1 Minihap Project data Title: Enhanced design and manufacturing of mini- hydraulic products Project type: GROWTH project of the EU Reference: GDR1-1999-10343.

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MinihapProject data

• Title: Enhanced design and manufacturing of mini-hydraulic products

• Project type: GROWTH project of the EU• Reference: GDR1-1999-10343• Period: 01/01/2000 - 31/01/2003• Collaborators: Guillaume Houzeaux

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Objectives

• To model rotating flows around pumps• To reproduce the pressure-flow rate curve• To account for fixed and moving regions

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Key numerical ingredients

• Stabilized finite element approximation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

• Treatment of dominant rotation• Domain decomposition between fixed and

moving subdomains• Fixed mesh ALE strategy

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Results I

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Results II

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Results III