Brian Fleck, PhD, PEng, ICD.D
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- bfleck@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-6773
- Address
-
10-271 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
About
Education:
- BSc (Alberta)
- Diploma (Von Kármán Institute)
- MSc (Laval)
- PhD (Queen's)
Research
My research interests are in fluid dynamics, mixing and turbulence, multiphase flow and atomization and renewable energy.
Current Projects
- Improving the atomization performance of nozzles in two phase flow for oilsands cokers and diesel injectors.
- Mixing of impinging and counterflow jets in crossflows to simulate hazardous atmospheric releases.
- Study of droplet entrainment and drag reduction in thin sheared liquid layers.
- Practical evaluation of residential wind turbines in Alberta.
Publications:
- Experimental study of the performance of residential buildings utilizing potable water as a hydronic medium", R Prybysh, B Fleck, M Al-Hussein, S Flemming Journal of Building Engineering 16, 220-227, 2018.
- Drag Reduction Using Polysaccharides in a Taylor–Couette Flow", P Bhambri, R Narain, B Fleck. Polymers 9 (12), 683, 2017.
- Bubble formation regimes during gas injection into a liquid cross flow in a conduit", MA Balzán, RS Sanders, BA Fleck, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 95 (2), 372-385, 2017.
- Experimental measurement of the velocity field of round wall jet in counterflow", M Mahmoudi, BA Fleck. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 143 (1), 04016076, 2016.
- A stochastic power curve for wind turbines with reduced variability using conditional copula", G Bai, B Fleck, MJ Zuo Wind Energy 19 (8), 1519-1534, 2016.
- A novel approach toward fabrication of high performance thin film composite polyamide membranes", B Khorshidi, T Thundat, BA Fleck, M Sadrzadeh, Scientific reports 6, 22069, 2016.
- Unsteadiness of the internal flow in an effervescent atomizer nozzle", M Hong, BA Fleck, DS Nobes, Experiments in fluids 55 (12), 1855, 2014.
Courses
MEC E 460 - Design Project I
Part 1 of the Capstone Design Project. Working in teams, students will undertake a feasibility study and detailed design of a project which requires students to exercise creative ability, to make assumptions and decisions based on synthesis of technical knowledge, and in general, devise new designs, rather than analyse existing ones, and test prototypes for performance and durability. Prerequisite: MEC E 360, Corequisite: ENG M 401.