Engineering Mechanics
The Engineering Mechanics (EM) Group works on advanced computational techniques to solve mechanics problems with the aid of computers. The keyword here is ‘multi-scale mechanics’. This entails that processes that are interconnected on different scales are taken into account in the calculations. That way you can, for instance, predict the effect of a crack that starts at atomic level on the everyday scale of visible reality. Or determine the effect of a crystal structure on the strength of metals. In fluids such ‘multi-scale’ phenomena occur in turbulence flows, where multiple little whirls can determine the behaviour of the flow on a larger scale.
The EM Group works on computational techniques that form the tools for the more applied ‘engineering sciences’. Applications lie both in fluids and in solids, and above all in the interfaces between the two, known as fluid-solid interactions. In cooperation with the Erasmus Medical Centre the group attempts to describe the behaviour of hardened arteries. That is an extremely complex job, because blood vessels consist of fibres, pieces of calcium and little blobs of fat. So various materials with different properties need to be incorporated into the models. The concentrations of fat form a major health hazard: a tear in the blood vessel can lead to a blob of fat entering the blood circulation and then causing a clot. When that happens in an artery near the brain or heart, the consequences can be disastrous in the form of a stroke or heart attack. The ultimate aim of the research is to make a reliable diagnosis on the basis of an MRI scan of a part of the body.
Contact details:
Name:
| Dr E.H. van Brummelen
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E-mail address:
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Telephone number
| +31 (0)15 27 89545
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Faculty:
| Aerospace Engineering
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Department:
| Engineering Mechanics
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Street:
| Kluyverweg 1
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Room number:
| 1.50
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Postal code:
| 2629HS
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Town:
| Delft
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Country:
| Netherlands
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