The knowledge area of Fluid Mechanics is composed of members of the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Construction Department (EMCI)

The area offers courses in various degrees:

· Industrial Engineering

· Technical Industrial Engineering: Mechanics

· Technical Industrial Engineering: Electronics

· Technical Industrial Engineering: Industrial Chemistry

The members of our area belong to the Research Group in Fluid Engineering and Environmental Science (GREFEMA), which focuses its research activities on Fluid Mechanics, both computational –CFD- and experimental.

Our researchers work in different fields. Some topics in the experimental field are:

- Predictive maintenance techniques based on fluid analysis: lubricants, combustibles and refrigerants.

- Methodologies and measurements in working environments: residue minimisation, environmental quality control

- Flowrate measurement techniques in free flow: measurement weirs, flowmeters, system head curves.

Our research topics in the CFD field are:

- CFD algorithm and code development for the simulation of the incompressible flow / supersonic, laminar / turbulent.

- Predictive engineering methodologies based on CFD: discrete and applied finite element method.

- Computational optimization and design.

- Computational techniques useful for CFD: parallelization, grid computing, domain decomposition, adaptability, etc.

- Fields of application: turbo-machines, aeronautics, automotive, biotechnology, environmental, etc.