Research theme: Mathematical modelling and flow analysis
Applying fluid dynamics to address engineering challenges including flooding, coastal erosion and renewable technology.
Mathematical modelling and flow analysis
About our research
Our theme explores the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), specialising in the development and application of computational hydraulics and aerodynamics.
Funded mainly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, our projects focus on:
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evaluating marine renewable technology (wave and offshore wind) through the development of computational fluid dynamics methods and tools
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predicting wave impact loads on coastal and marine structures such as coastal defences, marine vessels and oil and gas platforms
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modelling of wave interactions with fixed and floating bodies
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high-performance computing for CFD
We welcome opportunities for new collaborative projects in these areas.
Ours was the only UK university research group involved as investigators and project partners in both the SUPERGEN wind hub and SUPERGEN marine programmes.
We are currently:
- taking part in the new SUPERGEN ORE Hub programme through its flexible fund support
- leading the multi-partner Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council project on extreme loading on floating offshore wind turbines
And we are one of the lead partners of the Collaborative Computational Project in Wave Structure Interaction consortium and a partner of the UK Fluids Network.
Selected projects
Time, tide and computer codes
Prof Ling Qian explains how mathematical codes are helping to solve major engineering challenges by modelling the impact of waves on coastlines, structures and renewable technology.-
Key publications
- Lin, Z, Qian, L, Bai, W, Chen, H et al (2021) A Finite Volume Based Fully Nonlinear Potential Flow Model for Water Wave Problems Applied Ocean Research, 106, pp 102445-102445
- Zhou, JG (2021) Macroscopic axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann method (MacAxLAB) Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 376, pp 113657-113657
- Jiang, SC and Bai, W (2020) Coupling analysis for sway motion box with internal liquid sloshing under wave actions Physics of Fluids, 32, 072106
- Zhou, JG (2020) Macroscopic Lattice Boltzmann Method Water, 13(1), pp 61-61
- Xue, MA, Chen, Y, Zheng, J, Qian, L and Yuan, X (2019) Fluid dynamics analysis of sloshing pressure distribution in storage vessels of different shapes Ocean Engineering, 192, pp 106582-106582
- Chen, H, Qian, L, Ma, Z, Bai, W, Li, Y et al (2019) Application of an overset mesh-based numerical wave tank for modelling realistic free-surface hydrodynamic problems Ocean Engineering, 176, pp 97-117
- Yan, B, Luo, M and Bai, W (2019) An experimental and numerical study of plunging wave impact on a box-shape platform structure Marine Structures, 66, pp 272-287
- Ma, ZH, Qian, L, Martine-Ferrer, PJ, Causon, DM, Mingham, CG and Bai, W (2018) An overset mesh-based multiphase flow solver for water entry problems Computers and Fluids, 172, pp 689 – 705
- Zhang, JL, Ma, ZH, Chen, HQ and Cao, C (2018) A GPU-accelerated implicit meshless method for compressible flows Journal of Computational Physics, 360, pp 39-56
- Martínez-Ferrer, PJ, Qian, L, Ma, Z, Causon, DM and Mingham, CG (2018) An efficient finite-volume method to study the interaction of two-phase fluid flows with elastic structures Journal of Fluids and Structures, 83, pp 54-71
Contact
Contact us
You can contact individual members of the team through their staff profiles.
For general enquiries, please contact research theme lead Prof Ling Qian.