Artur Lidtke

Artur Lidtke

senior researcher

Research & Development

CFD Development

Introduction

I graduated as a Naval Architect from the University of Southampton in 2013 after which I pursued a PhD degree at the Fluid Structure Interaction group at the same university under the supervision of professors Stephen Turnock and Victor Humphrey. During my project I developed models for predicting multiscale physics of cavitation using LagrangianEulerian methods as well as implemented the Ffowcs WilliamsHawkings acoustic analogy in OpenFOAM. After completing my degree I carried on at the same group looking at hydrodynamics of underwater gliders within the EU BRIDGES consortium httpwww.bridgesh2020.eu. During this time I also developed my skills in experimental testing and electronics while developing custom dynamometry systems. Following my postdoc I came to MARIN in order to continue solving interesting problems encompassing science and engineering. My other experience includes carrying out freelance consultancy work and developing free teaching materials for users of the OpenFOAM CFD package. In my spare time I also enjoy hobby robotics.

Expertise areas

Publications

Paper

Quantifying the effect of turbulence intensity on turbulence-interaction noise of an airfoil using scale-resolving simulations

23 Oct 2024

Noise pollution from ships is known to negatively impact wildlife. It is the low-frequency broadband noise component that can travel over large ...

Paper

General reinforcement learning control for AUV manoeuvring in turbulent flows

1 Oct 2024

Turbulence induces unsteady loads on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and may present a significant navigation challenge. This leads to ...

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The roles of individual force components on the capture mechanism of bubbles around a vortical flow

1 Oct 2024

The mechanism of bubble capture in a vortical flow is investigated using a Lagrangian bubble tracking method. The motion of bubbles and the factors ...

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Nuclei content effects on cavitation inception noise predictions using viscous CFD and Lagrangian bubble tracking

8 Jul 2024

Cavitation inception noise, particularly for tip vortex cavitaiton, forms an important part of ship acoustic signature that affects detectibility ...

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Combining deep reinforcement learning and computational fluid dynamics for efficient navigation in turbulent flows

26 Jun 2023

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) face significant challenges when navigating in turbulent environments, particularly when carrying out tasks ...

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Quantifying uncertainties in numerical predictions of dynamic cavitation

10 Jun 2023

Cavitation on marine propellers is an important issue due to its negative effects on many aspects of their operation. Therefore, accurate prediction ...

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Prediction of underwater radiated noise from propeller cavitation during concept design

17 Oct 2022

There is growing concern about the impact of underwater radiated noise (URN) on marine life. One of the main sources of URN of ships is propeller ...

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Uncertainty quantification in the prediction of cavitation inception of the Duisburg Propeller Test Case

16 Oct 2022

Accurate quantitative prediction of marine propeller performance and cavitaiton inception criteria has important implications for the eventual ship ...

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Predicting cavitating propeller noise in off-design conditions using scale-resolving CFD simulations

15 Jun 2022

There is increasing awareness about the harmful impact of underwater radiated noise of shipping on the marine environment, with propeller cavitation ...

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Broadband Trailing-Edge Noise Predictions using Incompressible Large Eddy Simulations

14 Jun 2022

Incompressible large eddy simulations of the flow over an airfoil at high Reynolds number and low Mach number have been performed, including ...

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Scale-Resolving Simulations of a Circular Cylinder Subjected to Low Mach Number Turbulent Inflow

16 Nov 2021

Inflow turbulence is relevant for many engineering applications relating to noise generation, including aircraft wings, landing gears, and ...

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Estimating parameter and discretization uncertainties using a laminar–turbulent transition model

15 Nov 2021

For computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations at intermediate Reynolds numbers, laminar-to-turbulent transition plays an important role in the ...

Paper

Sheet Cavitation Inception Mechanisms on a NACA 0015 Hydrofoil

18 Oct 2020

Experimentally measured trajectories of a series of free-stream nuclei and their growth while passing an isolated roughness element on a hydrofoil ...

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Parameter Uncertainty Quantification applied to the Duisburg Propeller Test Case

30 Sep 2019

At model-scale conditions (diameter-based Reynolds number below 106), laminar-to-turbulent transition plays an important role on the performance of ...

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Numerical and experimental study on the Duisburg Propeller Test Case

29 Sep 2019

Understanding of cavitation behaviour on marine propellers is of critical importance to ship designers as it dictates several of the operating ...

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Acoustic modelling of a propeller subject to non-uniform inflow

26 May 2019

Understanding radiated noise from marine propellers is of interest from the point of view of mitigating sound pollution and avoiding detection. At ...

Paper

Modelling Natural Transition on Hydrofoils for Application in Underwater Gliders

3 Oct 2016

The aim of this paper is to assess the usefulness of the Local Correlation Transition Model (LCTM, Langtry and Menter, 2009), implemented in the ...

Paper

Using the FW-H equation for hydroacoustics of propellers

28 Sep 2015

Marine propeller noise and vibration has been studied in order to reduce acoustic signature, improve fatigue life and comfort onboard, and, more ...