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Sandham - EP/I032576/1 Ab initio hydrodynamic rough surface characterisation with applications

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Neil Sandham

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Research interests

  • Transonic aerodynamics of wings
  • Hypersonic flows with transition to turbulence
  • Flow over rough surfaces
Connect with Neil

Email: n.sandham@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group

Our group undertakes research on fundamental fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, flow control, flight dynamics and aeroacoustics.

Research outputs

Reynolds number dependence of the near-wall flow over irregular rough surfaces
Angela Busse, Manan Thakkar & Neil Sandham, 2017, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 810, 196-224
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2016.680
Type: article
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a rough surface based on a surface scan
Angela Busse, Mark Luetzner & N.D. Sandham, 2015, Computers & Fluids, 116, 129-147
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2015.04.008
Type: article
Laminar-turbulent transition induced by a discrete roughness element in a supersonic boundary layer
N. De Tullio, P. Paredes, N. D. Sandham & V. Theofilis, 2013, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 735, 613-646
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.520
Type: article
Numerical simulation of fully-developed compressible flows over wavy surfaces
c.j. Tyson & N. D. Sandham, 2013, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 41, 2-15
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2013.02.006
Type: article
Simulation of rough wall turbulent channel flow using a parametric forcing approach
A.E. Busse & N.D. Sandham, 2011, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 318(22006), 1-9
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/318/2/022006
Type: article