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Thermofluids research group
This page gives an overview of the research activity by the Thermofluids research group at the Department of Engineering, University of Leicester.
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The Thermofluids group has an established academic reputation for its contributions to the fundamental understanding of unsteady, reacting, and of acoustically active flows. It combines numerical, analytical, and experimental approaches to deliver a powerful insight in thermal and fluid problems of relevance to industry. |
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The group is part of the UK National Focal Point network in acoustics and noise (X-Noise). It led as Coordinator the €2.3M Marie Curie EST programme AeroTraNet, supporting the design methods for the “next generation environmentally friendly civil aircraft”. It actively works with the UK power sector on advanced combustor concepts for turbo-engines, supported by a fundamental enquiry in mixing flow dynamics. The numerical work is based on novel direct and large-eddy simulation techniques. It is complemented by time-resolved laser velocimetry, point and scalar-field techniques in its extensive experimental facilities, which include a return leg low speed wind tunnel with a primary working section of 1square metre, a gas dynamics lab with a Mach 1.4 blow-down tunnel driven by 8cu.m. air at 1000psi, free-surface and submerged water tunnels with a 900,000 litre sump, and a hemi-anechoic chamber.
