Modelling of aerodynamic noise generated by high-speed jet flows (jet mixing noise, jet

installation noise)
As the number of flights continues to increase each year, to reduce noise for those who live in the
vicinity of the airports, each individual aircraft needs to be made quieter, and for turbofan engines
jet noise remains a considerable noise source. In the past, most of the jet noise reduction for civil
aircraft came from increasing the size of jet engine. This is because jet engine increase allowed
reducing the jet speed for the same amount of thrust and, since jet mixing noise scales as a high
power of the jet exit velocity, the noise was reduced too. However, any further decrease in noise is
only possible if detailed noise mechanisms are quantified. In addition to jet mixing noise, for large
size jets with a typical jet-under-wing configuration, effects of jet interaction with the wing and the
airframe, such as jet-flap-interaction, need to be considered. This research aims to develop new
computational modelling techniques for detailed investigation of effective jet noise sources based
on a combination of computational methods and modern analytical techniques.


Collaborators: Ohio Aerospace Institute and NASA Glen US, Acoustic Division of Central
Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) Russia, University of Cambridge Department of Engineering UK.
Research Staff: Dr Vasily Semiltov
PhD Student: To Be Appointed
Funding: EPSRC, AARC, Royal Society of London, TsAGI

Modelling of broad band noise in water systems
Fluid generated broadband noise has been a challenging problem for the Aerospace industry over
the past decades. The techniques developed and used within the Aerospace industry are currently
being applied in water within BAE Systems which sponsors the current CASE PhD project. The aim of
this PhD project is to address the prediction of broadband noise within very low speed water
through the use of high fidelity CFD to better understand the turbulence physics and use this
knowledge to better inform and refine lower cost stochastic noise prediction techniques.
PhD Student: Stanislav Proskurin
Funding: EPSRC, BAE Systems

Computational modelling of large-scale geophysical flows in application to tidal turbine energy
Large-scale, interannual and decadal variability of the midlatitude ocean is a significant aspect of the
global climate variability. Through their nonlinear interactions, mesoscale (10-100 km) eddies can
not only maintain the mean circulation but also drive the observed variability. Computational
modelling plays a big role in revealing new mechanisms of this variability and is ultimately important
for understanding and prediction of the climate change. In addition to the fundamental questions of
geophysical modelling, the modelling of large-scale effects, which drive the open-sea unsteadiness,
is important for tidal turbine design since it determines the operating conditions for the turbine. This
research aims to develop high-resolution computational techniques for ocean dynamics at meso-
scale level and utilising these techniques, as well as the existing operational tidal models, to develop
a hierarchy of nested boundary conditions for marine turbine simulations.
Collaborators: Department of Applied Mathematics Imperial College London, National
Oceanography Centre Liverpool, University of Cambridge Department of Engineering
PhD Student: Robin Winkel
Funding: NERC

New computational algorithms for high-resolution turbulent flow simulations
General-purpose computational approaches are very important in turbulent flow modelling. Large
Eddy Simulation (LES) is one popular approach of this type which is becoming increasingly popular
due to increase in the computer power. LES methods rely on directly resolving large flow scale above
a certain limit to capture all dynamically important flow scales. For achieving this under the
constraint of a finite grid resolution, the use of high-resolution numerical methods is crucial. Based
on the high-resolution schemes developed for nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws in the group
over the years, this research aims to extend the modelling to include: high-performance computing
with efficient access to cache memory (CPU and GPU), asynchronous time stepping and nested grids,
and multi-phase flow applications.
Research Staff: Dr Vasily Semiltov, Dr Anton Markesteijn
Collaborators: Moscow Institute of Nuclear Safety Russia, Perm State Polytechnic University Russia,
Argonne National Laboratory US.
Funding: Royal Society of London, JSC Aviadvigatel Russia

Bridging molecular dynamics and continuum fluid mechanics in application to the modelling of
complex molecular systems interaction in aqueous solutions

Interaction of large molecular systems dissolved in water is very important for applications which
range from new drug design and bio-medical flows to chemical engineering. Fully atomistic
simulations of large atomistic systems using pure molecular dynamics remain prohibitively expensive.
This is largely because 90% of the resources are spent for the calculation of surrounding water
molecules that are important for the molecular system transitions. Yet, the bulk of surrounding water
does not directly contribute to the chemical reactions and could be simulated more efficiently through
a collective continuum fluid dynamics contribution. This research aims to develop a new
computational continuum- atomistic framework for acceleration of molecular dynamics simulations.
In the framework, the continuum model based on stochastic fluctuating hydrodynamic equations is
used as a boundary condition for fully atomistic simulations.


Collaborators: Aston University UK, Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia, RIKEN Institute
J apan.
Research Staff: Anton Markesteijn
PhD Student: Pardis Tabaee
Funding: EPSRC, Royal Society of London