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We have 761 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 761 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
High speed photography to investigate surface wear and fatigue in railway rail and wheel steels
A novel high speed photography technique is being developed at Sheffield which will give new insight to the very earliest stages of railway rail and wheel surface modification during contact. Read more
Digital twin railway network
Research at Sheffield has been developing models of the railway network from a range of perspectives including smart-grid energy consumption, passenger satisfaction, and integration of rail with wider city and regional transport networks. Read more
Study of Heat Transfer in Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR)
Sodium cooled fast reactor is one of the six advanced nuclear reactor designs that have been identified by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) to be further developed for potential deployment by 2030. Read more
Smart Computer Models for Nuclear Reactor Design
The project is aimed at taking the advantage of the enormous potentials of the fast developing computing technology and numerical methods to develop new thermal hydraulics solutions and tools for nuclear reactor designs. Read more
Multi-Scale Modelling of the Fatigue and Fracture of Aerospace Alloys
The drive for greater fuel efficiency is making the production of lightweight structures with adequate strength and endurance a primary concern for the aerospace industry. Read more
Fracture of Automotive Advanced High Strength Steels
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) are increasingly used throughout the chassis of modern cars since they provide a high strength-to-weight ratio and improved crashworthiness due to greater energy absorption capabilities. Read more
Fatigue and Fracture of Fibre Composites
Aircraft manufacturers are now competing based on their aircraft’s fuel efficiency due to the high cost of aviation fuel. As a result, in recent years, these manufacturers have turned more and more to the use of lightweight composites in their designs for almost every component of their aircraft. Read more
Unsteady Turbulent Flow in Turbomachinery
This project is aimed at developing better modelling methodologies for turbomachinery by extending a new transient-flow-transition theory that has been developed recently within our research group (See J. Read more
Fundamental Study of Non-Canonical Turbulent Boundary Layers
Good understanding and reliable prediction have been developed for the general behaviour of the boundary layer over a flat plate and simple internal (channel/pipe) flows. Read more
Energy recovery from waste through advanced gasification technology
Gasification is an advanced thermal treatment technology that converts carbon containing materials into syngas for downstream use, e.g. Read more
Hybrid Wind and Photovoltaic Power Generation with Energy Storage
This project will investigate advanced strategies for the design, integration and optimization of hybrid wind/photovoltaic/battery systems for distributed power generation. Read more
Oxygen enhanced gas desulphurisation
Gas desulphurizing is an important process in waste gas treatment process units found in many chemical processing industry, such as in oil refineries and gasification plants. Read more
Ventilation in underground stations and tunnels
Ventilation systems in underground stations and tunnels consumes significant amount of energy. A large number of stations still suffer from very high temperatures resulting in very uncomfortable conditions in hot weather seasons. Read more
Elastic wave propagation
We have built our world out of steel, concrete, and other stiff solids. How well these structures endure depends on the tension and strains they are under, which are closely related to the material’s elastic behaviour. Read more
Experimental and numerical study of manufacturing induced defects in structural integrity of a Metal Matrix Composite
Metal-matrix composites are metals or alloys that includes particles, whiskers, fibres etc. made of a different material. These materials can be tailored to be lightweight and with various other properties. Read more