Department of Industrial and Environment Fluid Dynamics

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Duc
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0913 014 228

List of department staff:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Duc (Head of Department)

2. Dr. Nguyen Quang Thai

3. Ms. Do Thi Thu Ha

4. Ms. Nguyen Thieu Hoa

5. Mr. Nguyen Van Tung

6. Ms. Duong Thi Thanh Tam

Equipment:

• Aerodynamic pipe systems: used to study the aerodynamics of airflow surrounding objects, equipment, and structures.
• Hydrodynamic pipe systems: used to study the hydrodynamics of flow surrounding underwater objects, equipment, and structures.
• Digital universal data acquisition system: Coupling and control; Acquisition and digitization of voltage (or current) signals from temperature, pressure, etc. sensors.
• 3D PIV system: Measures 2D and 3D velocity fields of liquid and gas flow using optical methods and image processing.
• Single-phase/two-phase flow test system in a riser tube for studying the hydrodynamics of single-phase liquid/gas flow in vertical pipes.
• Liquid-vapor phase transition flow experimental system with heat and mass exchange;
• Ultrasonic flow velocity field distribution measurement system – UVP.
• Software for simulating and calculating industrial flows, environmental conditions, oil reservoirs, pipelines, water quality, and air quality (RELAP5, ANSYS FLUENT 15, OpenFOAM, Aeromod, etc.).

Area of ​​activity:

• Fundamental research and theoretical studies of fluid mechanics, gas mechanics, thermohydraulics of liquid/gas/particle flows.
• Research on building and developing numerical models, simulating, calculating, and analyzing fluid dynamics considering interactions, heat and mass exchange, and phase transitions in multiphase media.
• Research and develop experimental systems and conduct experiments in the field of industrial and environmental fluid mechanics.
• Applying and implementing the results of scientific and technological research in the field of industrial and environmental fluid dynamics worldwide to production and training in Vietnam.
• Researching scientific and technological issues in the oil and gas production and transportation industry: oil reservoir simulation, oil and gas transportation in pipelines, pipeline corrosion, etc..
• Research on issues related to operational optimization, thermohydraulic safety in the energy industry, thermohydraulic simulation and safety analysis of nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants, etc.
• Research on thermohydraulic simulation of flow and the quality of surface water, groundwater, and air.
• Research on measuring and calculating flow in industry and the environment..

Participated in undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and the Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology..

Key achievements:

Research Projects and Science and Technology Service Contracts in the last 5 years

• VAST (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) project (2026-2027): “Scientific basis and computational simulation for the design of wastewater treatment technology using hydrodynamic cavitation generation method.”.
• VAST project (2026-2027): “Study on Dynamics of Gas/Vapor Cavity in Expansion and Collapse Near Oscillating Solid Walls in Liquids”.
• IMECH (Institute of Mechanics) project (2026-2027): “Study on the prediction of sea surface temperature in the Vietnamese sea using data-driven machine learning models and physics-based machine learning models”.
• IMECH project (2025-2026): “Study of the dynamics of multilayer fluid particles under the influence of surfactants”.
• Science and Technology Service Contracts (2024-2025) : ” Consulting and research on air pollutant dispersion models at Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant”, Contract No.: 02/2024/HDDV.ISTEE-IMECH.
• IMECH project (2024): “Studying the dynamics of multinucleated fluid particles moving in a constricted channel”.
• National project (2019-2023) “Research on forecasting technology for production and optimizing the pace and distribution of production and injection using a combination of artificial intelligence algorithms.”.
• IMECH project (2022-2023): “Applying big data analysis and machine learning techniques in oil and gas production forecasting, air pollution prediction, and satellite imagery analysis”.
• IMECH project (2023): “Numerical study of fluid-solid interaction problems using ANSYS software and simulates the fluid-solid interaction of oil flow in a pipe”;
• IMECH project (2022): “Simulation of two-phase oil-water flow in a horizontal pipe using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)”.
• IMECH project (2022): “Simulation of airflow in a thermal chimney of a solar-powered passive cooling system using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)”.
• IMECH project (2021): “Overview of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods for multiphase flow and model selection, and simulation testing of liquid-gas flow in oil and gas pipelines”.
• IMECH (2021): “Study and simulation of gas/vapor bubble formation in Venturi tube flow using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)”;
• VAST project (2019-2020). “Assessing the level of environmental pollution and proposing solutions to address the aftermath of the fire at Rang Dong Thermos Flask Joint Stock Company”.
• IMECH project (2020): “Oil production using the gaslift method. Computational models and intelligent automation technologies in the intermittent gaslift method”.
• IMECH project (2020): “Applying machine learning algorithms in satellite data analysis, flow forecasting, and environmental pollution assessment”.

  Scientific publications in English in the last 5 years

• Tam T.T. Duong,, Truong V. Vu, Duc T. Nguyen (2026). Dynamical behavior of a multi-core compound droplet covered with insoluble surfactants in simple shear flow. Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 324, 1 April 2026, 123297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2026.123297.
• Quang-Thai Nguyen, Duong Ngoc Hai, The-Duc Nguyen, Van-Tu Nguyen, Jin-Yul Hwang, and Warn-Gyu Park (2025). Numerical Analysis of Pressure Propagation Emitted by Collapse of a Single Cavitation Bubble near an Oscillating Wall. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. Vol. 145, Issue 3, pp. 3433-3452.https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2025.070570.
• Nguyen The Duc, Phan Ngoc Trung, Duong Ngoc Hai, Nguyen Quang Thai, Nguyen Hai Tien, Do Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Van Tung (2025). Liquid and oil production forecasting for mature waterflooding oil field based on machine learning models. SOCAR Proceedings, No. 3 (2025), pp. 82-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5510/OGP20250301100.
• Nguyen, Quang-Thai, Van-Tu Nguyen, Hemant Sagar, Ould el Moctar, and Warn-Gyu Park (2025). Effects of oscillating curved wall on behavior of a collapsing cavitation bubble. Physics of Fluids 37(1), pp.013312, 2025.01 ISSN 1089-7666 SCIE, (Q1, Top 5% JCR IF 4.1 2024).
• Nguyen, Quang-Thai, Ebrahim Kadivar, Thanh-Hoang Phan, Van-Tu Nguyen, Ould el Moctar, and Warn-Gyu Park (2025). Effects of free surface on dynamics of a laser-induced cavitation bubble near horizontal rigid wall. Ocean Engineering 319 , pp. 120258, 2025.03, ISSN 0029-8018, SCIE, (Q1, Top 6% JCR, IF 4.6 2024).
• Quang-Thai Nguyen, Dương Ngoc Hai, The-Duc Nguyen, Warn-Gyu Park, Van-Tu Nguyen (2025). Numerical simulation of micro-jet formation in collapse of a single cavitation bubble near controlled oscillating wall. Proceedings of the scientific conference on Information Technology, Electronics, Automation, and Space Science and Technology commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, March 2025, pages 273-278. Natural Science and Technology Publishing House, 2025, ISBN: 798-604-357-359-6.
• Nguyen Quoc Trinh, Do Thi Thu Ha (2005). Assessment of sea temperature changes trends at some marine stations in the Gulf of Tonkin. Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Marine Science and Technology, Hanoi, February 2005.
• Le Ngoc Son, Nguyen The Duc, Sumihiko Murata, Phan Ngoc Trung (2024). Automatic History Matching for Adjusting Permeability Field of Fractured Basement Reservoir Simulation Model Using Seismic, Well Log, and Production Data. Geofluids, vol. 2024, Article ID 4097442, 28 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/4097442.
• Seong-Ho Park, Van-Tu Nguyen, Thanh-Hoang Phan, Trong-Nguyen Duy, Quang-Thai Nguyen, and Warn-Gyu Park (2024). Numerical simulation of wall shear stress and boundary layer flow from jetting cavitation bubble on unheated and heated surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 222, pp. 125189, 2024.05. ISSN 0017-9310, SCIE, (Q1, Top 15%, IF 5.2).
• Van-Tu Nguyen, Thanh-Hoang Phan, Seong-Ho Park, Trong-Nguyen Duy, Quang-Thai Nguyen, Warn-Gyu Park (2024). Numerical Study of Shock Waves and Supersonic Jets Triggered by Cavitation Bubble Collapse in Different Pressurized Ambient. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 38(8), pp.4167-4173, 2024.08. ISSN 1738-494X, SCIE, (Q3, IF 1.5).
• Nguyen, Quang-Thai, Van-Tu Nguyen, Thanh-Hoang Phan, Trong-Nguyen Duy, Seong-Ho Park, and Warn-Gyu Park (2023). Numerical study of dynamics of cavitation bubble collapse near oscillating walls. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 013306, 2023.01. ISSN 1089-7666 SCIE, (Q1, Top 5% JCR IF 4.6).
• Duy, Trong-Nguyen, Van-Tu Nguyen, Thanh-Hoang Phan, Quang-Thai Nguyen, Seong-Ho Park, and Warn-Gyu Park (2023). Numerical study of bubble dynamics near a solid wall with a gas-entrapping hole. Ocean Engineering , Vol. 285, pp. 115344, 2023.10. ISSN 0029-8018, SCIE, (Q1, Top 4% JCR, IF 5.0).
• Nguyen The Duc, Duong Ngoc Hai, Phan Ngoc Trung, Le Quoc Trung, Nguyen Quoc Dung (2023). A Simulation Model for Oil Production by Intermittent Gas Lift Technology. SOCAR Proceedings, Special Issue, 2023, pp. 46-54. https://doi.org/OGP2023SI200882.
• Le Ngoc Son, Phan Ngoc Trung, Yoshihiro Masuda, Sumihiko Murata, Nguyen The Duc, Sunao Takagi, Ahmad Ghassemi (2022). Development of a method for adjusting rock compaction parameters and aquifer size from production data and its application to Nam-Su fractured basement reservoir of Vietnam. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 210, 109894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109894. ISSN: 0920-4105.