Welcome to InCFD
Home to Computational Fluid Dynamics enthusiasts and the South African Research Chair in Industrial CFD. In partnership with Elemental Numerics (Pty) Ltd.
Major International Award for InCFD
InCFD have won the award for Best Innovations in Flight Physics at Airbus for 2017/18. This is due the unprecedented accuracy of Elemental allowing for a new level of understanding of fuel sloshing effects on the aircraft structure.
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Royal Aeronautical Society medal for mechanical-engineering team
UCT’s Aircraft Fuel Tank Component Design team was recently awarded a silver medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society for their work in computational fluid dynamics.
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Prof Roland W Lewis - Honorary Degree, Swansea University
The Council and Senate of Swansea University has invited Prof Roland W. Lewis to accept an Honorary Degree (DEng) from the University.
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Super Specialist Dr. Sipho Mfolozi
Many Congratulations to Dr. Sipho Mfolozi - South Africa’s First Forensics Pathologist who was awarded a PhD for his novel use of computational fluid dynamics in time of death prediction.
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Blue Skies - UCT SARChI Chair leading in the global aviation industry
Prof Arnaud Malan and his team use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to support Airbus in their aircraft design. But CFD has wide applications and potential to grow the manufacturing industry in SA and decarbonise the aviation industry.
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Super Specialist Dr. Sipho Mfolozi
Many Congratulations to Dr. Sipho Mfolozi - South Africa’s First Forensics Pathologist who was awarded a PhD for his novel use of computational fluid dynamics in time of death prediction. A self-made super success who came from very humble
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Royal Aeronautical Society medal for mechanical-engineering team
UCT’s Aircraft Fuel Tank Component Design team was recently awarded a silver medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society for their work in computational fluid dynamics.
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Major International Award for InCFD
University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers from the Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics (InCFD) Research Group have made their mark in the field of international aircraft design, specifically the Airbus A320.
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Prof Roland W Lewis - Honorary Degree, Swansea University
The Council and Senate of Swansea University has invited Prof Roland W. Lewis to accept an Honorary Degree (DEng) from the University.
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Prof Arnaud Malan represented Elemental Numerics at #Africa4Future Summit
#Africa4Future Cape Town summit concludes on a high
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Prof. Nordström appointed Honorary Professor in Computational Mathematics at UCT
We are proud to announce that Prof. Jan Nordström now formally forms part of he InCFD Research Group with his appointment as an Honorary Professor in Computational Mathematics at UCT.
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The University of Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC) and UCT independently award Ph.D. Degree to Leon Malan
Leon Malan, from Mechanical Engineering, is awarded a Ph.D. independently from both UPMC (Paris VI Sorbonne) and UCT.
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