PhD Studentship: A Numerical Approach to Simulations of High-speed Intake

Flows in high-speed intakes involve multiple shock and boundary layers interaction, reflections, expansions, formation of separation bubbles and transition to turbulent flows under high rates of heat transfer. Accurate numerical representation of such flows requires turbulence treatments beyond RANS, shock capturing methods, and high quality computational meshes for both shock representation and flow resolution in boundary layers. The project will build on the existing high-resolution, high performance, code developed at Loughborough University. This will involve the development and testing of effective mesh adaption and shock capturing techniques specific to this application. The current code operates on arbitrary polyhedral meshes with additional options for immersed boundaries. After testing, the best performing turbulence treatment will be chosen from the existing capabilities of: LES with a dynamic subgrid model, Implicit LES option, or DES.

Entry requirements:

Students should have, or expect to achieve at least an upper second class bachelor degree or equivalent qualification. An ideal candidate would have some experience in code development, programming, CFD, ballistics, simulations of high-speed flows, and CAD.

Additional Funding Information

The studentship is for 3 years (full time) and provides a tax-free stipend of £19,237 per annum for the duration of the studentship plus tuition fees at the UK rate.

Due to funding restrictions, this is only available to those eligible for UK fees.

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