Advanced Research and Development in Fluid Machinery: Design, Optimization, and Applications
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Machine Design and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: impeller pumps; sliding bearings
Interests: impeller pumps; cavitation; computational fluid dynamics; variable ballast system
Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); fluid machinery; unsteady flow; hydraulic machinery; cavitation; multiphase flow; optimization of pump
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fluid machinery components, such as pumps, water turbines, and marine propellers, play a crucial role in optimizing the efficiency and functionality of various systems. However, design methods for such systems and internal flow studies continue to face numerous challenges, including improving their overall efficiency under diverse operating conditions, understanding multiphase flow mechanisms, and ensuring the stability of bearing–rotor systems. By employing innovative design approaches and advanced research techniques, we can foster the development of fluid machinery and deepen our understanding of the intricate flows encountered in these systems.
We invite scholars and researchers to submit their contributions to our Special Issue ”Advanced Research and Development in Fluid Machinery: Design, Optimization, and Applications”. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel designs for enhancing the performance of fluid machinery;
- Innovative studies on multiphase flow in fluid machinery;
- Investigations into bearing–rotor systems in fluid machinery.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and case studies that address these critical areas, and invite authors to join us in improving the performance of hydraulic machinery through cutting-edge research and development.
Dr. Yandong Gu
Dr. Christopher Stephen
Dr. Leilei Ji
Prof. Dr. Guoyi Peng
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- fluid machinery
- pump
- bearing–rotor systems
- multiphase flow
- water turbine performance
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- fluid-structure interaction
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