Fluid mechanics: Environmental aerodynamics, building aerodynamics, boundary layer flow, turbulence, transport and exchange processes, two-phase and more-phase flows. bio-fluid mechanics, experimental and numerical methods
Environmental problems: Strong wind, damages of natural and technical structures caused by wind, pollutant dispersaltransport processes in flows, wind shelter, city climate, particle deposition, flue gas dispersion, cold air production
Measuring technology in fluid mechanics: Development of non-contact, laser-optical fluid and particle measuring systems, methods of laser anemometry, wind tunnel techniques, real-time image processing, development of tomography techniques, imaging and space capturing measuring technique
Selected publications
Ruck, B., Makiola, B., 1988: "Particle Dispersion in a Single-Sided Backward-Facing Step Flow", Int. J. of Multiphase Flow, 14, 6, 787-800
B.Ruck, E.Adams, 1991: " Fluid Mechanical Aspects in the Pollutants Transport to Coniferous Trees", Boundary Layer Meteorology, 56, 163-195
Ruck, B., 1993: "Wind-Tunnel Measurements of Flow Field Characteristics Around a Heated Model Building", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 50, Elsevier, pp. 139-152
Ruck, B., 1994: "Ein neues laseroptisches Verfahren zur Sichtbarmachung und Echtzeit-Vektorisierung von Strömungsfeldern", Laser und Optoelektronik, 26, Heft 5, 67-71
Ruck, B., Pavlovski, B., 1998: "Entwicklung eines Laserlichtschnitt-Tomographiesystems zur Erfassung von Strömungsstrukturen", Laser & Optoelektronik, 30 (4), S. 61-70
