Do you have a strong track record on using or developing Riemann problem-based methods? Are you experienced in object-oriented programming? Can you teach? The Senior Teaching Associate post in Computational Continuum Modelling at the University of Cambridge may be for you. You will be joining a very strong team teaching the modules of the MPhil […]
Seminar at Aerospce Plasma Group MIT
A team from LabSC visited Carmen Guerra Garcia at her Aerospace Plasma Group (MIT AeroAstro Department) and presented ‘A Next Generation Computational Multiphysics Approach for Fusion Reactor Simulations’. The Photo shows Carmen with LabSC team, Nikos Nikiforakis and PhD students (Maria Chrysanthou and Alexis Farmakalides), posing in AeroAstro’s new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel https://lnkd.in/eFZmf3UD
Paper published on numerical modelling of ablation of geological materials
The model emphasises the feasibility of using Millimetre wave for drilling. Compared to traditional mechanical drilling, Millimetre wave has the advantage of unlocking deeper and hotter resources such as a geothermal reservoir.This is open access and can be read from the permalink: doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105571 Great work by Albert Zhang and thanks to Quaise Energy
20 years of collaboration with Boeing celebrated
“We were focused on them delivering their mission, but also on their side … they were mindful to help us achieve our science goals. It’s this two-way thing that made it a beautiful partnership.” Nikos Nikoforakis in ‘Mutual admiration society’ helps U Cambridge-Boeing partnership flourish’, University-Industry Engagement Advisor July 2023 The 20-year collaboration between the […]
The future of flying
Our research projects on plasma arc interaction with aerospace composites, ultrasonic excitation of substrates and laser melt of titanium powders have been highlighted in a recent article on the University’s strategic partnership with Boeing https://lnkd.in/e9HmR5xz The projects were led in our group by Stephen Millmore who has worked over a period of 12 years with the […]
Presentations at 3rd HPC Fusion Workshop
Our PhD students Maria Chrysanthou and Alexander Farmakalides have given presentations at the 3rd HPC Fusion Workshop on “Mathematical and computational assimilation for plasma boundary physics for integrated fusion reactor simulations” and “A Computational Multi-physics Approach for Whole System Fusion Reactor Simulations“. The snapshots show Maria’s stability analysis results of a perturbed cylindrical plasma tube […]
Featured article on Physics of Fluids
Delighted to see the paper by Muir and Nikiforakis on “Numerical modelling of imposed magnetohydrodynamic effects in hypersonic flows” appear as a Featured article on Physics of Fluids. The work contributes to research on how weakly ionised plasmas can be actively manipulated via imposed magnetic fields – a concept termed magnetohydrodynamic flow control. This allows […]
A new approach to model phase transitions in multi-material problems.
Our latest work on a multiphysics model facilitating elastoplastic solids, gases, cavitating liquids and reactive materials, has appeared in the Int. J. of Multiphase Flow, see Wilkinson, Barton and Nikiforakis https://lnkd.in/d4B_r8g8
MultiMat 2022
Strong presence of our group at MultiMat 2022, the 10th International Conference on Numerical Methods for Multi-Material Fluid Flow, presenting our research on fusion reactor simulations, condensed phase explosives, lightning strike on aerospace materials and multiphase flows around compex geometries. Congratulations to Remi Abgrall and Elena Gaburro for the excellent organisation. https://lnkd.in/eUmZKdtn
Front cover of Journal of Applied Physics
We are pleased to see the paper by Wallis, Barton, and Nikiforakis: “A unified diffuse interface method for the interaction of rigid bodies with elastoplastic solids and multiphase mixtures”, on the front cover of the Journal of Applied Physics https://lnkd.in/dH7Ngry8