3 PhD Studentships in Computational Aerodynamics, University of Liverpool

PhD Studentships in Computational Aerodynamics with Airbus, BAE SYSTEMS and MBDA
Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool

Location: Liverpool City Centre
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£17,800 pa - stipend

Closing date for receipt of applications: 30 November 2009
Starting date : available immediately, must start by August, 2010

Applications are invited for 3 fully funded PhD studentships in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Laboratory of Flight Science and Technology, in the Department of Engineering.

The projects are all in the general area of Applied Aerodynamics and involve CFD, the development and application of new numerical techniques and high performance computing. The CFD Laboratory consists of 15 students and researchers, has a range of in-house CFD solvers used both in academia and industry, houses state of the art computing facilities and provides a first rate environment for research.

The studentships which are available for 42 months, cover all fees and a scholarship starting at £17,800. Students will spend an average of one month per year with the industrial sponsor, and are available to UK eligible students only.

The three projects are :

1. Together with MBDA, a European defence company in missile systems, numerical methods to simulate the release of stores from internal weapons bays will be developed.
2. Together with BAE SYSTEMS, the impact of unsteady aerodynamics on the structural integrity of a weapons bay will be assessed using detached eddy simulation tools.
3. Together with Airbus and the German Aerospace Center, methods for the calculation of aerodynamic models for flight simulation will be developed.
   

Entry requirements: Candidates should be highly motivated and committed to their PhD studies, and have, or expect to obtain, a first-class honours degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.

Further information: Please contact George Barakos, Tel: (0)151 794 4849 or Ken Badcock for further information and instructions on how to apply.