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Research interests

My research uses experimental and analytical techniques to give physical understanding and to inform low-order models of unsteady flow. This is of particular importance to engineers designing new technologies where the unsteady component of the flow is substantial, e.g. tidal turbines and urban air taxis. In these cases, resolving the full unsteady flowfield using Computational Fluid Dynamics is prohibitively expensive. Neglecting unsteady effects in these scenarios and computing the time-average will lead to inaccurate design calculations. Using experiments to inform low-order models, however, enables accurate, low-cost design calculations. 

Willing to supervise doctoral students

If you are interested in undertaking a PhD with me on the subject of experimental/analytical modelling of unsteady flow in either the aerospace or marine environment, please get in touch.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Education/Academic qualification

Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, Tip-clearance effects in axial compressors, University of Cambridge

Award Date: 20 Oct 2012

Engineering, Master of Engineering, Engineering, University of Cambridge

Award Date: 27 Jun 2008

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  • Design and Demonstration of a Passive Pitch System for Tidal Turbines

    Gambuzza, S., Ōtomo, S., Liu, Y., Young, A., Broglia, R., McCarthy, E. & Maria Viola, I., 2 Sept 2023, Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. Vol. 15. (Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference).

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  • Generating high-efficiency swimming kinematics using hydrodynamic eigenmode decomposition

    Smyth, A. S. M., Young, A. & Di Mare, L., 1 Aug 2023, In: Physics of Fluids. 35, 8, 087103.

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  • Instabilities in tidal turbine wakes

    Smyth, A. S. M., Nishino, T. & Young, A., 2 Sept 2023, Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. Vol. 15. (Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference).

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  • On the accuracy of BEMT and CFD on the power and trust prediction of tidal turbines

    Liu, Y., Gambuzza, S., Broglia, R., Young, A., McCarthy, E. & Viola, I. M., 2 Sept 2023, Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. Vol. 15. (Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference).

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  • The Barnacle: a low-cost marine turbulence sensor

    Young, A. M., Benson, I. A. & Kregting, L., 30 Nov 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 217, 119179.

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