Welcome to the Laboratory for Fluid-Structure Interaction (LIFE) research in bioinspired, offshore and wind engineering, at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), in Tarragona, Spain.

 

 

 

Francisco J Huera-Huarte

Since August 2011, I am Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) of Mechanical Engineering at URV, and the the Principal Investigator and Group Leader of LIFE.

 

Mechanical Engineer (Ingeniero Industrial), ETSEIB, UPC, 2003

PhD in Aeronautics, Dept. of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, 2006

Marie Curie IOF Postdoctoral Fellow, GALCIT, CALTECH, 2008-2009

 

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I use experimental and computational techniques in fluid and solid mechanics to study all types of bluff body wakes and fluid-structure interations.

  • Flow-induced vibrations with emphasis in vortex-induced vibrations (VIV).

  • Bluff body flows and vortex flows.

  • Experimental methods in fluid and solid mechanics.

  • Data analysis techniques.

  • Loading on offshore/marine structures.

  • Finite Element Methods (FEM) in solid mechanics.

  • Cable dynamics.

  • Optical measurement techniques: DPIV and DDPIV.

  • Dynamics of floating offshore wind turbines.

 

Funding acknowledgements:

 

 

Spanish Ministry of Science, Plan Nacional I+D+I 2008-2011

 

 

Marie Curie actions for individuals. 7th Framework Project, European Commission

 

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