Link to Chalmers Publication Library (CPL) (complete list, including papers of PhD students, excluding their theses)
Journal:
Norouzi et al. Large eddy simulation of fiber flocculation in a diffuser. In review for journal publication.
Nobilo, M., Salehi, S. and Nilsson, H. Lifetime analysis of hydro turbines with focus on fatigue damage in a renewable energy system – A review. In review for journal publication.
IAHR 2025:
Salehi et al. Active flow control in the Timisoara Swirl generator
Arabnejad et al. Numerical simulations of cavitating flows in the U9-400 Kaplan turbine model
International Symposium on AI and Fluid Mechanics, 2025:
Sheikholeslami et al.: Comparative Evaluation of Periodic Boundary Condition Approaches in PINNs
Håkan Nilsson, Proceedings of CFD with OpenSource Software, published each year at:
http://dx.doi.org/10.17196/OS_CFD
e.g.:
http://dx.doi.org/10.17196/OS_CFD#YEAR_2019
Håkan Nilsson:
Studies of transient operation of hydraulic machines using OpenFOAM (27 min)
(Keynote lecture at 1st UK-India OpenFOAM Symposium, 2024)
Rotating Machinery Training at 16t OpenFOAM Workshop (1 h 45 min)
Saeed Salehi:
OpenFOAM for Francis turbine transients (5 min)
(Presentation of paper in OpenFOAM Journal)
A parallel TensorFlow-based deep reinforcement learning framework for OpenFOAM (20 min)
(Presentation at 18th OpenFOAM workshop in Genoa, 2023)
Evolution of flow features during transient operation of a Kaplan turbine, (21 min)
(Presentation at 17th OpenFOAM workshop at Cambridge, 2022)
Simulation of Kaplan turbine transients: a novel OpenFOAM framework (13 min)
(Presentation at 16th OpenFOAM workshop, on-line, organized “in” Dublin, 2021)
Jonathan Fahlbeck:
A head loss pressure boundary condition for hydraulic systems (5 min)
(Presentation of paper in OpenFOAM Journal)
Cavitation simulations of a low head contra-rotating pump-turbine (16 min)
(Presentation at 18th OpenFOAM workshop in Genoa, 2023)
A low-head contra-rotating pump-turbine at unsteady conditions (17 min)
(Presentation at 17th OpenFOAM workshop at Cambridge, 2022)
Numercial simulations of a counter-rotating pump-turbine with a new head-loss pressure boundary condition (12 min)
(Presentation at 16th OpenFOAM workshop, on-line, organized “in” Dublin, 2021)
Flow-induced loads in a Kaplan turbine – towards fatigue damage lifetime analysis, Martina Nobilo (licentiate 2025)
Flow in contra-rotating pump-turbines at stationary, transient, and cavitating conditions, Jonathan Fahlbeck (PhD, 2024)
Low head pumped hydro storage with contra-rotating pump-turbines, Jonathan Fahlbeck (licentiate, 2022)
Flow over rough surfaces, and conjugate heat transfer, in engineering applications, Bercelay Atencio Niebles (PhD, 2018)
Turbulence-resolving Simulations in Swirling Flows, Ardalan Javadi (PhD 2016)
Re-interventions after endovascular aortic repair, Clinical and experimental studies, Håkan Roos (PhD 2016)
Estimating the Air-Water Gas Transfer Velocity during Low Wind Conditions, Sam Fredriksson (PhD 2016)
Approaching a practice for transient CFD simulations of vortex flow meters, Olle Penttinen (licentiate 2015)
Ventilation of a Model Hydro-Generator, An Experimental and Numerical Study, Hamed Jamshidi (licentiate 2015)
Time-accurate Turbulence Modeling of Swirling Flow for Hydropower Application, Ardalan Javadi (licentiate 2014)
Numerical modeling of air-fiber flows, Jelena Andric (PhD 2014)
Modelling of Electric Arc Welding: arc-electrode coupling, Alireza Javid-Shirvan (licentiate 2013)
Simulations of cavitation - from the large vapour structures to the small bubble dynamics, Aurelia Vallier (at Lund University, with me as co-supervisor, PhD 2013)
Prediction of Cooling Air Flow in Electric Generators, Pirooz Moradnia (PhD 2013)
Implementation of a flexible fiber model in a general purpose CFD code, Jelena Andric (licentiate 2012)
CFD of Air Flow in Hydro Power Generators, Pirooz Moradnia (licentiate, 2010)
Eulerian and Lagrangian cavitation related simulations using OpenFOAM, Aurelia Vallier (licentiate, 2010)
Numerical Investigations of Incompressible Turbomachinery Applications using OpenFOAM, Olivier Petit (licentiate 2010)
Plasma Arc Welding Simulation with OpenFOAM, Margarita Sass-Tisovskaya (licentiate 2009)
Analytical and Numerical Studies of Internal Swirling Flows, Walter Gyllenram (PhD 2008)
Analytical and Numerical Investigations of Steady and Unsteady Turbulent Swirling Flow in Diffusers, Walter Gyllenram (licentiate 2006)
I list these theses just to give an overview of studies that are done by my master thesis students. Each author is responsible for that particular work. The quality may differ.
Design Optimization of Balancing Holes in a Centrifugal Pump, Bala Kumaresh Thileep Kumar (2025)
Optimization Method Analysis for Tidal Turbine Blade Design, Samuel Edlund (2025)
Energy efficient heating for cabin climate comfort: Using localized heating, Marcel Daniluk (2024)
Validation of a wake model for vertical-axis wind turbine farms, Gustav Vallbo (2023)
Design and optimization of airfoil profiles for vertical wind turbines, Johanna Stenmark (2023)
An Analysis of the Immersed Boundary Surface Method in foam-extend, Jan Erik Döhler (2022)
Pot Furnace simulation in OpenFOAM, Hemanth Kumar Sivasankar and Sriram Sridhar (2021)
Blade Element Method for counter-rotating pump-turbines, Cristobal Ibanez Uribe (2021)
LES of Transients in the Francis-99 turbine, Ludvig Uppström, Jonathan Fahlbäck (2018)
Network Modelling of Cooling of Hydro-Generators - A Thermal and Fluid Model, Marc Cabré Gimeno (2017)
Development of an automated validation and verification tool for OpenFOAM, Simon Persson (2017)
Determination of Aerodynamic Losses in the Last Stage of a Low Pressure Steam Turbine, Robin Dovik (2016) (Master thesis at Universität Stuttgart, no full text available)
Transients in the Francis-99 turbine, Gudjon Vesteinsson (unfinished 2015)
A Global Approach for the Fast Simulation of Flameless Oxidation Burners Fed with Variable Fuel Mixtures, Mattias Djerv (2014) (Master thesis at Universität Stuttgart, no full text available)
Study of the Influence of Numerical and Physical Parameters on the Axial Thrust of Radial Machines, Cyril Vioulac (2014) (no full text available)
Open source mesh generation and CFD simulations for Francis turbine, Himanshu Kapoor (2014)
Numerical simulations of the flow in the Francis-99 turbine - Steady and unsteady simulations at different operating points, Lucien Stoessel Poster (2014)
CFD evaluation of a jet in cross flow related to a gas turbine burner, Akram Soroush (2012)
CFD for air induction systems with OpenFOAM, Klas Fridolin (2012)
Experimental Study of Air Flow in a Hydro Power Generator Model, Erwin Adi Hartono (2011)
Numerical investigation of the flow in a swirl generator, using OpenFOAM, Oscar Bergman (2010)
Stratified scavenging computations in two-stroke engines using OpenFOAM, Mikael Jönsson (2010)
Studies of the ERCOFTAC Centrifugal Pump with OpenFOAM, Shasha Xie (2010)
Omar Bounous (An extended project, almost the size of a Master thesis)
CFD simulations of two-phase flows passing through a distributor, Marianne Sjöstrand
Kapaciteten hos säkerhetskritisk kylkedja, Henrik Karlsson, Per Warnström
Computational Modeling of Flow over a Spillway In Vatnsfellsstifla Dam in Iceland, Björn Margeirsson
Jämförelse mellan funktionen hos radiatorsystem injusterade efter två principer, Niklas Lindvall
CFD studies of shape modifications of the Turbine-99 draft tube, Venkatesh D. Jothiprakasam
Modeling of Swirling Flow in a Conical Diffuser, Walter Gyllenram (2003)
I list these theses just to give an overview of studies that are done by my batchelor thesis students. Each author is responsible for that particular work. The quality may differ.
Numerical study of flow in diffuser- Investigation with three turbulence models and comparison with experimental data. Johan Rogestedt, Martin Forsell, Mohamed Zaben, 2018. Supervisor: Ardalan Javadi. Examiner: Håkan Nilsson
Ökning av verkningsgrad för experimentrigg utifrån numeriska, teoretiska och experimentella metoder, Stefan Ask, Robin Dovik, Bashar Fatahalla, Johan Sparlund
Generation of numerical human models based on medical imaging, Marta Gonzalez Carcedo, Karin Brolin (contributions to a chapter)
Öppnar dörren för bättre svetsprocesser (Special issue in NyTeknik, December 14, 2011, page 7)
1D SYSTEM TRANSIENTS COUPLED WITH 3D LOCAL FLOW DETAILS – REPORT AFTER 2ND STAGE, Olivier Petit. Energiforsk rapport 2016:332.. (I was coordinating and working in the project). CPL link.
Perhaps when I have the time