Contact Dr Panagiotis Tsoutsanis
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- Email: panagiotis.tsoutsanis@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Vehicle Aerodynamics
Background
MEng of Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool 2003
Second-lieutenant Hellenic Air-Force 2004-2006
Phd Â鶹´«Ã½AV 2006-2009
Airframe & Development Engineer, Aegean Airlines 2009-2011
Associate Research Scientist, The Cyprus Institute 2011-2012
Project Leader of UCNS3D (www.ucns3d.com)
Research opportunities
Opportunities for research in the following topics:
Development of High-Order Numerical Methods for Turbulence Modelling
Hybrid Finite-Volume/Finite-Element Methods for Compressible Flows
Industrial scale Very Large Eddy Simulation
High-Order Visualisation of Transient Turbulent Simulation Data
Automotive aerodynamics
Multiphysics modelling
Post-Docs: We welcome top-quality motivated fellowship applicants (RAEng, UKRI, H2020), please send a detailed CV and your top 4 papers for a discussion.
PhDs: The group usually takes in maximum 2 new PhD students a year in the above topics. Please send a detailed proposal and your CV for discussion.
Visiting Fellows/Senior PhD Students: The group considers up to 2 cases per year (6-12 months) with a clear research plan that future collaboration plan that benefits the group.
Current activities
State-of-the-art numerical methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics in the following areas:
Turbulence modelling in conjunction with high-order schemes
Large-scale production RANS for aerospace applications
Implicit Large Eddy Simulation for hybrid-unstructured meshes
Parallel scientific computing with numerical-methods driven partitioning techniques
Techniques for moving overset meshes tailored complicated geometries
Adaptive mesh refinement strategies for efficient simulation techniques.
Multiphysics modelling using the diffuse interface model
These activities are realised in a novel computational framework UCNS3D (www.ucns3d.com), which i lead, and is the a collaborative effort from prominent professionals in academia and industry from more than 7 countries.
Clients
- MBDA UK Ltd
- Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
- Red Bull Racing Ltd
- Leonardo S.p.A. (Agusta Westland)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Airbus SE
- BAE Systems PLC
- Innovate UK
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- European Commission
- Atomic Weapons Establishment
