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Simulation of flow-induced vibrations in tube bundles using URANS 309

through the PhD fellowships of Jeroen De Ridder and Laurent De Moerloose. The computa-
tional resources (Stevin Supercomputer Infrastructure) and services used in this work were pro-
vided by the Flemish Supercomputer Center (VSC), funded by Ghent University, the Hercules
Foundation, and the Flemish Government department EWI.

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