types of projects
"Three different types of project to cover all your needs"
Private projectA Client requests a work scope needed for a specific job and wants the job to remain fully confidential. The details of the job will not appear on the Community Wall and we will select and propose a consultant for the client until the client is satisfied. The consultant will know all the confidential details only after accepting the project. The minimum project cost consists of £300 fee + £360/day + £0.08/CPU-hour in case CPU-hours are required (check our services here). Note that our consultants may work part time, and a full day will be considered to be of 8 working hours. Communications will happen by email and we will mediate to make sure that the consultant is respecting the project milestones and its work is accurate and professional at all times.
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Public ProjectA client ask for a specific project, and the job description will go on a page which is accessible by registered consultants (the Community Wall). Consultants may apply and bid on the project, and can directly communicate with the Client on the website. The Client can directly select its preferred consultant among those applying, but retains the ability to remain anonymous to the consultant (except for minimal information required) until the project starts if desired. There is no fee for this project and the consultancy price can vary according to the Client proposed budget and the consultant's bids, with an orientation price of £360/day. The consultancy will be paid in working days, where each working day is considered of 8 effective working hours. Communications will happen either on the website or by email. We will mediate to make sure that the consultant is respecting the project milestones and his/her work is accurate and professional at all times.
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Global challengeThe Client (a Company, an organization or a department at some university) has a project with a social impact, social utility or which solves and/or is related to some global issue. The project will go on the Community Wall, a place where the company can directly interact with the consultants, and select the perfect one for them. There will be no cost (apart for a service fee of 300£ and eventual running costs for the CPU hours at 0.08£/CPU-hour, if required by the project), but the client must guarantee some publication rights to the consultant.
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Our analyses
"Two kind of simulations to investigate all aspect of your project"
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CFDComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) refers to the use of numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and analyze problems involving fluid flows. CFD is increasingly used for the industrial design and as complementary, relatively low-cost tool as opposed to experiments to investigate the flow field inside simple and advanced technology devices. Closure models are often used in CFD to mimic various physical phenomena which otherwise would require prohibitive computational resources in simulation of industrial purposes. The amount of modelling involved in CFD simulations translates into many parameters to keep under control. This requires, in turn, a deep level of expertise to obtain accurate and reliable results. For this reason CFD cannot be a "push a button" job and the person behind a CFD simulation must be a real expert in the field.
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CSMComputational structural mechanics (CSM) is a branch of solid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and analyse problems like stresses, deformations and dynamic behaviors in solids. The relatively recent increase of computational resources has opened the doors for accurate and detailed structural analysis at a very affordable computational cost for industrial purposes. However, the complex characteristics of several types of structures and materials, and their dynamic behavior and interaction with different structures and/or fluids at different conditions require a specific knowledge of their particular physics. Thus, to apply CSM in an accurate and reliable way and achieve its full potential in the design process of simple and advanced technology devices, specific experts in the field are required.
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At XCORES your project will be given to a specific expert in the filed, always!
Areas of investigation
"For every problem, there is always an expert ready for a solution. Always."
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RENEWABLE ENERGIESRenewable and clean energies are important challenges for the future of the world. Sustainable growth makes necessary the improvement of the existing technologies and the development of new ones. The design of systems that can exploit renewable energies often requires recourse to numerical simulations. This is for example the case of wind turbines: the efficiency of the blades can be improved through a CFD analysis; the design of the structure requires a careful CSM analysis of the dynamic loads, including aero-elasticity phenomena. This is also the case of solar thermal plants: the design of such systems requires a detailed analysis of the heat transfer between the radiative source and the working fluid which can be achieved through CFD. The experts of our network can help you with all of these and more.
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COMBUSTION AND FIRES
Flames are an important part of our life, and for the near future it is expected that combustion will continue to be the main source of energy. At XCORES we are very sensitive to the reduction of the global impact of combustion devices and numerical simulations of reacting systems can give a fundamental insight into how to improve the efficiency of the existing technologies and to develop new low-emission ones. Numerical simulations involving combustion are very challenging since they require the user to have expertise in many fields, ranging from fluid dynamics to chemistry. The selection of the right models to be used in reacting simulations as well as the evaluation of the reliability of results require highly qualified people. The analysis of fire propagation, smoke production and the design of safety systems for buildings are also included in this category.
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AEROspaceThe design of aerospace vehicles and their components requires highly qualified people. Both fluid dynamics and structural mechanics are very important components in the design of these systems. This is, for example, the case for the optimization of the shape of the various parts as well as the design of the propulsion system. Numerical simulations for aerospace involve aerodynamics (subsonic, supersonic and transonic), heat transfer, energy production, material design, structural dynamics, aero- and thermo-acoustics, vibration analysis and fluid-structure interaction. Aerospace is one of the sectors showing the most advanced technologies and the fastest growth.
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SPORTTechnology is an important part of many sports and many improvements have been implemented in the past through a careful and advanced design. Many disciplines involve the interaction between a solid body and a flow. Racecars, where aerodynamic profiles are used to give specific characteristics to the vehicle, are pheraps the most common example. However, fluid dynamics and CFD can play an important role in many other sports. The design of a ball, the shape of the bicycle and cyclist helmets, and the design of a boat's hullare problem all involve the physical interaction with a fluid, and Computational Fluid Dynamics can be the proper tool to improve the performance and become the winner!
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nuclear engineeringNuclear energy is a form of energy which is produced through nuclear fission or fusion and, for some applications, nuclear decay. The modelling of nuclear fission involves neutron dynamics, thermal cooling, stress and deformation analysis and porous media flow. Although power plants exploiting nuclear fusion are not used yet, the research and development of this kind of energy generation system is quite active and involves problems of thermal cooling and plasma physics, which can be modelled numerically. Research on nuclear fusion and fission also involves development of spacecraft.
Nuclear decay also produces heat and thus this process is sometimes used for generation of energy, in particular on spacecraft. |
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MICROFLUIDICSMicrofluidics refers to the study of systems or the development of applications involving very small volumes of fluid. The properties of the fluid and its interaction with the surrounding structures at scales on the order of microns or nanometers may require significantly different physics to those required at larger scales, and thus requires different modelling approaches. Applications of microfluidics range from bio-technology and biological structures such as the blood circulation inside the human villi, to the cooling and optimisation of microstructures for electronic applications. The study of these systems involves modelling of fluid dynamics, transport processes, porous media flow, structural vibration and fluid-structure interaction.
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Multi-phase flowsMany problems encountered in engineering applications are characterised by the presence of multi-phase flows, where a gaseous medium is present together with liquid and/or solid phases. Problems in this category range from the analysis of aerosols, transport of liquid droplets or powders, particle-laden flows to more complex problems involving the solution of the interface between a liquid and a gas phase. For example, the latter is for example the case of liquid atomisation for the analysis of drainage systems. CFD and multi-phase numerical approaches can give many insights in all these phenomena. This is also the case of offshore wind turbines where a combined CFD and CSM analysis is definitely necessary for good structural design.
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Moving meshes & fluid-structure interactionSometimes, numerical simulations for objects that change their shape in time are needed. The simulation of such systems requires specific expertise since the use of moving meshes is involved. This is for example the case of a piston that compresses the air into cylinder but also the more complex problem of aero-elasticity and fluid-structure interaction. In the latter case we have a solid body with a shape that changes in time because of the interaction with a fluid. This can lead to mechanical stress of the solid body but also to the generation of noise that propagates in the gaseous medium. CFD and CSM can be coupled to give a proper evaluation of fluid-structure interactions. The experts in our network can help you with these problems.
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HEAT TRANSFERMany practical problems involve heat transfer between solid walls and fluid, and heat conduction inside or between solid bodies. This is for example the case of heat exchangers and building design where the thermal efficiency is an important aspect to be considered. For a reliable design of devices involving heat transfer, CFD and CSM can provided useful information. The computation of wall temperature, heat transfer coefficient and thermal efficiency are a few examples where numerical solution can give insight and useful information to be exploited in the design and maintenance.
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