Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102638

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102638

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Predictive capability for particle capture in aquatic ecosystems. This project investigates the fundamental fluid mechanics of particle capture, whereby suspended particles contact and adhere to a solid structure. This process is examined in productive and biodiverse ecosystems (such as coral reefs and seagrass meadows) whose health, productivity and propagation are directly controlled by particle capture. Existing formulations for particle capture are valid only under highly idealised conditions that are grossly unrepresentative of the complexity of ecosystem flows. The goal of this project is to use a coupled computational-experimental campaign to develop predictive capability for particle capture in ecosystems, where the flow can be turbulent and/or wave-dominated and the biological structures complex.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $286,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Turbulent Flows | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

Other Keywords

Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Turbulent Flows

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