Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Numerical investigations of turbulent flame-wall interactions

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Understanding flame-structure-turbulence interactions for hydrogen flames will be crucial to the development of the next generation of low emissions combustion technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J King, Dr G Fourtakas, Dr S Rezaeiravesh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Numerical analyses of subglacial lakes dynamics by lattice Boltzmann method

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Nestled beneath the vast ice sheets of polar regions, subglacial lakes have long remained shrouded in mystery, hidden beneath kilometres of ice. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A De Rosis, Dr G Giustini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Modelling of floating offshore wind farms

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

On its road to decarbonisation, the UK has set very ambitious targets of offshore wind deployment for 2030 of 50 GW, of which about 5 GW will be of floating wind turbines. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Ouro, Prof T Stallard, Prof P K Stansby

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Thermal hydraulics modelling of low-pressure, light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

The Low-Pressure Water Reactor (LPWR) is a 300MW(e) pool-type water-cooled Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design in which the nuclear core is located at the bottom of a deep underground shaft instead of inside a pressure vessel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Giustini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Flight mechanics and stability in birds during extreme manoeuvres of take-off and landing

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

During take-off birds accelerate primarily through from the ground reaction force, with aerodynamics playing a lesser role. In landing things are quite different; birds use mainly aerodynamic drag on the wings to decelerate, with the legs bringing them finally to rest after touchdown. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Parslew

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Paleo-modelling of the Red Sea

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

The Red Sea is a semi-enclosed basin, with limited connections to the open ocean, with narrow and shallow straits operating a strong control on exchanges between the Red Sea and the wider ocean. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Lane-Serff, Dr N Mitchell, Dr D Apsley

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD studentship - Optimizing Pulse-Jet Cleaning for Sustainable Energy: A CFD Approach to Emissions Control

Newcastle University School of Engineering

This PhD project is part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. About the CDT. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lee

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Scour around coastal and offshore structures under complex wave and current conditions

University College London Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

A fully funded PhD project on scour around coastal and offshore structures in collaboration with HR Wallingford. Scour is the process of removing sediments from around foundations of marine structures by currents and waves. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Buldakov

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Nonlinear Aerostructural Optimisation of Boundary Layer Ingesting Fan

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof. Ali Elham, Dr. Jie Yuan. Project description. To meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, aviation (~3% of human global CO2 emissions) must do its share. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Elham

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Coupled heat transfer – stress – hydrogen diffusion modelling in cryogenic combustion systems for zero emission jet engines

King’s College London School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

Transport, the UK’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, presents a major obstacle to UK’s decarbonisation plans. To overcome it, we must develop new sustainable fuel technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CS Skamniotis, Dr DM Moxey, Dr C Gattinoni

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Melike Kurt and Prof Bharath Ganapathisubramani. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kurt

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

How particles pack together to make stable structures is a puzzle that has been addressed by many illustrious scientists and engineers, including Kepler, Coulomb and James Clerk Maxwell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Haw, Dr P Mulheran

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Hydrogen is an energy source of the future. It is imperative to develop competitive hydrogen production technology from renewable sources such as biomass. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Li

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Numerical Investigation of Liquid Metal Magneto-Coriolis-Centrifugal Convection

Coventry University Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems

Applications are invited for a PhD position in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics within the project MAGNADO - The Magnetohydrodynamics of Liquid Metal Tornadoes (selected for funding by the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) and funded through the UKRI 'Horizon Europe guarantee') at the Research Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems (FCS) at Coventry University. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Horn

27 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

PhD Opportunity. Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Mahdiraji

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 52 Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 52 Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Numerical investigations of turbulent flame-wall interactions

Numerical analyses of subglacial lakes dynamics by lattice Boltzmann method

Modelling of floating offshore wind farms

Thermal hydraulics modelling of low-pressure, light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors

Flight mechanics and stability in birds during extreme manoeuvres of take-off and landing

Paleo-modelling of the Red Sea

PhD studentship - Optimizing Pulse-Jet Cleaning for Sustainable Energy: A CFD Approach to Emissions Control

Scour around coastal and offshore structures under complex wave and current conditions

Nonlinear Aerostructural Optimisation of Boundary Layer Ingesting Fan

Coupled heat transfer – stress – hydrogen diffusion modelling in cryogenic combustion systems for zero emission jet engines

Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

Numerical Investigation of Liquid Metal Magneto-Coriolis-Centrifugal Convection

Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres

We have 52 Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 52 Fluid Mechanics (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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