DEPARTMENT OF THERMODYNAMICS, FLUID MECHANICS AND AVIATION PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Lublin University of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin
e-mail: wm.ktmp@pollub.pl
tel. +48 81 538 47 45
Head: prof. Mirosław WENDEKER, DSc, PhD, Eng.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES – MECHATRONICS FOR THERMAL AND FLOW SYSTEMS
Simulation studies on thermodynamic processes (flow, heat and mass transfer, and combustion)
Designing and constructing mechatronic elements:
- fuel systems for combustion engines (turbine engines, spark-ignition and compression-ignition internal combustion engines; traditional and alternative fuels: E85, biodiesel, LPG, CNG, hydrogen)
- alternative stationary, automotive and aircraft powertrains (electric, hybrid, and fuel cells)
- flow based powertrains (turbine engines, wind turbines)
- electronic control systems (designing and developing algorithms, constructing research systems, constructing monitoring and measuring devices)
Bench testing on:
- reciprocating internal combustion engines (measuring pressure in a combustion chamber, measuring vibration)
- fuel supply systems in combustion engines
- electronic control systems
Rapid prototyping: powder and polymer based 3D printing
Reverse engineering: 3D scanning
EDUCATIONAL AND DIDACTIC ACTIVITIES
- courses on thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, physics, and electronic control systems
- specialisations on offer: Construction and Maintenance of Aviation Propulsion Systems, Construction of Helicopters, and Mechatronics
- courses in English for students of the Erasmus programme
- Students’ Research Circle ”Aviation Propulsion Systems” - Hydrogreen
Industrial workers participate in training courses on:
- construction and maintenance of combustion engines
- construction and maintenance of alternative powertrains for reciprocating engines
- construction and diagnostics of electronic control systems for automotive vehicles
Advanced equipment and software owned by the Department are used in research and teaching.
INSTRUMENTS and DEVICES
- Wind tunnel HM 170
- Wind tunnel with two measuring chambers. The first one with the dimensions of 1275x1415 mm allows for the maximum speed of 60 m/s, the second one with the dimensions of 1800x2000 mm allows for the maximum speed of 30 m/s.
- Infrared cameras: RAYCAM C.A. 1884 and ThermaCAM S65
- Handheld 3D Laser Scanner: ZScanner® 700
- Desktop scanner: Roland Picza LPX-250
- Powder 3D printer: 3D ZPrinter® 450
- Polymer 3D printer: 3D Zbuilder™Ultra
- Test stand with a Wankel engine
- Test stand with a Rotax engine
SOFTWARE
- Catia v5 – advanced integrated system of CAD/CAM/CAE applied mainly in the automotive and aviation industries
- Abaqus – a suite of software applications for stress–strength analysis and simulating non-linear mechanics of solids and fluids
- ANSYS Fluent – flow simulation software
- AVL Fire – principal simulation software to test combustion engines
- AVL Boost – highly specialised software for a zero dimentional modelling of combustion engines
- Software – a suite of software applications to analyse tension, deformation, vibration, dynamics, acoustics and thermal states (MD Nastran, Patran, Marc, Dytran, Sinda, Sofy, Easy5, MD Adams)
- Modelica-Dymola – physical phenomenon simulation software
- LabVIEW – an integrated system design platform and development environment to develop and control measurement systems and to process research results
- National Instruments
