This Faraday Partnership research project modelled interference characteristics in flow from a parallel array of ducts using slender-flow modelling and flexible marching schemes with analysis. The target application is the enhanced design of food-sorting machines. A further objective was to investigate the interactions between jets of air exiting the ducts and target objects. Together these two aspects were used to generate recommendations for improved nozzle geometry and reject object filtering to help enhance the design characteristics of food-sorting machines.

Project staff and support

Paul Westwood (Postgraduate Faraday Associate, UCL)
Frank Smith (Academic supervisor, UCL)
Gabriel Hamid (Industrial supervisor, Sortex)
Mark Honeywood (Industrial supervisor, Sortex)
Tim Boxer (Technology Translator, Smith Institute)

This project was carried out at University College London, in conjunction with Sortex Ltd. It was supported by an EPSRC industrial CASE award, through the Faraday Partnership for Industrial Mathematics. Start date: March 2001; duration: 3 years.

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»	Flow from duct arrays
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