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Multi-Scale Finite Element Method in Fluid Flow and in Porous Media

The project develops new finite element in finite volume multiscale methods that link the pore to the watershed scales.. more...

Supervisor(s):

El-Zein, Abbas (Associate Professor)

Research Location:

Civil Engineering

Program Type:

Masters/PHD

Keywords:

seepage, contaminant transport, multiscale, finite element methods, finite volume methods, reactive diffusion advection

Stability and transition of natural convection boundary layers

This ongoing project is developing analytic and semi-analytic methods and using direct numerical simulation to further develop our understanding of the fundamental behaviour of the transition.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Armfield, Steven (Professor)

Research Location:

Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering

Program Type:

Keywords:

stability, natural convection, boundary layer, transition, turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, direct numerical simulation

Mixing in reservoir side-arms

This project is a collaborative effort involving researchers at The University of Sydney and James Cook University in North Queensland. more...

Supervisor(s):

Kirkpatrick, Michael (Dr), Armfield, Steven (Professor)

Research Location:

Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering

Program Type:

Keywords:

mixing, natural convection, reservoir, water quality, turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, large eddy simulation, direct numerical simulation, parallel computing

Purging of density stabilised saline river ponds by freshwater overflows

This project will combine field work, laboratory and computational components.  The field and laboratory results will provide validation for the numerical model, which will in turn provide full details of the flow structure.  In particular the effect of channel curvature on the freshing, mixing and purging rate will be examined. more...

Supervisor(s):

Kirkpatrick, Michael (Dr), Armfield, Steven (Professor)

Research Location:

Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering

Program Type:

Keywords:

salinity, river management, water quality, density stabilized interface, interfacial mixing, turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, large eddy simulation, parallel computing

Investigation and optimisation of displacement ventilation and cooling systems

In this project an unsteady Navier-Stokes solver that will allow the accurate simulation of the displacement cooling flow will be developed and coupled to an evolutionary optimization code.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Armfield, Steven (Professor), Kirkpatrick, Michael (Dr)

Research Location:

Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering

Program Type:

Keywords:

mixing, natural convection, displacement air-conditioning, optimization, turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, large eddy simulation, direct numerical simulation, parallel computing