Multiphase flow in anisotropic heterogeneous porous media
The fall in the reserve replacement rate means that enhanced oil recovery (EOR) will become increasingly important. Improving EOR requires a thorough understanding of capillary...
Projects
Please note that the PhD projects listed are examples of projects offered to current CDT students and as such are not generally available to prospective students.
Improved numerical models for gas flow in shale
Shale gas has rapidly changed the energy market in the USA and is poised to do so elsewhere in the world. Despite this success there...
Modelling Internal Wave Focussing and its Role in the Ocean's Circulation
Internal gravity waves are interior ocean waves driven by gravity acting on layers with varying density in the ocean. They are held responsible for a...
The impact of cold pools and microbursts on engineering infrastructure
Convective squalls are responsible for extreme wind gusts in many parts of the world. These squalls can have a significant impact on structures such as...
Extreme Free-surface Hydraulic modelling with a novel validation approach
Full three-dimensional simulation of extreme flows in rivers and man-made channels is not only difficult to model but also difficult to measure and thus validate....
Development of multi-phase and multi-physics modelling approaches for the cavity flushing after underground coal gasification (UCG) operations and for the potential CO2 storage
The main objectives of the proposed research is to develop fully coupled multiphysics models to provide the capability of addressing the issues that arise from...
Segregation in high concentration particulate flows
Particle segregation and associated problems such as inertial migration are of interest to a wide range of problems from industrial processes such as suction dredging...
Understanding and predicting high-impact tropical cyclones
Each year tropical cyclones cause enormous amounts of damage due to their destructive winds, heavy precipitation and their effects on the sea. Two particularly intense...
Shark biomimetics - drag reduction in sharks: beyond parallel riblets
Sharks are highly efficient long-distance swimmers based on several hundred million years of evolution. Shark biomimetics (‘learning from nature’) offers the possibility of optimising drag...
Turbulence in density currents
Currents, driven by a density difference from the ambient surroundings, are an important class of geophysical flow, pertinent to atmospheric, terrestrial, deep marine and inner...