UK Scholarship Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Eddy-resolving Simulations
2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Eddy-resolving Simulations for Turbomachinery at University of Southampton , UK
Study Subject(s):Eddy-resolving Simulations for Turbomachinery
Course Level 
ostdoctoral Research
Scholarship Provider: University of Southampton
Scholarship can be taken at: UK
Eligibility:
Candidates will have completed their PhD in relevant disciplines, e.g. aeronautical/mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, physics. Because the project requires modifications to a research code, knowledge of FORTRAN and high-performance computing will be essential. The successful candidate will work with a group of highly motivated, first class research students and researchers in the areas of aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, fluid dynamics.
Scholarship Open for International Students: No
Scholarship Description: Traditionally, the design of turbomachinery components has been exclusively accomplished with steady CFD, with Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models being the predominant choice. With computing power continuously increasing, high-fidelity numerical simulations of turbomachinery components are now becoming a valuable research tool for validating the design process and continued development of design tool. In the current project, Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) and other eddy-resolving approaches will be performed of turbomachinery components to establish benchmark data for design tools, and to investigate physical mechanisms that cannot be captured by traditional CFD approaches. The primary research tool will be an in-house compressible Navier-Stokes solver which is currently used for DNS of axisymmetric flows (e.g. round jets) on UK national supercomputers and the University of Southampton research cluster, running on thousands of computing cores. The DNS data will serve as benchmark data for other turbulence simulation approaches with reduced computational cost, such as large-eddy simulation (LES) or hybrid RANS/LES methods.
How to Apply: Online
Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 November 2011
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Filed Under: Biological Science • University of Southampton
