Disclosure

All ideas, results and figures presented here are the intellectual property of S. Cândido and the University of Beira Interior. Some of this work has been published in the publications listed below.

A. List of scientific publications related to this project

A. Articles in international peer-reviewed journals

  1. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Data-driven surrogate modelling of multistage Taylor cone–jet dynamics, Physics of Fluids, 2024. DOI
  2. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, On modal decomposition as surrogate for charge-conservative EHD modelling of Taylor Cone jets, International Journal of Engineering Science, 2023. DOI
  3. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Dynamics of three-dimensional electrohydrodynamic instabilities on Taylor cone jets using a numerical approach, Physics of Fluids, 2023. DOI
  4. M. Pendar, S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Optimization of Painting Efficiency Applying Unique Techniques of High-voltage Conductors and Nitrotherm Spray: Developing Deep Learning Models Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Dataset, Physics of Fluids, 2023. DOI

B. Papers presented at international peer-reviewed conferences

  1. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Multi-physical Modelling of Electrohydrodynamic Liquid Jets: Perspectives on Deep Learning Surrogates, ECCOMAS CONGRESS 2024. 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. 7 - 9 June, 2023. LINK
  2. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, A Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of Taylor Cone Jet Instabilities Using the VOF Method, ASME2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. October 29 - November 2, 2023. DOI
  3. S. Cândido, M. Pendar, J. C. Páscoa, Improving Efficiency of Automotive Coating and Curing Processes Through Deep Learning Algorithms and High-Fidelity CFD Modeling, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. October 29 - November 2, 2023. DOI
  4. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Electrohydrodynamic Jets with Volume of Fluid Method, ICEUBI - International Congress on Engineering, Covilhã, Portugal, November 28, 29 and 30, 2022. Paper no. 5527
  5. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Numerical Analysis of Interfacial Electrohydrodynamic Flow With Modal Decomposition, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 2022. DOI
  6. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Numerical Simulation of Electrified Liquid Jets Using a Geometrical VoF Method, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual, Online. 2021. DOI
  7. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Numerical Analysis on the Stability Conditions of an Electrohydrodynamic Jet, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 2020. DOI

C. Scientific dissemination posters

  1. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Numerical Investigations on Atomization of Electrohydrodynamic Jets, UBI Science and Innovation Meeting 2023, 20 to 24 November 2023, Covilhã, Portugal DOWNLOAD
  2. S. Cândido, J. C. Páscoa, Advances on Modelling the Atomization of Electrohydrodynamic Jets, Science Meeting 2023, 5-7 July 2023, Aveiro, Portugal DOWNLOAD

D. High-performance computing projects

  1. 2022.73180.CPCA.A0 — High-Fidelity Simulation of Atomization of Taylor Cone Jets for Electrospinning/Electrospray Applications

    Project conceived and proposed by S. Cândido for the high-fidelity numerical study of Taylor cone formation, non-axisymmetric instabilities, whipping, atomization and droplet generation.
    • 40 000 CPU core-hours and 1 TB of storage allocated on the LCAUC Navigator supercomputer for a period of six months.
    • Estimated value of the allocation: €530.
    • Definition of the scientific objectives, OpenFOAM/C++ methodology, resource estimate, parameter space, validation plan, data-management strategy and industrial relevance.
    • Planning of high-resolution three-dimensional simulations to evaluate the effects of electric-field intensity, liquid flow rate and fluid properties.
    DOI

  2. 2023.10680.CPCA.A2 — Investigations on Electrohydrodynamic Atomization: High-Fidelity Simulations of Taylor Cone Jet Atomization for Optimized Electrospray Processes

    Expansion of the computational programme from a proof-of-concept phase to large-scale production campaigns, using more refined meshes, longer transient simulations and broader parametric exploration.
    • 320 000 CPU core-hours and 500 GB of storage allocated on the INCD Cirrus supercomputer.
    • Estimated value of the allocation: €3 259.
    • Definition of parallelization strategies, processor count and domain decomposition.
    • Optimization of the balance between mesh resolution, time-step constraints, physical simulation duration and available computational resources.
    DOI
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