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We are currently seeking a Research Fellow in analytical and numerical modelling of multiphase flows and sprays
Equipment facilities at the SHRL
Multi-cylinder engines
- '2/4': V6 prototype camless gasoline DI engine (2/4 stroke)
Single cylinder engines
- 'Hydra 1': Optical gasoline DI single cylinder engine (Ricardo hydra)
- 'Vertigo': Optical Diesel single cylinder engine (Ricardo hydra, 2.0 l ford puma)
- 'Proteus': Optical Diesel rapid compression machine (Ricardo Proteus)
- 'Hydra 2': Diesel single cylinder engine (Ricardo hydra, 2.0 l ford puma)
- 'Green': Heavy duty Diesel engine (Ricardo Proteus)
Optical steady state rigs
- Ambient pressure Diesel chamber
- Steady state high-flow facility
- Dynamic flow visualisation rig (DFVR)
- 3 wind tunnels
In all test cells
- Provision for independent control of heating and boosting of intake air.
- Industry standard testbed equipment
- Configurable high speed control data acquisition (AVL Indiset, Indimodul, MTS CAS)
- Combustion analysis (Horiba 7000, AVL Smoke, Noise)
- Independent FIE rigs
Optical Systems
- 1 high-speed Copper Vapour Laser (50 kHz)
- 1 compact dual-cavity Nd:YAG laser
- 1 Phantom v12.1 high-speed video camera (680k fps)
- 2 Nd:YAG Lasers (one dual-cavity T-YAG/PIV)
- 1 Dye laser pumped by 1 Nd:YAG
- 1 Argon Ion laser
- 1 Helium Neon laser
- 3 Gated CCD cameras
- 2 Gated intensifiers
- 1 high-speed video camera (140k fps)
- 2-component LDA/PDA system with advanced transmitting optics for dense spray analysis
- Heavy duty programmable 3D traverse
- Schlieren system
Analysers and other equipment
- Full gas analysers (Horiba 7000)
- Smoke/PM analyser
- 3 dedicated screw compressors (delivering 1.25 kg/s, up to 10 bar o/p)
- High flow roots type blower (delivering 0.5 kg/s)
- Scanning Electron Microscope (resolution: 2.5 nm; magnification up to x40,000)
- Machining shop, bespoke in-house design and fabrication