FLIP - Experimental Fluid-Structure Interaction Measurement Techniques for Biosciences
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal Veterinary College
Department Name: Comparative Biomedical Sciences CBS
People |
ORCID iD |
| Richard Bomphrey (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Phillips N
(2014)
Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies of Bioscience Subjects
Phillips N.
(2015)
Towards a Fluid-Structure Interaction measurement technique for the biosciences: a combined measurement of fluid flow and tube wall deformation associated with a simplified aneurysm
in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
| Description | We have shown it is possible to measure simultaneously flexible material strains and the fluid flows that induce those strains. This technique has applications in the aerospace and biomedical industries. We have published a conference paper showing the successful introduction of non-intrusive, full-field optical measurement techniques - Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Digital Image Correlation (DIC). Guidelines on how to apply these techniques successfully to various fields of study were given, and insights into the possible interpretation of results were provided. |
| Exploitation Route | Further interaction with Fluid-Structure Interaction community. Further interaction with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm community. Further interaction with aerospace industry. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Healthcare,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| Description | We have produced uniquely detailed datasets that can validate Computational Fluid Dynamics codes that incorporate Fluid-Structure Interaction and these will be made available online. We have engaged with stakeholders extensively at academic conferences and especially those with industry representation. We have produced Technical Application Note which is available online to highlight the potential for the new combined technologies.This has assisted with LaVision's commercial development. LaVision now have a module for sale, as of 2017/18, incorporating Experimental FSI as first embodied and tested in the course of this grant. We have secured further funding (Doctoral student) in association with bioengineering specialists at UCL (Prof. Y. Ventikos). We have built infrastructure in the form of two flow conditioning tunnels that can be used for future work. We have developed extensive expertise that can be used for future work. The FLIP interchanger has become one of the UK's leading experts in flow and strain measurements within this regime. We have pushed the technology forward such that a new product will have significant new capabilities for a wide range of bioscience experimentalists. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | ASUR Phase 1 Addition: Insect-inspired sense and avoid strategies: surface detection in the dark using induced flow field modulation |
| Amount | £13,430 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | ASUR Phase 1: Insect-inspired sense and avoid strategies: surface detection in the dark using induced flow field modulation |
| Amount | £44,310 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | ASUR Phase 2: Insect-inspired sense and avoid strategies: surface detection in the dark using induced flow field modulation |
| Amount | £199,275 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership studentship |
| Amount | £70,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Biosciences Consortium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Multifunctional materials and structures. Avian-inspired Multifunctional Morphing Air Vehicles: Underpinning Biological Research |
| Amount | $846,127 (USD) |
| Organisation | European Office of Aerospace Research & Development (EOARD) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Title | Research Tool: Portable wind and water tunnels. |
| Description | Three fluid flow tunnels for biological research based at the Royal Veterinary College. 1. Portable flow conditioning wind tunnel (0.25m x 0.25m) 2. 40mm diameter pulsing water tunnel for haemodynamics and hydrodynamics experiments. 3. Low-speed, low-turbulence insect-scale wind tunnel (0.5m x 0.5m) |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Collection of three data sets as part of the FLIP project deliverables. Colelction of data sets for BBSRC- and EPSRC- funded research projects. Loan to the BBC for documentary. Use in Discovery Channel documentary. |
| Title | Fluid-Structure Interaction experimental validation data sets. |
| Description | Fluid-Structure Interaction experimental data sets for the validation of computational fluid and structural dynamics models. Aneurysm model; Flapperatus, and Locust and Fruit Beetle measurements. Simultaneous Tomographic PIV and DIC surface-strain datasets. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | These are not yet accessible but will be made available through DRYAD. |
| Description | FLIP Interchanges |
| Organisation | LaVision GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | FLIP staff secondment. Expertise. Knowledge transfer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise. Equipment loan. Cluster processing. Training. |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration. Industry (aerospace, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics) with Academia (Biosciences, animal locomotion, physiology, fluid and structural dynamics). |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | LaVision tomographic PIV |
| Organisation | LaVision GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided expertise, staff time, intellectual input and equipment resources, initially on an ad hoc basis, for a series of experiments that introduced high-speed, volumetric Particle Image Velocimetry (tomo-PIV) to animal flight. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided technical expertise, human resources, software, processing power, and intellectual input to capture and process tomo-PIV data, initially on an ad hoc basis. |
| Impact | The collaboration outputs were: 1. journal publications (Journal of the Royal Society: Interface), 2. formal funding (BBSRC FLIP grant), 3. promotional material for LaVision, 4. accessible visualised data for public (e.g. science festivals, TV documentaries), 5. industry/government engagement (e.g. Ministry of Defence, Royal Aeronautical Association Light Aircraft Design conference). 6. A Technical Application Note for LaVision hardware and software. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Title | Experimental FSI software and hardware products |
| Description | LaVision will implement recommended changes to software (ability to designate separate set of cameras and light source for a separate function, with different triggering and repetition rate attributes) and to hardware (changes to Programmable Timing Unit to enable independent triggering of separate set of cameras and light source) based on highlighted shortcomings overcome in the present experimental programme. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | To follow. New avenues of bioscience research anticipated with new capabilities. Greater sales expected. |
| URL | http://www.lavision.de/en/news/2015/2437/ |
| Description | Aircraft design workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation plus panel Q&A for The Royal Aeronautical Society London. Approx. 60 attendees plus further reach via newsletter on the topic of Bioinspiration for Light Aircraft Design. Much discussion of data collection and analysis methods followed with industry and some academics. Photographs and data exchanged for developing promotional material for Swift Aircraft. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.aerosociety.com/Assets/Docs/Events/790/790_Speaker_Bios.pdf |
| Description | Conference presence for FLIP grant work. Royal Entomological Society Electronic and Computing Special Interest Group. Kew Gardens, London. March 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk and live demonstration. Engagement with academics. Media interviews (including Engineering & Technology Magazine). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Gravity Fields Science and Arts Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public lecture as part of the Gravity Fields Science and Arts Festival in honour of Isaac Newton. A full house of approx. 85 members of the public attended in Newton's hometown of Grantham, Lincolnshire. Many, wide-ranging, general interest questions afterwards about bird and insect flight. The event was trailed on tv and followed up with articles and letters in local newspapers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.gravityfields.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11217 |
| Description | Lecture and panel Q&A (Royal Aeronautical Society) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lecture and panel discussion/Q&A at the Royal Aeronautical Society (London) as part of a day focussing on light aircraft design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |