Research Assistant/Associate in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Combustion (Newcastle, GB)

Salary:

Research Assistant: £31,396 to £32,982 per annum

Research Associate: £33,966 to £44,263 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 10 October 2024

The Role

Applications are invited for a position of Research Assistant/Associate in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Combustion. This is an exciting opportunity and your contribution will be critical to the delivery of the outcomes for an Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded research project (EP/Y017951/1) on swirl stabilised hydrogen premixed flames.

The research aims to deliver on the following: 1. An advanced Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) database for hydrogen-air premixed swirl flames under representative combustor operating conditions. 2. A comprehensive understanding and a detailed analysis of the behaviour of the Processing Vortex Core (PVC) under non-reacting and reacting flow conditions. 3. Identification of the combustor operating conditions for which hydrodynamic/thermoacoustic instabilities exist. 4. An in-depth analysis on extinction strain rates and heat release rate for lean hydrogen premixed flames. The outcomes of this project will offer knowledge on the flame stability limits and will contribute to the development of hydrogen based power generation and propulsion devices (e.g. gas turbines used for power generation and aircraft engines).

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