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PHD DEGREE IN MECHANICAL SCIENCE

Doctoral program in Mechanical Sciences is a multidisciplinary program covering some areas: Energy, Materials and Mechanical Design. Research carried out is of fundamental character, numerical and experimental with purpose to respond the development needs of our country and of the world: power generation, development of new materials, machinery design and environment conservation. The program is focused on form a solid group of researchers with capacity of understand, formulate and solve the actual society problems.

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Research lines

  • o Analysis and design of power systems
  • o Modeling, Simulation and optimization of physics thermic process
  • o Mechanical and mechatronics systems design
  • o Combustion, control and emission mitigation technologies
  • o Formulation, characterization and application of advanced materials
  • o Materials processing
  • o Development of nano materials and nano transport technics
  • o Compose and nano-structured Materials

    • Víctor Hidalgo

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    (Associate Professor)

    Víctor Hidalgo is an associate professor III in the department of Mechanical Engineering of the National Polytechnic School since 2012. His interest areas are related to numeric simulation of fluid dynamics (CFD) with special emphasis on the OpenFOAM open source package. His research is mainly based on the development of models of turbulence, unstable flow, cavitation and cavitation-erosion.

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    • Formación Académica
    • Publications
    • Curriculum Vitae

      • Doctorate

        • Doctor of Science in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermal Physics (DSc.), Tsinghua University, Beijing–China, June 2016. DSc. Dissertation: “Num. study on unsteady cavitating flow & erosion based on homogeneous mixture assumption”

      • Master's degree

        • Masters of Science in Fluid Mechanics, China University of Mining and Technology, First, Xuzhou–China. Research topic: “Exergy analysis of the motor of natural vortex to freezing tower with gas download”

      • Bachelor's degree

        • Mechanical Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito-Ecuador, May 2008.

      • Publications indexed in international journals

      • Cando, E., Yu, A., Zhu, L., Liu, J., Lu, L., Hidalgo, V., Luo, X.W., 2017. Unsteady numerical analysis of the liquid-solid two-phase flow around a step using Eulerian-Lagrangian and the filter-based RANS method. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 2781–2790.
      • Valencia, E., Hidalgo, V., Nalianda, D., Laskaridis, P., Singh, R., 2017. Discretized Miller approach to assess effects on boundary layer ingestion induced distortion. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 30, 235–248.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Escaler, X., et al., 2015. Implicit large eddy simulation of unsteady cloud cavitation around a plane-convex hydrofoil. Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B 27, 815–823.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Escaler, X., Huang, R., Valencia, E., 2015. Numerical simulation of cavitation erosion on a NACA0015 hydrofoil based on bubble collapse strength. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 656, 12050.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Ji, B., Aguinaga, A., 2014. Numerical study of unsteady cavitation on 2D NACA0015 hydrofoil using free/open source software. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 3276–3282.
      • Yu, A., Luo, X., Ji, B., Huang, R., Hidalgo, V., Hak, K.S., 2014. Cavitation Simulation with Consideration of the Viscous Effect at Large Liquid Temperature Variation. Chinese Physics Letters 31, 86401.
      • Hidalgo, V., Chen, N., 2011. Application of Vortex Process to Cleaner Energy Generation. Applied Mechanics and Materials 71, 2196–2203.

        • Publications indexed in national journals

      • Hidalgo, V., Escaler, X., Soto, R., Valencia, E., Cando, E., Luo, X., 2015. Large Eddy Simulation of Partial Cavitation Around a 2D Plane-Convex Hydrofoil. Revista Politécnica, 3 35, 28–34.
      • Valencia, E., Hidalgo, V., Aguinaga, A., Cando, E., Caldera, M., 2015. Estudio de tecnologías innovadoras para sistemas de propulsión en aeronaves. INGENIUS 13, 5--11.
      • Palacios, J., Hidalgo, V., Peña, A., 2015. Técnicas de Gestión Energética en Sistemas de Vapor. Revista Politécnica 35, 11.
      • Hidalgo, V., Aguinaga, A., Chen, N., 2013. Vortex Engine Like New Technology of Flue Gas Discharging with Wet Desulfurization. Revista Politécnica 32.
      • Granja, M., Hidalgo, V., 2013. Proceso de soldadura GMAW, para aceros ordinarios al carbón, aceros inoxidables y aluminio. Revista Politécnica 32.

        • Publications in international congresses and symposia indexed Scopus

      • Valencia, E., Hidalgo, V., Calle, O., 2017. Methodology for Weight and Performance Assessment of an UAV for Precision Agriculture at Cruise Condition, in: 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. p. 4868.
      • Valencia, E., Hidalgo, V., Cisneros, J., 2016. Design point analysis of a distributed propulsion system with boundary layer ingestion implemented in UAV’s for agriculture in the Andean region. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
      • Cando, E., Luo, X., Hidalgo, V., Zhu, L., Aguinaga, A., 2016. Experimental study of liquid-solid two phase flow over a step using PIV. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 129, 12054.
      • Valencia, E., Hidalgo, V., Panagiotis, L., Nalianda, D., Singh, R., Liu, C., 2015. Design Point Analysis of an Hybrid Fuel Cell Gas Turbine Cycle for Advanced Distributed Propulsion Systems. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Huang, R., Cando, E., 2014. Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flow Over 2D Hydrofoil Using OpenFOAM Adapted for Debian Operating System With LXDE Based in Kernel GNU/Linux
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Escaler, X., Ji, J., Aguinaga, A., 2014. Numerical investigation of unsteady cavitation around a NACA 66 hydrofoil using OpenFOAM. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 22, 520131--520138.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Escaler, X., Ji, J., Aguinaga, A., 2014. Numerical investigation of unsteady cavitation around a NACA 66 hydrofoil using OpenFOAM. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 22, 520131--520138.

        • Publications in congresses

      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Yu, A., Soto, R., 2014. Cavitating flow simulation with mesh development using Salome open source software, in: The 11 Th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD 2014). Presented at the Proceedings of the 11 th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD 2014), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, pp. 400–405.
      • Hidalgo, V., Luo, X., Peña, A., Valencia, E., Soto, R., Yu, A., 2014. Benefits of hydropower research in Ecuador using OpenFOAM based on CFD technology (A practical cavitation study for NACA0015), in: IX Congreso de Ciencia Y Tecnología - ESPE 2014. ESPE, Sangolqui, pp. 123–127.
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    General Information

  • • Name: Doctoral program in Mechanical Sciences

  • • Academic Degree: Doctor (PhD) in Mechanical Sciences

  • • Program Type: semi-structured

  • • Academic Units:

      • - Department of Mechanical Engineering
      - Department of Materials
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