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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The department of Mechanical Engineering (MECH) consist of three research groups : The Acoustics & Vibration Research Group central goal is to conduct fundamental and applied research in the broad field of Acoustics & Vibration, with special emphasis on Experimental and Operational Modal Analysis, Frequency-Domain Maximum Likelihood Identification of Multivariable Systems, Damage Assessment and Sound Quality. Enjoy the visit, and feel free to contact us if you need further information. The Robotics & MultiBody Mechanics Research Group central goal is to conduct fundamental and applied research in the broad field of robotics and multibody mechanics. The groups' special emphasis is the development of complex mechatronic systems such as lightweight actuation systems with adaptable compliance. These compliant actuators are implemented in different robots like the bipeds Lucy and Veronica to study energy efficient locomotion, in the robotic manipulator Softarm to study safe HRI and in the step rehabilitation robot Altacro and ankle foot orthosis IPPAM and APM foot for compatablity with a human wearer. Coginitive HRI is studied with the intelligent robot Probo. In the field of multibody mechanics the group developed a new algorithm for real time simulation of complex mechanical systems. The research of the research group Fluid dynamics focuses on 1) CFD; 2) Windenergy; 3) Experimental research at the level of turbulence; 4) Wind engineering. Emphasis is on CFD, in which the department has already 30 years of experience and benefits from a worldwide recognition. Throughout the years the department has been involved in various international projects (e.g. EU, ESA, bilateral projects) and national projects (e.g. FWO, IWONL, GBOU). The department disposes of a professional CFD code, which was developed jointly with FOI (Sweden) for ESA/ESTEC (ESA contract 89-95,96-98). ESA/ESTEC uses the code in support of their projects. The expertise and know-how of the team has led to the creation of a spin-off company, NUMECA Int. N.V. (1992). Currently NUMECA employs around 40 engineers and has an office in Phoenix (US). For its experimental research, the department disposes of 2 subsonic windtunnels and, along with the classical measuring equipment, advanced non-intrusive measurement techniques such as LDA and PIV. The department has many international contacts, partly due to its involvement in various networks, such as different EU thematic networks (FLOWnet, MACSInet, QNET-CFD) and as member of the Belgian Pilot Center of the ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion) network. The group is also part of a recently submitted Network of Excellence 'e-FLOW'.
Keywords
- vibrations, fluid dynamics, combustion, acoustics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Hamed Abdolmaleki
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Applied Mechanics - Post-doctoral scholarship
Person: Researcher
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Milan Amighi
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Applied Mechanics - Doctoral scholarschip
- Faculty of Engineering
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Enrico Anfuso
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Group
- Applied Mechanics - Undefined
- Faculty of Engineering
Person: Researcher, PhD, Doctoral student
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Zemerart Asani
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Applied Mechanics - Doctoral scholarschip
- Faculty of Engineering
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Felipe Ballen Moreno
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Faculty of Engineering
- Applied Mechanics - Doctoral scholarschip
Person: Researcher, PhD
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FWOTM1172: Thermal history and Residual Stress Control and Mitigation for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Techniques
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamental
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EU666: Smart Mechatronic Ankle-Foot Orthosis Platform for Gait Assistance and Augmentation
1/10/23 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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EUAR157: WILLOW : Wholistic and Integrated digitaL tools for extended Lifetime and profitability of Offshore Wind farms
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Applied
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Research output
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Accurate particulate matter emission measurements from biomass combustion: A holistic evaluation of full and partial flow dilution systems
Cornette, J., Dyakov, I., Blondeau, J. & Bram, S., 1 Nov 2023, In: Environmental Research. 236, 1, 116714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A low-cost framework for the recognition of human motion gait phases and patterns based on multi-source perception fusion
Dong, D., Ma, C., Wang, M., Vu Thi Thu, H., Vanderborght, B. & Sun, Y., Apr 2023, In: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 120, 105886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A mechatronic leg replica to benchmark human–exoskeleton physical interactions
Dezman, M., Massardi, S., Pinto-Fernandez, D., Grosu, V., Rodriguez Guerrero, C. D., Babič, J. & Torricelli, D., 1 May 2023, In: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 18, 3, 17 p., 036009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-agent robotic system for bricklaying
Asani, Z., Vanderborght, B., Ambrosino, M. & Garone, E., 2023, Book of Abstracts- 42nd Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control. Carloni, R., Alonso-Mora, J., Jayawardhana, B. & Lefeber, E. (eds.). March 21– 23, 2023 ed. Elspeet, The Netherlands, Vol. 1. p. 115-115 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book) › Research
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An Interdisciplinary Tutorial: A Self-Healing Soft Finger with Embedded Sensor
Roels, E., Terryn, S., Ferrentino, P., Brancart, J., Van Assche, G. & Vanderborght, B., 10 Jan 2023, In: Sensors. 23, 2, 811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Icing detection using a tower mounted SHM system: climate-chamber and in-field experiments
Wout Weijtjens (Speaker), Mustapha Chaar (Contributor), Bram Cloet (Contributor), Ozlem Ceyhan Yilmaz (Contributor) & Christof Devriendt (Contributor)
24 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Characterisation of small-strain shear modulus through DAS
Bruno Stuyts (Speaker)
13 Sep 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Real-world offshore wind farm fatigue load estimation using SCADA and SHM accelerometers
Francisco De Nolasco Santos (Speaker), Nymfa Noppe (Contributor), Wout Weijtjens (Contributor) & Christof Devriendt (Contributor)
24 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Kinderuniversiteit: Windenergie workshop
Maximillian Francis Weil (Speaker), Francisco De Nolasco Santos (Speaker), Wout Weijtjens (Contributor) & Christof Devriendt (Contributor)
11 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a school event
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Towards sustainable robots with self-healing materials
Seppe Terryn (Speaker)
24 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Hybrid laser-based additive – subtractive research platform!
Patrick Guillaume (Consortium coordinator), Bram Vanderborght (Consortium partner), Brecht Van Hooreweder (Consortium partner), Jean-Pierre Kruth (Consortium partner) & Ann Witvrouw (Consortium partner)
Applied MechanicsFacility/equipment: Equipment › no e-resource/single sited
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Datasets
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Multivariate prediction on wake-affected wind turbines using graph neural networks (Eurodyn) database
De Nolasco Santos, F. (Creator), Duthé, G. (Creator), Abdallah, I. (Creator), Réthoré, P. (Researcher), Weijtjens, W. (Supervisor), Chatzi, E. (Supervisor) & Devriendt, C. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 22 Mar 2023
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A soft pneumatic actuator with integrated deformation sensing elements produced exclusively with extrusion based additive manufacturing
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Egloff, L. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 12 Jan 2022
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Documentation and instruction for the tutorial: Finite Element Analysis-based soft robotic modeling: Simulating a soft-actuator in SOFA
Ferrentino, P. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Terryn, S. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7838026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7838026
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Ambient vibration test of wind turbine blade in OWI-lab's Large Climate Chamber
Weijtjens, W. (Creator), Fernandes de Oliveira Junior, A. (Creator), Cloet, B. (Project Member), Ceyhan Yilmaz, O. (Project Member) & Devriendt, C. (Work Package Leader), Zenodo, 2023
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Multi-material 3D Printing of Thermoplastic Elastomers for Development of Soft Robotic Structures with Integrated Sensor Elements
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Sep 2021
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