The student will spend the first stage (6 months) familiarising him/herself with the existing quasi-steady codes used by BP-Amoco for explosion prediction. The next stage would be to design simple tests to ascertain whether acoustics play a major role in the experimental tests. The student will then use the existing code to work out an enhanced overall burning velocity, by parameterising the influence of an acoustic field. For the resonance case (where the flame only undergoes one dimensional oscillations), given a frequency (Khz - determined by the geometry of the flame and surrounds in late stages of the progress of the flame), the acoustic enhancement can be easily calculated.
When the flame is curved and spikes develop due to the Taylor-Markstein instability (density discontinuity in an accelerating flow - due to pressure gradients), it will be necessary to run existing CFD programs to predict the increase in flame surface area, and again translate that into increased mass burning rate, and hence overpressure.
The aim will be to form a predictive tool for the acoustic enhancement of burning velocity which can be used by those working with the danger of possible gaseous explosions.
The work will involve considerable use of nonlinear systems expertise in resolving some of the generic instabilities in pressure wave / flame interactions.
Supervisors and contact phone numbers:
| Leeds | |
| Dr. A.C. McIntosh (Fuel and Energy) | 0113-233 2506 |
| Professor J. Brindley(Applied Mathematics) | 0113-233 5134 |
| BP/Amoco | |
| Dr. Vincent Tam, Sunbury on Thames | 01932 762724 |
Financial Support: EPSRC studentship rate (stlg 6,445) + stlg2,000 from BP-Amoco.
A Research Training Network on "Localisation by Nonlinearity and Spatial Discreteness, and Energy Transfer, in Crystals, Biomolecules and Josephson Arrays" has just been approved for funding by the EC. Coordinated by R.S. MacKay from the University of Warwick, the other participant leaders are S. Aubry (Saclay), A.V. Ustinov (Erlangen), M. Floria (Zaragoza), P.L. Christiansen (Lyngby), G.P. Tsironis (Heraklion), R. Livi (Firenze) and F Fillaux (Thiais). It has several subcontractors, with leaders J.C. Eilbeck (Edinburgh), M. Peyrard (Lyon), S. Flach (Dresden), J.M. Sancho (Barcelona), L. Vazquez (Madrid), N. Theodorakopolis (Athens) and M. Barthes (Montpellier). It also has several associate groups, with leaders P. Littlewood (Cambridge), J-A Sepulchre (Nice), D. Hennig (Berlin), J.F.R. Archilla (Sevilla), M. Salerno (Salerno) and D. Bambusi (Milano), who will be involved in the research but not the training.
The project will start in early Spring 2000 and run for 4 years. It is projected to train young researchers for a total of 329 months in the laboratories of the participants and subcontractors in this exciting field, of which 293 postdoctoral and 36 predoctoral (other funding routes for further predoctoral appointment are envisaged). The project ranges over mathematics, physics, computation and experiments. Applications are welcome to any of the participant and subcontractor leaders. The standard EC RTN rules apply about eligibility, please check these yourself first on http://www.cordis.lu/improving/src/hp_rtn.htm (the full rules are available in the RTN Guide for Proposers under Allowable Costs). Information on vacancies will be coordinated through a website to be set up at Warwick. It does not yet exist, but will be accessible via http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~mackay in the near future.
Source: R.S.MacKay
This is a new European Research Training Network (under the Fifth (EC) Framework Programme), which the EC has just announced has been awarded a grant "subject to contract negotiations". The coordinator is Mark Roberts (Warwick). There are 10 research groups involved, including 3 in the UK (based at Warwick, Surrey and Nottingham), 2 in France and 1 each in Portugal, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. More details can be found on the web at the home page http://www.inln.cnrs.fr/~montaldi/MASIE/
There will be 10 positions associated with the Network and financed by the EC - 5 studentships and 5 postdocs. There is also funding for 2 summer schools, hopefully the first will take place in July 2000. The details have not been finalised yet, and interested people should first visit the website.
Source: James Montaldi
Atmospheric Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellowships
NCAR/Advanced Study Program
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Deadline: 5 January 2000
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) expects to offer 8-10 new postdoctoral fellowships to support research projects in atmospheric science. Applicants with degrees outside atmospheric science (for example, physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, or societal impacts assessment) are also considered if their intent is to apply their areas of expertise to studies of atmospheric processes. NCAR also conducts studies of the sun and invites applications related to that area of research. (See the HAO announcement at http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/inside/postdoc.html)
Primary selection critera are the applicant's scientific capability and potential, especially as indicated by originality and independence, and the match between the applicant's interests and the research opportunities available at NCAR. Most fellows develop research projects in collaboration with NCAR scientists, but all are expected to choose their own research directions and are responsible for the design and conduct of their own projects.
Applicants must have received the Ph.D. not more than four years before the application date or must be able to complete the Ph.D. before starting the NCAR appointment. We encourage applications from women and minorities. The current first-year stipend is $37,000 (plus health and other benefits); appointments are often extended to a second year (currently at $39,000). For more information and for required application material, please see http://www.asp.ucar.edu/asp/pdann.html. Barbara Hansford, NCAR/ASP/U, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 (application and reference letters due by the 5 January 2000 deadline!) (303) 497-1601 or fax (303) 497-1646. NCAR is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
Postdoctoral applicants are expected to show outstanding promise
in research in an area related to dynamical systems, differential
equations, numerical analysis, applied mathematics, or nonlinear
analysis. Candidates should have received a Ph.D. prior to the
start of the appointment starting in the Fall semester of 2000.
Applicants should send a letter of application with a curriculum vitae,
a list of publications, a summary of future research plans and at
least three letters of recommendations to:
Postdoctoral Position
Center for Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Studies
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta GA 30332-0190
USA
For more information about the position see http://www.math.gatech.edu
A post-doctoral position for research in classical and quantum chaos, complex systems, statistical physics, turbulence and related fields. (For information on activities at Northwestern, see http://www.phys.nwu.edu/~canis/)
Applications should include a curriculum vitae, list of publications
and a description of research interests and goals. In addition, applicants
should arrange for 2-3 letters of reference to be sent to:
Predrag Cvitanovic'
Physics & Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
p-cvitanovic@nwu.edu
http://www.phys.nwu.edu/~predrag/
Applications are invited from mathematical scientists for a University of Canterbury postdoctoral position working in the area of mathematical modelling of cell-growth in plants and mammals. This will involve the use of analytical and numerical solution of partial differential equation models which describe the growth of cells which are simultaneously undergoing division. The project leaders are Professors Graeme Wake and David Wall of the Biomathematics Research Centre within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Candidates should be eligible for the award of their Ph.D., or its equivalent, at the time of their appointment which is expected to be no later than 31st March 2000. They should have good academic credentials and have published in international journals. The fellowship is tenable for two years.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a description of the applicant's previous experience in applied mathematics and/or biomathematics and their particular areas of interest. Please quote vacancy number MT78.
You are required to have three referees submit reports directly to the Human Resources Registrar at Canterbury University (Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand) by the closing date specified. Referees should specify telephone, fax and e-mail contact details. Information for candidates on this position, and guidelines on how to apply, are available at: http://www.research.canterbury.ac.nz/postdoc_candidates_frame.htm.
Further details are available from the Project Leaders:
| Professor Graeme Wake | Tel 64 3 364-2682 | Fax 64 3 364-2587 | e-mail g.wake@math.canterbury.ac.nz |
| Professor David Wall | Tel 64 3 364-2699 | Fax 64 3 364-2587 | e-mail d.wall@math.canterbury.ac.nz. |