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Research project

Sandham - EP/G058318/1 - Engineering of surfaces for drag reduction in water

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Neil Sandham

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Research interests

  • Transonic aerodynamics of wings
  • Hypersonic flows with transition to turbulence
  • Flow over rough surfaces
Connect with Neil

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Dr Martyn Prince

Principal Research Engineer
Connect with Martyn

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group

Our group undertakes research on fundamental fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, flow control, flight dynamics and aeroacoustics.

Research outputs

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow over a surrogate for Nikuradse-type roughness
M. Thakkar, A. Busse & N.D. Sandham, 2018, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 837
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.873
Type: article
Change in drag, apparent slip and optimum air layer thickness for laminar flow over an idealised superhydrophobic surface
Angela Busse, Neil D. Sandham, Glen McHale & Michael I. Newton, 2013, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 727, 488-508
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.284
Type: article
Simulations of laminar flow past a superhydrophobic sphere with drag reduction and separation delay
B. Gruncell, N.D. Sandham & G. Mchale, 2013, Physics of Fluids, 25, 1-16
DOI: 10.1063/1.4801450
Type: article
Influence of an anisotropic slip-length boundary condition on turbulent channel flow
A.E. Busse & N.D. Sandham, 2012, Physics of Fluids, 24(55111), 1-20
DOI: 10.1063/1.4719780
Type: article
Parametric forcing approach to rough-wall turbulent channel flow
Angela Busse & Neil D. Sandham, 2012, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 712, 169-202
Type: article