Advanced Fluid Mechanics Research Group

The Advanced Fluid Mechanics Research Group investigates a broad range of topics to:
1. further fundamental understanding of fluid flows, and
2. apply that knowledge to specific industrial applications.
Collaboration with industry partners allow our researchers to develop expertise, whilst providing useful findings for industry. Experimental techniques are complemented by numerical simulations as required. Our research projects are listed below by topic.

Click on the name of a project below to view a poster overview. For more information about each project, click on the researcher's name below for contact info.

This glossary may be useful when viewing the posters. Financial sponsors for this work are acknowledged here.

Automotive fan component CFD modelling for design - E. Savory

Numerical investigation of a centrifugal compressor stage for aero-engines - J. Bourgeois

Flow around airfoil and bluff body components of an automotive cooling fan - B. Ghafouri

Axial fan performance: stators versus support arms - G. Hunt

Simulation and experimental study of elliptical cavity flow regimes - T. Khadivi

Stator and support arm aerodynamic performance - E. Abu Ramadan

Stationary Cascade Rig - R. Patel

Automotive electric motor cooling - J. Ryval

Lift and drag of yawed elliptical cavities of varying depths - T. Hering

Turbulent boundary layer flow over surface-mounted circular cavities - J. Dybenko

Micro-traversing laser velocimetry for near-wall flow measurements - M. Vratonjic

Blood flow induced shear stresses and the endothelium biochemical response - M. Horie

High resolution LDV for blood flow studies - E. Savory

A facility for studying blood flow shear stresses and endothelial cell adhesion
- E. Savory, R. Martinuzzi

Flow past a slender pyramid at different incidence angles
- Y. Huang, M. Morrison

Vortex shedding from slender pyramids with small apex angles - M. Morrison

Axial fan performance - modeling in situ effect of blockage behind the fan - G. Hunt

Experimental study of an aero-engine centrifugal compressor stage - J. Bourgeois

Computational fluid dynamic modeling of engine cooling fans - B. Ghafouri

Computational analysis to determine the effect of blockages on axial fans - B. Vermeire

Aerodynamics of a novel vertical axis wind turbine - G. Hunt

Vortex-dominated flows around 3-D surface-mounted bluff bodies
- E. Savory, R. Martinuzzi

DNS of flow past a surface-mounted square prism - R. Kumar

Simulation and experimental study of elliptical cavity flow regimes - T. Khadivi

Fluid flow over three-dimensional surface mounted bluff bodies - R. Kumar

Scaling of ground plane pressure field around surface-mounted bluff bodies - E. Savory

Flow past a slender pyramid at different incidence angles - Y. Huang, M. Morrison

Lift and drag of yawed elliptical cavities of varying depths - T. Hering

Turbulent boundary layer flow over surface-mounted circular cavities - J. Dybenko

Dynamics of flow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons - E. Savory

Simulation of realistic near surface downburst outflow - B. Vermeire

Aeroelastic modelling of transmission lines under downburst outflow wind loading - W. Lin

Coherent structures in rectangular surface jets - S. Gholamreza-Kashi

The aerodynamics of bird flight - Y. Kato, A. Kirchhefer

The control building at the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes - A. Sauer

A novel test facility to simulate intense gusts from convective downdrafts - W. Lin

Full scale testing of a low rise building - M. Morrison

High-resolution numerical simulation of a downburst wind event - L. Orf, W. Lin

Turbulence characterization of a tidally driven flow of the coastal ocean - R. Gurka

Concentration fluctuations in urban street canyon pollutant dispersion - E. Savory

A new measure of contaminant cloud concentrations: estimated mass fraction - C. Smith