EU project aims to understand fluid dynamics better
Researchers from eight EU countries are involved
A team of EU-funded scientists and researchers are working to improve the pharmaceutical industry’s understanding of fluid dynamics.
The Multiflow network is developing a greater knowledge base for the science involved in the behaviour of fluids at a micro- and nano-level, which is of importance to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Project researcher Uwe Thiele, a professor of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Loughborough University in the UK, said the Multiflow network is focusing on the flow of fluids and the surface of fluids when mixed with other substances.
‘The control of complex fluid on small scales (microns and below) is a challenge increasingly met by microfluidic devices, that are…an important way forward in many industries, [such] as [the] pharmaceutical [sector],’ said Thiele.
The study is also investigating the dynamics involved in the mixture of fluids, and the heat and mass transfer process of fluids.
Scientists from eight EU countries, including the UK, are participating.