ESPRC IDLA Studentship - Research into Low order modelling of Rotating Detonation Engines

Applications are invited for a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge to conduct research into low order models of a rotating detonation engine, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce under the Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award (IDLA) scheme. Rotating Detonation Engines offer a potential improvement towards lower weight/higher power propulsion systems compared to to conventional gas turbine engines. This project involves the development of a skeleton simplified model for a rotating detonation engine (RDE), using existing models, which will be coded it in a way that makes it simple to access potential performance using realistic thermodynamics. Validation will be conducted using higher fidelity models (RANS and/or LES) and potential experiments.