PhD Studentship (EPSRC DTP) – Data-driven Design of Mixed Flow Pumps and Compressors

The push for net-zero energy and propulsion applied sciences is resulting in many new system architectures being proposed. Inside these radial and blended circulate pumps and compressors function closely, typically in sizes and performing duties not at the moment out there off the shelf. A fast design system would allow the flexibleness and velocity to guage these new structure, accelerating the supply of the UK Web Zero goal.

This venture addresses this by redeploying and lengthening present data-driven design strategies for axial machines to cowl this house. Present data-driven design instruments appropriate for axial machines have given an acceleration of two orders of magnitude, this venture intends to attain the identical velocity up for radial and blended circulate units. This would offer the toolset wanted to quickly discover these new architectures and speed up our net-zero ambitions. The venture will use not too long ago developed data-driven aerodynamic inverse design strategies combining CFD of assorted levels of constancy, sometimes utilized in design, with multi-variate regression strategies to offer each inverse design capabilities and circulate discipline prediction of radial and blended circulate units. The subject makes it nicely fitted to any college students with a shared curiosity in each aerodynamics and data-science.

You’d be based mostly inside the Whittle laboratory, a supportive and collaborative analysis group. The brand new Whittle Laboratory constructing works are at the moment underway so you’ll be inside the first cohort to maneuver into the brand new constructing which accommodates each cutting-edge testing services and a vibrant neighborhood of analysis college students, researchers, teachers and industrial companions.

Candidates ought to have (or count on to acquire by the beginning date) at the least an excellent 2.1 diploma, ideally at masters stage, in Engineering or a associated topic.

EPSRC DTP studentships are fully-funded (charges and upkeep) for college students eligible for House charges. Full eligibility standards will be discovered by way of the next hyperlink; https://www.postgraduate.examine.cam.ac.uk/finance/charges/what-my-fee-status

To use for this studentship, please ship your CV and a doc with names and speak to info for 2 referees to:

Chris Clark [email protected] (by way of the ‘Apply’ button above) no later than fifth April.

Purposes might shut early if the place is crammed earlier than this date. Please word that any supply of funding will probably be conditional on securing a spot as a PhD pupil. Candidates might want to apply individually for admission by means of the College’s Graduate Admissions software portal (https://www.graduate.examine.cam.ac.uk/programs/listing/egegpdpeg ). Candidates additionally have to have submitted a full software by means of the appliance portal no later than 5 April 2024.

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