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Template for thesis proposal
Titelförslag/Thesis title
Coupled CFD-FE Thermal Analysis
Ämnesområde/Business area
AeroThermodynamics
Tidsperiod och högskolepoäng/Period of time and amount of credits
30 credits/20weeks
Antal studenter/Number of students
1
Geografisk placering/Location
Trollhättan
Kontaktperson/Contact person
Linus Marstorp & Andreas Fahlvik Svensson
Språk/Language
English
Startdatum/Start date
Jan/Feb 2016
Handledare/Supervisor
Linus Marstorp & Andreas Fahlvik Svensson
Avdelning/Department
Cold Structures, Hot Structures
Skicka ansökan till/Send application to
linus.marstorp@gknaerospace.com
andreas.fahlvik.svensson@gknaerospace.com
Sista ansökningsdag/Last application date
December 15th 2015
Om oss/About us
GKN Aerospace is the aerospace operation of GKN plc, serving a global customer base and operating in North America and Europe. With sales of
£1.5 billion in 2011, the business is focused around three major product areas - aerostructures, engine products and transparencies, plus a number
of specialist products - electro-thermal ice protection, fuel and flotation systems, and bullet resistant glass. The business has significant
participation on most major civil and military programmes. GKN Aerospace is a major supplier of integrated composite structures, offers one of the
most comprehensive capabilities in high performance metallics processing and is the world leading supplier of cockpit transparencies and passenger
cabin windows.
Bakgrund till examensarbetet/Background of thesis project
For the main portion of the engine components that GKN Aerospace develops the thermal environment is very important to be able to accurately
predict. Temperature gradients across the components are often the main challenge in the design and in order to increase accuracy of our
computational tools more and more effort is being put into the development of coupled CFD-FE analysis. Several initiatives exists within GKN to
develop tools for coupled CFD-FE analysis and this thesis is intended as an individual study regarding the subject and to benchmark internal
methods with state of the art methods.
Uppdragsbeskrivning/Assignment description
The main objective of this master thesis is to contribute to the development of our heat transfer CFD and FE predictions tools by:
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Literature study on coupled CFD-FE analysis for thermal applications. What different approaches/methods exist? Which seems most
suitable for the applications GKN wants to use them for?
Test the different methods, including internal GKN methods, on various cases that are typical for our applications and compare with:
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Our current methods which have no direct coupling between CFD and FE.
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Conjugated CFD.
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Test data.
Recommend methods for our different applications.
Kvalifikationer/Qualifications
A background in Engineering Physics or Mechanical Engineering with focus on fluid mechanics and heat transfer is a requirement. Some experience
in CFD and/or FEA is considered favorable.
Ansök genom att/Apply by
5972 Utg 4
Send you resume and cover letter to Linus Marstorp, linus.marstorp@gknaerospace.com, +46 520 293150 or Andreas Fahlvik Svensson,
andreas.fahlvik.svensson@gknaerospace.com, +46 520 293576. Last date for application: 2015-12-15. Interviews will be held continuously and the
position could be filled prior to the last application date.