Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Experimental measurements of turbulent flow over porous liners

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and Swathi Krishna. Project description. Aircraft engines are the primary source of noise during take-off and landing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Experimental measurements of pressure gradient history effects on turbulent boundary layers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and John Lawson. Project description. Turbulent boundary layers subjected to pressure gradients are found in a wide range of engineering applications and environmental flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Convective heat-transfer in turbulent boundary layers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and Sean Symon. Project description. The electrification of aircraft as an enabler for achieving our Net-Zero ambitions has been increasingly studied in recent years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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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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Microfluidic devices for sustainable water desalination

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Microfluidics is the manipulation of fluids at the micron-scale (one-millionth of a meter). Microfluidics devices have many applications to address the urgent needs of society and industries in engineering, biology, chemistry, pharmaceutical industries, and, recently water desalination. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M M Malboubi, Dr O Doustdar, Prof K Dearn

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Evolution of eggshell surface structure and physiology

Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences

Avian eggshells exhibit some of the most diverse and fascinating arrays of complex biological variability within the animal kingdom. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Portugal, Dr RF Felice, Dr J Bowen

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

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Novel Material (MOFs) Synthesis using Microfluidic Reactor

University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering

Project description. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), composed of organic linkers and metal nodes, are a class of crystalline porous materials with great application potential. Read more

Supervisor: Dr XX Xu

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

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Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation (XenoSim)

University College Dublin School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Overview. We are at the dawn of a new medical age, marked by the first pig-to-human heart transplant in January 2022, and the second operation in September 2023. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof PC Cardiff

Year round applications PhD Research Project 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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Fast Optimisation of Wind and Tidal-Stream Turbine Arrays

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

Aim. To create a fast, efficient, validated software tool for the layout of wind or tidal-stream turbine arrays. Background. Wind turbines now generate more than a quarter of UK electricity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Apsley, Dr G Lane-Serff

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of physics-constrained reduced order models of thermally driven flows

Monash University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Project description. Thermally driven turbulent flows in engineering and geophysical systems, are highly dimensional, nonlinear, and multi-scale. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Soria, Dr V Kitsios

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

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Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

University of Auckland Department of Physics

The University of Auckland is conducting research into electric propulsion systems for small spacecraft. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Rattenbury

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

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Three-Dimensional Microfluidics for High Throughput Reactions and Bioassays

University of Birmingham School of Chemistry

High-throughput reactions and bioassays allow cost-effective testing of large libraries of bio/chemical molecules for drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and industrial biotechnology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Gupta

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

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Smart Surfaces for Anti-Scaling

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Scaling and mineral deposits that occur due to dissolved materials in water is a problem in many industrial applications. How to remove this scaling without the use of harsh chemicals or methods to prevent it is crucial importance to both the environment and the economy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr GW Wells, Dr R Ledesma Aguilar, Prof G McHale

27 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 178 Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 178 Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Experimental measurements of turbulent flow over porous liners

Experimental measurements of pressure gradient history effects on turbulent boundary layers

Convective heat-transfer in turbulent boundary layers

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

Microfluidic devices for sustainable water desalination

Evolution of eggshell surface structure and physiology

Novel Material (MOFs) Synthesis using Microfluidic Reactor

Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation (XenoSim)

Paleo-modelling of the Red Sea

Fast Optimisation of Wind and Tidal-Stream Turbine Arrays

Development of physics-constrained reduced order models of thermally driven flows

Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

Three-Dimensional Microfluidics for High Throughput Reactions and Bioassays

Smart Surfaces for Anti-Scaling

We have 178 Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 178 Fluid Mechanics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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