Specialist research areas
- Boundary Layers:
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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
- Compressible Flows:
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Compressible boundary layers
- transitional boundary layers in low pressure turbines
- Instability:
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Transition to turbulence
- boundary layer transition mechanisms in low pressure turbines
- Mathematical Foundations:
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Computational methods
- RANS and LES codes, turbine design and transition studies
- Micro-/Nano-fluid Dynamics:
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MEMS/NEMS
- Development of MEMS flow sensors
- Turbulent Flows:
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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
- Vortex Flows:
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Vortex breakdown
- wake dynamics in turbine blade rows, interaction with surface boundary layers
- Wakes/Jets:
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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