The dept. is involved in different European and industrial projects related to CFD applications for aerospace, turbomachinery, environmental flows,...
To this end, advanced, in-house developed software is used : a) IGG grid generator, written in C++ b) EURANUS : 3D multiblock/multigrid Reynolds Averaged N-S solver written in Fortran c) CFView postprocessor written in C++.
The solver EURANUS was developed for the European Space Agency and can handle flows from low subsonic (using artificial compressibility) up to the hypersonic regime (including thermochemical nonequilibrium flows). It contains both central and upwind type schemes.
About 10 research engineers, half of which at Post Doc level, are working at the dept. on CFD.
The software IGG, EURANUS and CFView is commercialized by NUMECA, a VUB spin-off company.
Short description of the projects :
This industrial project, in co-operation with NUMECA, aims at introducing an adaptive, non-structured option in EURANUS. The approach will also be put into a multigrid framework.
Prerequisites : Post Doc in the field of CFD
Start : 1/1/96
Duration : 2 years with possible continuation in other projects of
the dept. or within the NUMECA Company
Within the same industrial project and also within a new European project, actions are initiated in connection with unstructured mesh generation systems, CAD connections, parallelisation and automatisation in grid generation.
Prerequisites : Master in Computer Science or Engineering
Preferably experience with grid generation and C++
Start : 1/1/96
Duration : 2 years with possible continuation in other projects of
the dept. or within the NUMECA Company
If interested send your resume to :
Prof. Charles Hirsch or Prof. Chris Lacor Vrije Universiteit Brussel Dept. Fluid Mechanics Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels
or via email : hirsch@stro10.vub.ac.be
chris@stro9.vub.ac.be
or fax : 32-2-629.28.80