General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-25-0102
Thesis topic details
Category
Engineering science
Thesis topics
SIMULATION-BASED PREDICTION OF VIBRATION IN CENTRIFUGES
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Rotating machinery is a critical piece of equipment in many industrial plants, and its operation is regularly accompanied by balancing problems that result in potentially dangerous vibrations for operators and equipment. The centrifugal decanter, for example, is sometimes subject to vibrations that force the operator to slow down the production rate. The nuclear environment in which this equipment operates makes it impossible to carry out the measurements and observations required for a purely experimental study. The aim is therefore to carry out modelling with limited data in order to gain a detailed understanding of the phenomena involved. The aim of this work is to combine Euler-Euler type CFD simulations of the mass distribution in the rotating bowl with mass-spring modelling of the mechanical connections in order to get closer to the vibration signals measured industrially. Such a numerical tool would be a valuable aid in investigating the various potential sources of mass imbalance without the need for experimental replication. Combined with deep learning methods, this type of model would also make it possible to build an unbalance predictor from short vibration signals, opening the door to active control of the decanter
University / doctoral school
Thesis topic location
Site
Marcoule
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Randriamanantena Tojonirina
tojonirina.randriamanantena@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DMRC//LSPS
CEA Marcoule BP 17171 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze Cedex
0466796534
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
BERTRAND Murielle
murielle.bertrand@cea.fr
CEA
DEN/DMRC/DIR
CEA Marcoule Bat 400
BP 17171
30207 Bagnols sur Ceze
04 66 79 66 48
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