Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics PhD / MPhil

There are six research routes available within the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering:

• Aeronautics Engineering PhD / MPhil
• Air Transport Engineering PhD / MPhil
• Air Transport Operation, Safety and Maintenance PhD / MPhil
• Automotive Engineering PhD / MPhil
• Energy Engineering PhD / MPhil
• Mechanical Engineering PhD / MPhil

The Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department has strong expertise in the area of Fluids Engineering. Research can be performed in topics related to:

• Computational and experimental fluid dynamics and their applications to IC engines
• Compressors and turbines
• Various fluid machinery (injectors, pumps, propellers, fly wheels, marine systems)
• Flow control
• Boundary layer drag reduction
• Supersonic flow
• Energy conversion systems.

In the area of CFD expertise exists in the development of numerical methods and physical models for multi-phase flows and cavitation, turbulence modelling (LES and DNS), fluid-structure interaction, flow control, boundary layer drag reduction, phase-change processes (cavitation and vaporisation), liquid sprays and combustion processes. In the area of experimental fluid dynamics expertise exists in laser diagnostics (LDV, PDA, PIV, LIF among other) and instrumentation of various sensors for recording the performance of various machines.