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The Fluid Dynamics Group (FDG), University of Hull, is looking to recruit a 3-year PDRA to advance new models of particle transport in turbulent flows through optical-based measurements of experiments, and numerical models. The research will be conducted in a new, globally unique, Stratified Flow Facility enabling high-fidelity measurements of particle transport in stratified shear flow. The successful candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary team developing state of the art experiments to quantify the physics of particle transport, under the direction of Dr Robert Dorrell.

With over 60% of the worlds surface erodible sediment covered by water, the project aims to quantify processes controlling the transport of natural and artificial particulates. To enable this, the objective of the research is to develop experimental methods to study mixing processes in turbulent multiphase flows, which are density stratified by definition. The candidate will join an interdisciplinary group of academics, developing experiments in a globally unique Stratified Flow Facility at the University of Hull. This new facility is designed to sustain particle-laden thermally stratified shear flows, with state-of-the-art capabilities to measure simultaneous four-dimensional velocity, density, and scalar concentrations. The candidate will conduct experiments to quantify flow scale mixing controls on particle transport in stratified shear flows. As part of the FDG, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to interface with on-going research across core University of Hull research themes, including offshore renewable energy, flood risk and ecohydraulics. The successful candidate will further be supported to develop wider collaborative research in academia and industry, supervise PhD students and develop independent research income.

The successful candidate will have a background in fluid dynamics, preferably including sediment transport mechanics and/or the use of Particle Image or Tracking Velocimetry (PIV/PTV) and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF); however, full in-house and external training and support on all equipment will be available. The successful candidate will have a PhD in either computational sciences, earth sciences, engineering, mathematics, physics or a related discipline, and will have an established or developing research profile.

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