE LOCATION IN AN INLINE TUBE BUNDLE SUBJECT TO CROSS FLOW., The 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, NURETH-14, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 25-30 Sept , 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

J. Mahon & C. Meskell, A validation database for flow in a parallel triangular heat exchanger tube array, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 1, 2010, pp2237 - 2246 Conference Paper, 2010

E. Reyes, S. Finnegan & C. Meskell, Simulation of flow-induced acoustic resonance of bluff bodies in duct flow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluid Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 3, 2010, pp805 - 813 Conference Paper, 2010

C. Meskell, G. O'Donnell, P. Eret, C. Harris, T. De Lasa & T. Whelan, Industrial compressed air use - Two case studies, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 1, 2010, pp1 - 7 Conference Paper, 2010

S.L. Finnegan, C. Meskell & S. Ziada, The effect of sound pressure on the aeroacoustic sources around two ducted tandem cylinders, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Metting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 3, 2010, pp723 - 733 Conference Paper, 2010

J. Mahon & C. Meskell, Measurement of the time delay associated with fluid damping controlled instability in a normal triangular tube array, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division FEDSM, ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, FEDSM2010, 2010, 3, 2010, pp553 - 563 Conference Paper, 2010

A practical approach to non-linear parameter estimation in aeroelastic systems in, editor(s)Richard Matas , Modelovani a mereni nelinearnich jevu v mechanice, Pilsen, Vedeckotechnicka spolecnost SKODA, 2006, pp147 - 162, [Craig Meskell] Book Chapter, 2006

B. Selent and C. Meskell, Numerical simulation of vortex shedding in normal triangular tube arra, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Vancouver, BC, 23-27 July, edited by M.P.P. Paidoussis , ASME, 2006, ppPVP2006-ICPVT11-93876 Conference Paper, 2006

Meskell,C., Fitzpatrick,J.A., A Non-linear Model for Damping Controlled Fluidelastic Instability, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Engineering Aero-Hydro Elasticity, Prague, 1999, pp292 - 297 Conference Paper, 1999

Sweeney,C., Meskell,C., Discrete vortex method using a cloud-in-element technique, Proc. 4th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Eindhoven, 2000, pp270 Conference Paper, 2000

Keays, J., Meskell, C., Numerical Simulation of a Single Blade Centrifugal Waste Water Pump, Proc. 4th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Eindhoven, 2000, pp264 Conference Paper, 2000

Meskell, C., A parameter identification procedure for systems with weak non-linear damping forces, Proc. ISMA25, Int. Conf. on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Leuven, 2000, pp679 - 685 Conference Paper, 2000

Sweeney,C., Meskell,C., Numerical simulation of vortex shedding in tube arrays, Proceedings of IMECE2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, IMECE2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, New Orleans, 17-22 November, edited by Paidoussis M.P. , 253, (1), 2002 Conference Paper, 2002

Meskell, C. & J. Keays , A numerical study of the behaviour of a single bladed waste water pump, HEFAT 2004, 3rd International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics , edited by J.P. Meyer , 2004 Conference Paper, 2004

C. Meskell, Numerical estimation of fluid force coefficients in a normal triangular tube array, Flow-Induced Vibrations FIV2004, edited by E. de Lange & F. Axisa , 2004, pp111 - 116 Conference Paper, 2004

C. Meskell, A decrement method for quantifying non-linear and linear damping, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Denver, 17-21 July, edited by K. Fujita , ASME, 2005, pp265-270 Conference Paper, 2005

C. Meskell, On the underlying fluid mechanics responsible for damping controlled fuidelastic instability in tube arrays, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Denver, edited by M. Pettigrew, N. Mureithi & S. Price , ASME, 2005, pp573-581 Conference Paper, 2005

C. Meskell, A simple wake model for damping controlled fluidelastic damping, 20th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM2005, 2005, pp302 Conference Paper, 2005

B. Selent & C. Meskell, Towards the numerical simulation of acoustic and flow field interactions in flows over bluff bodies, 20th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM2005, edited by M. Ostoja-Starzewski , 2005, pp341 Conference Paper, 2005

Jordan,P. Fitzpatrick,J.A., Meskell,C., Array Beampattern Control for Measurement of Propeller Noise, 7th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, 2001, ppPaper 2001-2165 Conference Paper, 2001

Meskell,C. & Fitzpatrick,J.A., Validation of Non-Linear Models for Flow Structure Interaction, 6th International conference on flow-induced vibrations, edited by P.W. Bearman , Balkema, 1995, pp545-555 Conference Paper, 1995

D. Cox & C. Meskell, Simulation of a starting jet flow using a 3D vortex method, 20th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM2005, edited by M. Ostoja-Starzewski , 2005, pp282 Conference Paper, 2005

Meskell,C., Fitzpatrick,J.A., Parameter Identification in a System with both Linear and Coulomb Damping, Modern Practice in Stress & Vibration Analysis, edited by M.Gilchrist , Balkema, 1997, pp51 - 56 Conference Paper, 1997

Toal, Vincent; Rice, Henry; Meskell, Craig; Armstrong, Carol; Bowe, Brian , Evaluation of high frequency vibrations using electronic speckle pattern interferometry, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications , Galway, Ireland, 5 September, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), 2002, pp1054-1063 Conference Paper, 2002 TARA - Full Text DOI

Meskell,C. & Fitzpatrick,J.A., Identification of Linearised Parameters for Fluidelastic Instability, 4th International symposium on fluid-structure interactions, aeroelasticity, flow-induced vibration and noise, edited by M.P. Paidoussis et al. , ASME, 1997, pp319 - 324 Conference Paper, 1997

E. Murphy, H.J. Rice, C. Meskell, Environmental Noise Prediction, Noise Mapping and GIS Integration: the case of inner Dublin, Ireland, 8th International Symposium on Transport Noise and Vibration, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2006, 2006 Conference Paper, 2006

J. Mahon and C. Meskell, Coupling between acoustic resonance and fluidelastic instability in normal triangular tube arrays, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Vancouver, BC, 23 -26 July, edited by M.P.P. Paidoussis , 9, ASME, 2006, pp521 - 529 Conference Paper, 2006 DOI

C.Meskell and P. Eret, Estimation of non-linear damping parameters in a normal triangular array subject to fluidelastic instability. , American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Vancouver, BC, 23-27 July, edited by M.P.P. Paidoussis , 9, ASME, 2006, pp665-670 Conference Paper, 2006 DOI

C. Meskell, A decrement method for quantifying nonlinear and linear damping in multi-degree of freedom systems., ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Vancouver, BC, edited by K. Fujita , ASME, 2006, ppPVP2006-ICPVT11-93312 Conference Paper, 2006

Finnegan, S., C. Meskell & S. Ziada, Experimental investigation of the aeroacoustic sources in a tandem cylinder configuration, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference , Prague, 26-30 July, ASME, 2009, 399 - 408 Conference Paper, 2009 DOI

S. Gillen & C. Meskell , Numerical analysis of fluidelastic instability in a normal triangular tube array, ASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP2009) , Volume 4: FSI, 2010, pp447 - 455 Conference Paper, 2010 DOI

Harel J., C. Meskell, , Applicability of the Wavy-Wall Model of Fluidelastic Instability to a Normal Triangular Tube Array , ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference,, Chicago, July 27-31, 4, ASME, 2008, pp215-220 Conference Paper, 2008 DOI

Mahon J., C. Meskell, Towards a validation database for simulation of fluidelastic instability in normal triangular tube arrays, Conference Proceedings ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference , ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Chicago, July 27-31, 4, ASME , 2008, pp259-266 Conference Paper, 2008 DOI

Gillen S. & C. Meskell , Effect of Acoustic resonance on fluidelastic instability in normal triangular tube arrays, Flow-Induced Vibration FIV2008, edited by Zolotarev & Horacek , 2008 Conference Paper, 2008

Gillen S. & C. Meskell , Variation of fluidelastic critical velocity with mass ratio and Reynolds number in a densely packed normal triangular tube array., Flow-Induced Vibration FIV2008, edited by Zolotarev & Horacek , 2008, pp193-200 Conference Paper, 2008

P.Eret, C.Harris, T. DeLasa, C.Meskell, G.E. O'Donnell, Industrial Compressed Air Usage - Two case studies, 7th International Fluid Power Conference, Aachen, Germany, 22-24 March, edited by H. Murrenhoff , 2010, pp355 - 366 Conference Paper, 2010

P.Eret, C.Harris, C.Meskell, G.E. O'Donnell, Combined Heat and Air Generation - A Technical Study, 7th International Fluid Power Conference, Aachen, Germany, 22-24 March, edited by H. Murrenhoff , 2010, pp235 - 245 Conference Paper, 2010

Compressed air leak detetcion using microphone array techniques in, editor(s)D. A. Dornfeld & B. S. Linke , Leveraging Technology for a sustainable world, Springer-Verlag, 2012, pp347 - 352, [P. Eret & C. Meskell] Book Chapter, 2012 DOI

Gareth J. Bennett, John Kennedy, Craig Meskell, Michael Carley, Peter Jordan, Henry Rice, Aeroacoustics research in Europe: The CEAS-ASC report on 2013 highlights, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 340, 2015, p39 - 60 Journal Article, 2015 DOI URL

Meskell, C, Finnegan, SL, Aeroacoustic Source Distribution in an Inline Tube Array With a Pitch Ratio of 3, JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 136, (5), 2014 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Pellegrino,Alberto A., Meskell,Craig C., Vortex shedding lock-in due to stream-wise oscillation of A 2-D wind turbine blade section at high angles of attack, 4, 2014 Conference Paper, 2014 DOI

Keogh,Daniel B. D.B., Meskell,Craig C., BI-stable flow in parallel triangular tube arrays with a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.375, 4, 2014 Conference Paper, 2014 DOI

Tarrant,Kevin R. K.R., Meskell,Craig C., Investigation on parametrically excited motions of point absorbers in regular waves, ASME Pressure vessel and Piping, Anahiem, California, 4, ASME, 2014 Conference Paper, 2014 DOI

Kevin Tarrant, Craig Meskell, Investigation on parametrically excited motions of point absorbers in regular waves., Ocean Engineering, 111, 2016, p67 - 81 Journal Article, 2016 DOI TARA - Full Text

Mahon, J., Meskell, C., Towards a validation database for simulation of fluidelastic instability in normal triangular heat exchanger tube arrays, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP, 4, 2008, p259-266 Journal Article, 2008

de Pedro, B., Parrondo, J., Meskell, C., Oro, J.F., CFD modelling of the cross-flow through normal triangular tube arrays with one tube undergoing forced vibrations or fluidelastic instability, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 64, 2016, p67-86 Journal Article, 2016 TARA - Full Text DOI

de Pedro Palomar, B., Meskell, C., Sensitivity of the damping controlled fluidelastic instability threshold to mass ratio, pitch ratio and Reynolds number in normal triangular arrays, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 331, 2018, p32-40 Journal Article, 2018 DOI TARA - Full Text

Breakey, D.E.S., Fitzpatrick, J.A., Meskell, C., Aeroacoustic source analysis using time-resolved PIV in a free jet This article is part of the Topical Collection on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics 2012, Experiments in Fluids, 54, (5), 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Harris, P. and Nolan, S. and O'Donnell, G.E. and Meskell, C., Optimising compressed air system energy efficiency - The role of flow metering and exergy analysis, 2013, pp129-134 Conference Paper, 2013

Sgobba, A., Meskell, C., On-site renewable electricity production and self consumption for manufacturing industry in Ireland: Sensitivity to techno-economic conditions, Journal of Cleaner Production, 207, 2019, p894-907 Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text DOI

Meskell, C. and Pellegrino, A., Vortex shedding lock-in due to pitching oscillation of a wind turbine blade section at high angles of attack, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2019, (6919505), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text DOI

Alessia Sgobba, Craig Meskell, Giampaolo Manzolini, On-site energy generation in the manufacturing industry: effects on the variability of the net electricity demand, CIRED - open access proceedings journal., 2020, 2020, p717 - 720 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Federico Caruso, Craig Meskell, Effect of the axial gap on the energy consumption of a single-blade wastewater pump, Proc IMechE Part A: J Power and Energy, 235, (3), 2021, p432 - 439 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text DOI

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

C. Meskell & D. Cox, A three dimensional particle-in-cell solver, Euromech Colloquim 454 LES,CVS and vortex methods, 14-16 April, edited by K. Schneider, M. Farge, and J. Ferziger , 2004 Conference Paper, 2004

Cox, D. & Meskell, On a three dimensional vortex particle method for modelling complex flows., 6th Annual Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium, IEI, 2003, pp116 Conference Paper, 2003

Sweeney, C & Meskell, C., vortex method using a cloud-in-element technique, 4th Annual Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium, IEI, 2000, pp162- Conference Paper, 2000

Meskell, C. , Frequency analysis in non-linear systems, Frekvensanalys, SVIB, 1997, pp20 Conference Paper, 1997

Southern, R. & Meskell, C. , Preliminary Application of Principal Component Analysis to a Microchip Test Process for Mixed Signal/Radio Frequency Components, Advances in Process Analytics and Control Technology, CPACT, 2003 Conference Paper, 2003

W. Chaiworapuek, H.R. Rice, C.Meskell, C. O'Reilly, Numerical simualtion of a subsonic coaxial round jet, Joint Conference of The Association for Compuational Mechanics in Engineering and The Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation, Belfast, April 2006, edited by Cecil G. Armstrong , Queen's University Belfast, 2006, pp63 - 66 Conference Paper, 2006

C. Meskell and B. Selent, Numerical Simulation of Vortex Shedding in Normal Triangular Tube Arrays, Joint Conference of The Association for Compuational Mechanics in Engineering and The Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation, Belfast, April 2006, edited by Cecil G. Armstrong , Queen's University Belfast, 2006, pp67 - 70 Conference Paper, 2006

R.A.K. Sanches, C. Meskell, Numerical Evaluation of Force Coefficients for Analysis of Flow Induced Vibration in Tube Arrays, Joint Conference of The Association for Compuational Mechanics in Engineering and The Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation, Belfast, April 2006, edited by Cecil G. Armstrong , Queen's University Belfast, 2006, pp79 - 82 Conference Paper, 2006

G.E. O Donnell, C. Meskell, S. Nolan, Technology Innovation for Irish Manufacturing and Energy Competitiveness, 2012 Working Paper, 2012

Research Expertise

Description

Unsteady fluid mechanics in power generation applications; Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing; Fluid induced vibration and noise; system identification

Projects

  • Title
    • Modelling acoustic resonance in heat exchangers
  • Summary
    • Heat exchangers can exhibit periodic vortex shedding. If the fluid is gas flow, then the vortex shedding may excite an acoustic duct mode and hence cause acoustic resonance. The acoustic sources are distributed and diffuse. The onset, and lock-in behaviour depends on the non-linear interaction between the (linear) acoustic field and the fluid dynamics. This project uses unsteady CFD to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of acoustic sources.
  • Date From
    • Oct 2010
  • Date To
    • Sept 2014
  • Title
    • System Identification for a wave energy conversion devices
  • Summary
    • The dynamics a self reacting wave energy converter, especially as it exhibits parametric roll/pitch, are modelled using a non-linear panel method. The response obtained is used to identify a simplified 7 degree of freedom lumped parameter model.
  • Funding Agency
    • Wavebob and IRCSET
  • Date From
    • Oct 2010
  • Date To
    • Sept 2014
  • Title
    • Flow-induced vibration of nuclear steam generators
  • Summary
    • Nuclear power plant depends on large heat exchangers, called steam generators, to transfer the heat from the reactor to steam, so that electricity can be generated at the turbines. These steam generators are effective bundles of long, thin (and hence flexible) tubes subject to flow perpendicular to their axes. This gives rise to the possibility of flow-induced vibration. In this project we are investigating a recently discovered phenomenon in tube arrays, called bi-stable flow. We are focussing on a tube bundle arrange in a parallel triangular array pattern with a pitch ratio of 1.375 as this is typical of what is used in CANDU reactors.
  • Funding Agency
    • HEA
  • Date From
    • Oct 2011
  • Date To
    • Sept 2015
  • Title
    • Investigation of flow-induced vibration of horizontal axis wind turbines
  • Summary
    • Industrial scale wind turbines must be able to withstand occasional extreme winds. This includes gusts which cause a rapid change in wind direction. This will mean that the blades are now are very high, even reflexive, angles of incidence to the flow, and so may be considered as bluff bodies, rather than streamlined lifting surfaces. In this project, we investigate the possibility of wind turbine blade sections experiencing vortex shedding, and vortex shedding lock-in due to structural motion, at high angles of attack. The simulated data is used to obtain a simple non-linear wake model which is coupled to the motion of the structure.
  • Funding Agency
    • EU
  • Date From
    • Oct 2010
  • Date To
    • Sept 2014

Keywords

Aeroelasticity; Fluid Dynamics; Fluids and vibration; Industrial Processes, Energy Use; Nuclear Reactor Technology; Tidal and Wave Energy; Vibration and Accoustic Engineering; Wind, Wind Energy Engineering