Vortices on the Giant Planets
As shown in the top panels of the figure, the Cassini and Juno missions to Saturn and Jupiter revealed striking images of vortices at the...
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.
Tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes
Tides between astrophysical objects are ubiquitous in astrophysics, from planets orbiting their host stars to stars orbiting supermassive black holes in galaxy centres. In many...
The Future of Earth’s Jet Streams under Climate Change
Jet streams are fundamental geophysical fluid dynamical features within Earth’s rotating, stratified atmosphere. Unusual behaviour of the jet streams is frequently associated with extreme weather...
The dynamics of fluid supported dense granular flows: A new view on how rock-fluid mixtures impact earthquake occurrences
This project will address fundamental aspects of fluid-dense granular flow giving rise to the evolution of a complex micro- to mesoscale structures in the material,...
Investigating, understanding and visualising floods through the Wetropolis Flood Investigator
We introduce Wetropolis: a mathematical and physical model set-up. Wetropolis consists of a random weather or rain machine driving rainfall in a down-scaled river-catchment landscape....
Interaction of topography with rotation, convection and magnetic fields
Understanding convection is important in a range of geophysical problems. For example, in the interior of the Earth in the fluid outer core or in...
How sustainable is geothermal in the UK: getting a measure of fluid and heat flow in Yorkshire’s aquifers
This project combines mathematical/computational modelling with geological and geophysical parameters to explore fluid and heat flow capacities of potential future geothermal reservoirs within UK aquifers....
A new Lagrangian approach to modelling density currents
This project will use the Ellipsoidal Parcel-in-Cell (EPIC) model to study the fluid dynamics of density currents (also known as gravity currents). EPIC provides a...
A new approach to understanding reversals of Earth’s magnetic field using rare event algorithms
This project involves the investigation of the mechanisms that lead to reversals of the Earth’s magnetic field. As shown in the figure below, the polarity...
Wetropolis flood investigator
Fig. 1. Showcasing Wetropolis at the Global Flood Partnership meeting, Sept. 2022, Leeds. Organised by Mark Trigg et al. See also Youtube video exploring wetropolis,...