About the project
A current research project is preparing the code set for the next generation of exascale computing, including development of tools for analysis of large data sets. The methods used for the research will be direct numerical simulation, using multi-block structured grids, and modal analysis based on simulation databases.
You will join a group of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers using high performance computing to advance understanding of high-speed aerodynamics, relevant to next generation supersonic and hypersonic flight vehicles.
Intakes for high-speed vehicles are required to slow down the oncoming flow with minimal losses. The resulting designs include oblique shock waves that interact with wall boundary layers. The subsequent shock-wave boundary-layer interactions result in flow separation that can lead to extreme unsteadiness and unstart of the intake. Numerical simulations allow access to time- and space-resolved information that is difficult to obtain with laboratory experiments.
Over the past decade we have developed efficient software that enables us to run large numerical simulations with billions grid points on mixed computer architectures including CPU and GPU machines.
On the project you will gain skills in advanced computational methods and data processing, working alongside a diverse group of researchers and contribute to UK efforts in hypersonics.
You will develop your writing and presentation skills and have the opportunity to present results at international conferences and interact with other groups around the world.
