Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100985

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150100985

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Entrainment and interface dynamics of turbulent flows. Patches of turbulent flow such as in clouds, volcanic or bushfire plumes grow with time because they draw or entrain non-turbulent fluid through their boundaries. The quantity of fluid entrained, and why it entrains this amount, is poorly understood. This is a major bottleneck in our ability to predict how these natural phenomena evolve in time. This project aims to employ idealised laboratory models of these natural phenomena, and utilise high quality measurement techniques and theoretical tools to quantify and understand the physical basis of the entrainment mechanism. The project aims to create better climate models and more accurate predictions of natural disasters associated with bushfires and volcanos.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $390,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Turbulent Flows | Interdisciplinary Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Atmospheric Processes and Dynamics | Climate Change Models

Other Keywords

Atmospheric Processes and Dynamics | Climate Change Models | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Turbulent Flows

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