Specialist research areas

Boundary Layers:

 

Boundary layer control

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines, turbulent separations in compressors

Boundary layer receptivity

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

Boundary layer separation

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

Boundary layer stability

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

Boundary layer structure

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

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Compressible Flows:

 

Compressible boundary layers

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

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Instability:

 

Transition to turbulence

• boundary layer transition mechanisms in low pressure turbines

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Mathematical Foundations:

 

Computational methods

• RANS and LES codes, turbine design and transition studies

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Micro-/Nano-fluid Dynamics:

 

MEMS/NEMS

• Development of MEMS flow sensors

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Turbulent Flows:

 

Intermittency

• transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines

Turbulence modelling

• RANS models for boundary layer transition

Turbulent boundary layers

• boundary layers in turbines and compressors

Turbulent transition

• boundary layer transition in low pressure turbines

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Vortex Flows:

 

Vortex breakdown

• wake dynamics in turbine blade rows, interaction with surface boundary layers

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Wakes/Jets:

 

Separated flows

• wake dynamics in turbine blade rows, interaction with surface boundary layers

Shear layers

• wake dynamics in turbine blade rows, interaction with surface boundary layers

Wakes

• wake dynamics in turbine blade rows, interaction with surface boundary layers

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