Fluid dynamics
Advancing our understanding of flow phenomena through mathematical, computational and experimental means.
Our research
The Fluid Dynamics Group within the Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering is committed to advancing our understanding of flow phenomena through mathematical, computational and experimental means, and applying that knowledge in beneficial ways through close contact with industrial partners.
We conduct internationally-recognised research in a number of different areas, including:
- Petroleum engineering
- Geothermal fluid dynamics
- Microfluidics
- Acoustics and turbulence
- Convection in porous media
- Biofluid dynamics
- Environmental fluid dynamics
Our people
- Professor Rosalind Archer: Petroleum, environmental fluid dynamics
- Dr John Cater: Aero-acoustic, turbulence, respiratory modelling
- Dr Richard Clarke: Microfluidics, biofluid dynamics
- Professor Mike O'Sullivan: Computer modelling of geothermal fields, environmental fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics
- Dr Vinod Suresh: Biofluid dynamics
- Dr Sadiq Zarrouk: Geothermal engineering, reservoir engineering, modelling reactive flows in porous and fractured media
- Dr John O'Sullivan: Computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modelling, modelling wind flow
- Associate Professor Mark Battley
PhD students
- Pavel Sumets: Modelling post-capillary venules
- Michael Gravatt: Modelling the collective behaviour of model microorganisms
- Tet Chuan Lee: Developing constitutive laws for the endothelial glycocalyx layer
- Tharanga Don: Mechanical modelling of lymphatic drainage from the interstitial space
- Sybille van Hove: Modelling airflow in patients wearing respiratory therapies