Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102920

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102920

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The elusive upper bound of heat transfer in horizontal convection. The question as to whether lateral variation in global ocean buoyancy resulting from low solar radiation near the poles and higher temperatures in the tropical regions (known as horizontal convection) is a driver for global ocean currents is critical to our understanding of this complex and delicate system that maintains Earth's temperate climate. This question hinges on the relationship between heat transport and strength of buoyancy forcing towards global scales; this project proposes a landmark experimental effort supported by detailed simulations to probe the ultimate regime of heat transport in horizontal convection. The project is expected to inform the direction of future ocean and climate modelling efforts to the benefit of humanity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $375,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Interdisciplinary Engineering | Computational Heat Transfer | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

Other Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics | Computational Heat Transfer | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Interdisciplinary Engineering

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