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Turbulent transport of algae in stably stratified rivers: a computational fluid dynamics study

In stably stratified shear flows, turbulent mixing is suppressed by the background stratification. In rivers, these conditions allow buoyant cyanobacteria to float to the surface an more...

Supervisor(s): Williamson, Nicholas (Dr), Armfield, Steven (Professor)

Fluid-structure interaction in the human upper airway

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic methods to analyse fluid structure interaction in model reconstructions of the human upper airway. more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Experimental analysis of dry powder inhalers for pulmonary drug delivery

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic techniques for the quantitative analysis of dry powder inhalers (DPIs). The project will focus on improving our fund more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Development of next-generation fuel delivery devices for thermal energy conversion

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic and computational methods to analyse the potential of using electrostatic charge as a means to delivery fuels in mic more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Compressible Turbulent Mixing

A fundamental understanding of compressible turbulent mixing is critical to advancing technologies in aeronautical, automotive, clean energy and acoustics. This project aims to deve more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)

Mycoviruses of rust pathogens

Most if not all rust species that have been studied to date carry mycovisues. The role of these hyperparasites is not understood at all. The project will undertake sequencing of myc more...

Supervisor(s): Park, Robert (Professor)

Efficient Large Eddy Simulations of Helicopter Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics

This project aims to push forward the state of the art in unsteady turbulent simulations of helicopters and UAVs flying in atmospheric turbulence generated over ships and through ur more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)

Dissipative pressure waves and the mechanics of granular materials

This project will experimentally investigate damage zones around seismogenic faults. This will be achieved through examining a novel basic mechanism for instability in solids: volum more...

Supervisor(s): Marks, Benjy (Dr)

Dynamic X-ray analysis of fibre reinforced concrete composites: from pouring to ultimate loads

The entire life cycle of a concrete member will be studied using dynamic X-ray tomography. This project will investigate the influence of mixing and pouring on the load carrying cap more...

Supervisor(s): Marks, Benjy (Dr), Dias-da-Costa, Daniel (Dr)

Understanding the growth of hydrodynamic instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the USA has managed to achieve a fusion fuel gain of 1 in landmark experiments. However, the targeted gain is substantially higher than this more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)