Postdoc: Computational Fluid Mechanics in Multiphase Flows

The University Of Manchester; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Health services

Annual leave

Holiday closure

Discounts

Job summary

The University of Manchester invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate to join a Leverhulme Trust project investigating air entrainment and bubble formation by plunging jets in complex fluids. The role focuses on numerical method development and high-fidelity simulations in collaboration with experimental/theoretical partners.

The successful candidate will lead the project's numerical programme, develop new algorithms, and contribute to publications and conference presentations.

Qualifications

• PhD in fluid mechanics, physics, engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience developing, deploying and analysing new numerical methods and algorithms.
• Experience in multiphase flows, rheology, non-Newtonian fluids, or mesh-free numerical methods would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project's numerical programme, developing and deploying new algorithms.
• Carry out simulations of jets, bubbles and air entrainment in complex fluids.
• Develop high-fidelity adaptive multiphase fluid simulations in in-house and open-source code bases.
• Contribute to publications and conference presentations.
• Collaborate with academic investigators and project partners across experimental/theoretical studies.

Job description

The University of Manchester invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate to join a Leverhulme Trust project investigating air entrainment and bubble formation by plunging jets in complex fluids. The role focuses on numerical method development and high-fidelity simulations in collaboration with experimental/theoretical partners.

The successful candidate will lead the project's numerical programme, develop new algorithms, and contribute to publications and conference presentations.