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Effect of a shock wave on a structure with contact using mesh refinement and parallelism – PRECIS
method, a Finite Volume method is used for the fluid and coupling is achieved with Immersed boundaries [...] coupling scheme requires the reconstruction of a fluid/solid interface and the definition of an interface [...] time-steps in order to ensure conservation of fluid mass. Moreover, in view of numerically resolving
Optimization of high temperature thermal energy storage by the thermocline technology – Opticline
(3D modeling, fluid management) via a lab-scale experiments for hydrodynamic study and fluid/solid interactions [...] common design and widely used in which hot and cold fluids are located into two separate tanks. In single-tank [...] single-tank thermocline storage, both hot and cold fluids are stored within the same tank, but separated by
Cavitation and Confinement – CAVCONF
wetting fluid, will be a benchmark for purely homogeneous cavitation. Comparison with the other fluids will [...] reveal the influence of the fluid structure and the nature of the fluid-wall interaction on cavitation [...] occurs in nanopores: what is the influence of fluid-wall interaction, of the temperature? Is nucleation
Concentrated suspensions: towards denser and less viscous materials – FLUIDIDENSE
suspensions of silica particles, with a viscous fluid behavior that is quite simple, the water of which [...] possibility of handling more concentrated but still fluid suspensions. The objective of the FLUIDIDENSE [...] tangential interparticle forces in the suspending fluid). For all the studied particles, a multi-scale
Lymphatic drainage, Immune cell recirculation and brain repair after stroke – BrainWash
al (CSF) and interstitial fluid (ISF). The drainage of cerebral fluids is performed by a circuitry [...] cerebral edema, which is accumulation of excessive fluid collecting in brain tissue. Because edema compresses [...] is is likely to affect homeostasis of cerebral fluids and brain immunity, with health-impairing consequences
Shape-controlled nanomaterials: the new therapeutic approach for mucosal routes – Shape
carriers able to avoid dilution with physiological fluids and rapid mucus clearance still represents an unmet [...] reach mucus avoiding dilution with physiological fluids and accumulate at high concentrations close to [...] morphology on: (i) their diffusion in biological fluids, (ii) diffusion through mucus, (iii) interaction
MOnitoring seafloor Deformation and Assessing Landslide hazards associated with fluid pressures (Nice slope) – MODAL
in submarine environments prone to earthquakes, fluid activities and landslides. The study zone -the Nice [...] question in this project concerns the coupling between fluids and sediment deformation in submarine environments [...] displacement rate field of the sediment and measure the fluid pressure to assess the probability of the slope
Disentangling eddy turbulence and wave turbulence: the challenge of rotating and stratified fluids – DisET
degrees of freedom, is not a concept restricted to fluid dynamics. An ensemble of dispersive waves in nonlinear [...] water waves or bending waves in elastic plates. In fluid mechanics, the situation is more complex when bulk [...] turbulence. Turbulence in stratified or rotating fluids, enabling the propagation of internal gravity and
From weak to strong non-equilibrium transport of fluids at the nanoscales – NEPTUNE
Harnessing the many possibilities of nanometer-scale transport of water and ions is an important goal of modern technology in fields as diverse as biochemical analysis, water purification and energy h
Deciphering the role of poroelasticity in tumor dynamics using multiscale acoustic probing – PoroTume
soaked with biological fluids, where permeability drives resistance to fluid flow and cohesivity dictates [...] recapitulated as an elastic frame invaded by biological fluids, with a behaviour resembling that of poroelastic [...] will allow probing elasticity and resistance to fluid flow. The poroelastic properties of organoids have