Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Manchester |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | £26,000 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 14th June 2024 |
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Closes: | 17th July 2024 |
This 4 year PhD covers tuition fees and provides a tax free of £26,000 per annum. The start date is 1st October. The funding is for home students and those with settled status.
This PhD will develop and implement compact optical measurement systems suitable for installation on race cars and aircraft. Using machine vision technology and event-based cameras, properties such as fluid velocity, surface pressure, and boundary layer states will be measured. Techniques such as particle image velocimetry and pressure sensitive paint will be applied to measure flowfields in compact spaces with poor optical access such as under vehicle floors or in cavities.
The project will utilise electronics, optics, programming to investigate aerodynamics and will provide the candidate with an excellent base of industrially relevant skills as well as the opportunity to work with a motorsport team for a direct application of the work.
Applicants should have achieved a minimum 2:1 honours BEng in a relevant engineering field (Mechanical or Aerospace preferred) - MSc or MEng preferred. Funding includes UK home student fees only.
Please contact the supervisor, Dr Mark Quinn, before you apply: mark.quinn@manchester.ac.uk
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