James Richard Dawson
Professor and Head of the Fluid Mechanics Group
Department of Energy and Process Engineering Faculty of EngineeringBackground and activities
Research Interests
My research interests and activities primarily focus on turbulent flows and turbulent combustion.
Grants and projects
- Research council of Norway, Researcher Project PETROMAKS2, SPRAYICE, 2014 -
- EPSRC (UK), Is fine-scale turbulence universal?, in collaboration with Prof. Bharath Ganapathisubramani and Prof. Richard Sandberg, University of Southampton, 2010 - 2015.
- EPSRC (UK), Advanced Research Fellowship, Enhanced mixing by vortex dynamics, 2007 - 2012.
- EPSRC (UK), SAMULET Project 2, Annular combustion instability and damping methods, 2009-2013.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2017) A laser sheet self-calibration method for scanning PIV. Experiments in Fluids. vol. 58 (10).
- (2017) Effect of equivalence ratio on the modal dynamics of azimuthal combustion instabilities. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. vol. 36 (3).
- (2017) Azimuthally forced flames in an annular combustor. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. vol. 36 (3).
- (2016) Entrainment at multi-scales across the turbulent/non-turbulent interface in an axisymmetric jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. vol. 802.
- (2015) Sensitivity of LES-based harmonic flame response model for turbulent swirled flames and impact on the stability of azimuthal modes. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. vol. 35 (3).
- (2015) The effect of baffles on self-excited azimuthal modes in an annular combustor. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. vol. 35 (3).
- (2015) On velocity gradient dynamics and turbulent structure. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. vol. 780.
- (2014) Flame dynamics and unsteady heat release rate of self-excited azimuthal modes in an annular combustor. Combustion and Flame. vol. 161 (10).
- (2014) A scanning PIV method for fine scale turbulence measurements. Experiments in Fluids. vol. 55 (12).
- (2013) Modal dynamics of self-excited azimuthal instabilities in an annular combustion chamber. Combustion and Flame. vol. 160 (11).
- (2013) Self-excited circumferential instabilities in a model annular gas turbine combustor: global flame dynamics. Symposium, International, on combustion. vol. 34 (2).
- (2013) Tomographic reconstruction of OH* chemiluminescence in two interacting turbulent flames. Measurement science and technology. vol. 24 (2).
- (2013) Invariants of the reduced velocity gradient tensor in turbulent flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. vol. 716.
- (2013) The formation of turbulent vortex rings by synthetic jets. Physics of fluids. vol. 25 (10).
- (2012) The formation of vortex rings in a strongly forced round jet. Experiments in Fluids. vol. 52 (3).
- (2012) Cinematographic OH-PLIF measurements of two interacting turbulent premixed flames with and without acoustic forcing. Combustion and Flame. vol. 159 (3).
- (2012) 2D PIV measurements in the near field of grid turbulence using stitched fields from multiple cameras. Experiments in Fluids. vol. 52 (6).
- (2012) On the drag of turbulent vortex rings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. vol. 709.
- (2012) Measurements in turbulent premixed bluff body flames close to blow-off. Combustion and Flame. vol. 159 (8).
- (2011) Visualization of blow-off events in bluff-body stabilized turbulent premixed flames. Symposium, International, on combustion. vol. 3 (1).