Rezavand Hesari A., Coulaud M., Houde S. & Maciel Y. (2025) Measured flow at the inlet of a Francis turbine at various no-load and one deep part-load operating conditions, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Landry C. & Houde S. (2025) Numerical investigations of the impacts of assembly tolerance on the performance of a multistage centrifugal pump, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Bourgeois J., Cara A., Buron J.-D. & Houde S. (2025) Pressure variability in cavitation bubbles induced by low-voltage discharge, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Egusquiza M., Tessier A., Presas A., Valentín D., St-Amant Y. & Houde S. (2025) Experimental study on the detection of vibrations of an operating turbine runner with sensors on the casing, Measurement 248, 116773.

Molana N., Coulaud M., Maciel Y. & Houde S. (2025) Implementation of homologous start-ups of a Francis

turbine model on a closed-loop test rig, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1561, 10th IAHR Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in HydraulicMachinery and Systems (1er-3 octobre 2025, Brno, République tchèque), 012041.

Molana N., Rezavand Hesari A., Maciel Y. & Houde S. (2025) Time-resolved PIV measurement at the exit of a Francis turbine runner during a homologous start-up sequence, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Dussault B., St-Amant Y. & Houde S. (2025) Experimental investigation of non-trivial runner-casing interaction in a simplified hydraulic machine, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Dubé W. & Houde S. (2025) Numerical simulation study of the blockage effect on the hydrodynamics of a Francis turbine at best efficiency point and partial load, 2025 CSME / CFD Canada International Congress, 25-28 mai 2025, Montréal, Canada.

Bourgeois J., Cara A., Savard J., Buron J.-D. & Houde S. (2025) Parametric assessment of size and peak pressure variability for cavitation bubbles induced by low-voltage discharge, Journal of Fluids Engineering 147 (5), 051504.

Bédard J. (2024) Développement d’une stratégie de simulation fluide-structure avec le code Star-CCM+ pour l’étude de résonances dans les turbines hydrauliques, Mémoire de maîtrise (M.Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Fortin, M. (2024). Investigation of Francis turbines at no-load operation, Thèse de doctorat (Ph. D.), Université Laval, Québec.

Audefroy C. (2024) Evaluating flow-added damping via linear stability analysis, Mémoire de maîtrise (M.Sc.), Polytechnique Montréal.

Rezavand Hesari A., Gauthier M., Coulaud M., Maciel Y. & Houde S. (2024) Flow characteristics of a Francis turbine under deep part-load and various no-load conditions, Experiments in Fluids 65 (11), 166.

Savard J. (2024) Conception d’un générateur de tourbillons de pleine charge à l’aide d’outils d’optimisation géométrique basés sur la mécanique des fluides numérique, Mémoire de maîtrise (M.Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Fortin, M., Nennemann, B. & Houde, S. (2024). Numerical investigation of the influence of cavitation on the runner speed at speed-no-load and runaway for a Francis turbine of low specific speed, Journal of Fluids Engineering 146 (6), 061201.

Lamoureux D., Audefroy C., Tazi Labzour O., Houde S. & Gosselin F. P. (2024) Evaluating flow-added damping on a hydrofoil by combining vibro-acoustics and doublet-lattice panel analyses, Flow 4, E24.

Rezavand Hesari A., Munoz A., Coulaud M., Houde S. & Maciel Y. (2024) The measured flow at the inlet of a Francis turbine runner operating in speed no-load condition, Journal of Fluids Engineering 146 (11), 111203.

Rezavand Hesari A., Munoz A., Coulaud M., Houde S. & Maciel Y. (2024) Endoscopic stereoscopic PIV measurements within an enclosed and tight area of a hydraulic turbine, Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, 8-11 juillet 2024, Lisbonne, Portugal.

Rezavand Hesari A. (2024) Study of the fluctuating flow phenomena in the runner of a Francis turbine under no-load conditions, Thèse de doctorat (Ph.D.), Université Laval, Québec.

Buron, J.-D. & Houde, S. (2023). Exploration of transient flow perturbations in a bulb turbine diffuser using proper orthogonal decomposition, Physics of Fluids 35 (8), 085135.

Rezavand Hesari, A., Munoz, A., Coulaud, M., Maciel, Y. & Houde, S. (2023). Flow measurements at the entrance of the Tr-Francis turbine runner in no-load operating conditions, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Molana, N., Maciel, Y. & Houde, S. (2023). Study of 1D simulation of the closed-loop hydraulic test-stand during start-up, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Egusquiza, M. (2023). Analysis of the modal behavior of a Francis model with different sensors, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Lamoureux, D., Audefroy, C., Tazi Labzour, O., Houde, S. & Gosselin, F. (2023). Evaluating flow-added damping of hydrofoils by combining vibro-acoustics and doublet-lattice panel analyses, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Bourgeois, J. (2023). Développement d’un mécanisme de contrôle des tourbillons en colonne dans les turbines hydrauliques opérant à marche à vide à l’aide de simulations numériques d’écoulement, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Rezavand Hesari, A., Munoz, A., Coulaud, M., Maciel, Y. & Houde, S. (2023). Methodology for stereoscopic PIV measurements at the inlet of a Francis turbine runner, Experiments in Fluids 64 (11), 183.

Savard, J., Houde, S. & Favrel, A. (2023). Design of a swirler for generation of cavitating axisymmetric vortices, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Buron, J.-D. & Houde, S. (2023). Modal decomposition of flow instabilities in a straight turbine diffuser around the best efficiency point, Physics of Fluids 35 (5), 055131.

Bourgeois, J. & Houde, S. (2023). Investigations of spoilers to mitigate columnar vortices in propeller turbines at speed-no-load based on steady and unsteady flow simulations, Journal of Fluids Engineering 145 (11), 111202.

Bédard, J., Nicolle, J. & Houde, S. (2023). Two-way simulations of resonances during the acceleration of a rotating structure undergoing rotor-stator interactions, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Buron, J.-D. (2023). Étude expérimentale de l’instabilité hydrodynamique dans l’aspirateur d’une turbine bulbe modèle, Thèse de doctorat (Ph. D.), Université Laval, Québec.

Dussault, B., St-Amant, Y. & Houde, S. (2023). Dynamic response of a rotating structure during start and stop sequences, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Labzour, O. T. (2023). Combination of PINNs and reduced-order modeling to predict vortex-induced vibrations, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Polytechnique Montréal.

Tessier, A., St-Amant, Y. & Thibault, D. (2023). Preliminary experimental modal analysis of a model Francis runner in operation using piezoelectric actuators, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Tazi Labzour, O., Karbasian, H., Houde, S. & Gosselin, F. (2023). Combining reduced-order modeling and PINNs to model fluid-structure interactions, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Labelle, G. (2023). Phase-averaged PIV measurements in the draft tube of a Francis turbine at speed no-load, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Doiron, O., St-Amant, Y. & Houde, S. (2023). Development of control strategies for homologous start-ups of hydraulic turbines at scale model, 2023 CSME/CFDCanada International Congress (28-31 mai 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada).

Raynaud, G., Houde, S. & Gosselin, F. P. (2022). ModalPINN : An extension of physics-informed Neural Networks with enforced truncated Fourier decomposition for periodic flow reconstruction using a limited number of imperfect sensors, Journal of Computational Physics 464, 111271.

Gilis, A. (2022). Visualisation expérimentale de l’écoulement dans la turbine Tr-Francis pendant les régimes de fonctionnement à vide, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Bourgeois, J., Trivedi, C. & Houde, S. (2022). Inception of columnar vortex array in a medium-head Francis turbine at speed-no-load, Viennahydro: 21st International Seminar on Hydropower Plants (9-11 novembre 2022, Vienne, Autriche).

Gilis, A., Coulaud, M., Munoz, A., Maciel, Y. & Houde, S. (2022). Experimental study of the flow of the Tr-Francis turbine along the no-load curve, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1079, 31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (26 juin – 1er juillet 2022, Trondheim, Norvège), 012019.

Fortin, M., Nennemann, B., Deschênes, C. & Houde, S. (2022). Classification of the hydraulic behavior along the no-load curve of Francis turbines, Journal of Fluids Engineering 144 (3), 031205.

Fortin, M., Nennemann, B. & Houde, S. (2022). Characterization of no-load conditions for a high head Francis turbine based on the swirl level, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1079, 31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (26 juin – 1er juillet 2022, Trondheim, Norvège), 012010.

Houde, S. (mars 2021). Challenges and solutions for low-load regimes in hydraulic turbines, Keynote lecture, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (online).

Raynaud, G. (mai 2021). Insights on machine learning for CFD and an introduction to physics-informed neural networks, Conférence invité pour le groupe Génie Par la Simulation – GPS, École Polytechnique.

Houde, S. & Bourgeois, J. (avril 2021). Des tourbillons, de l’eau, de l’électricité : Recherche sur les turbines hydrauliques, Conférence invité pour le groupe Génie Par la Simulation – GPS, École Polytechnique.

Raynaud, G., Houde, S. & Gosselin, F. P. (mars 2021). Simplifying Physics-Informed Neural Networks for periodic flows, American Physical Society meeting (online).

Yamamoto, K., Roubaty, M., Morisod, M., Coulaud, M. & Houde, S. (2021). Numerical investigation of flow instabilities in speed no-load operation of a bulb turbine, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 774, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (21-26 mars 2021, Lausanne, Suisse), 012115.

Fortin, M., Nennemann, B., Deschênes, C. & Houde, S. (2021). Evolution of discharge and runner rotation speed along no-load curves of Francis turbines, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 774, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (21-26 mars 2021, Lausanne, Suisse), 012121.

Raynaud, G. (2021). Study of physics-informed neural networks to solve fluid-structure problems for turbine-like phenomena, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Polytechnique Montréal.

Gagnon, P.-L. (2021). Preliminary numerical simulations of a medium head Francis turbine at speed no-load, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Châteauvert, T., Tessier, A., St-Amant, Y., Nicolle, J. & Houde, S. (2021). Parametric study and preliminary transposition of the modal and structural responses of the Tr-FRANCIS turbine at speed-no-load operating condition, Journal of Fluids and Structures 106, 103382.

Tonot, Y. (2020). Amélioration de l’écoulement dans un banc d’essai de turbine hydraulique à l’aide de la CFD, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Raynaud, G. (octobre 2020). An extension of Physics Informed Neural Networks to solve Partial Differential Equations with a modal approach, Conférence au séminaire IVADO Digital October.

Châteauvert, T. (2020). Preliminary study of the structural response of a Francis turbine operating in speed-no-load regime, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Tyrode, V. (2020). Analyse modale d’une structure submergée à partir de jauges de déformation, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Dussault, B. (2020). Mesure des vibrations d’un système en rotation à l’aide de sondes de proximité installées dans un repère fixe, Mémoire de maîtrise (M. Sc.), Université Laval, Québec.

Coulaud, M., Lemay, J. & Deschênes, C. (2020). Experimental study of a bulb turbine model during start-up and at speed-no-load conditions, based on the measurement of unsteady pressure, Journal of Fluids Engineering 142 (8), 081210.

Buron, J.-D., Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2020). Statistical and spectral analysis of the BulbT conical diffuser flow, International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems 13 (1), 79-89.

Fortin, M., Nennemann, B., Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Numerical study of the flow dynamics at no-load operation for a high head Francis turbine at model scale, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 240, 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (16-21 septembre 2018, Kyoto, Japon), 022023.

Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Hydrodynamical and structural studies at the Laboratory of Hydraulic Machines, Keynote, 3rd Francis-99 Workshop, Trondheim, Norvège.

Buron, J.-D., Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Investigation of the BulbT conical diffuser flow dynamics with TR-PIV and pressure measurements, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 240, 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (16-21 septembre 2018, Kyoto, Japon), 022037.

Melot, M., Coulaud, M., Chamberland-Lauzon, J., Nennemann, B. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Hydraulic turbine start-up : a fluid-structure simulation methodology, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 240, 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (16-21 septembre 2018, Kyoto, Japon), 022024.

Houde, S., Dumas, G., Maciel, Y. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Investigations of rotating stall inception in a propeller turbine runner operating in low-load conditions, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 240, 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (16-21 septembre 2018, Kyoto, Japon), 022021.

Štefan, D., Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Numerical investigation of flow in a runner of low-head bulb turbine and correlation with particle image velocimetry and laser doppler velocimetry measurements, Journal of Fluids Engineering 141 (9), 091403.

Coulaud, M., Lemay, J. & Deschênes, C. (2019). Analysis of the runner behavior during the start-up sequence in a bulb turbine model, Journal of Fluids Engineering 141 (8), 081106.

Tyrode, V., St-Amant, Y. & Marcouiller, L. (2018). Essais préliminaires de jauges de déformations semiconductrices pour la mesure de vibrations de structures présentant de faibles déformations, Conférence de l’ACVM – La contribution des technologies prédictives pour l’industrie 4.0 (30-31 octobre 2018, Québec, Canada).

Houde, S., Dumas, G. & Deschênes, C. (2018). Experimental and numerical investigations on the origins of rotating stall in a propeller turbine runner operating in no-load conditions, Journal of Fluids Engineering 140 (11), 111104.

Fortin, M., Houde, S. & Deschênes, C. (2018). A hydrodynamic study of a propeller turbine during a transient runaway event initiated at the best efficiency point, Journal of Fluids Engineering 140 (12), 121103.

Dussault, B., St-Amant, Y. & Marcouiller, L. (2018). Utilisation de sondes de proximité pour la mesure des vibrations et l’analyse modale de machines tournantes en opération, Conférence de l’ACVM – La contribution des technologies prédictives pour l’industrie 4.0 (30-31 octobre 2018, Québec, Canada).

Houde, S., Giroux, A.-M. & Marchand, C. (2018). Tr-FRANCIS : Un partenariat gagnant, Keynote, Association de l’Industrie Électrique du Québec (AIEQ), Cocktail conférence, Montréal, Canada.