Dr Alexander Wright
- Wolfson Unit MTIA (Website)
- Position
- Enterprise staff
- Institution
- Engineering Sciences (FEE)
- Webpage
- http://www.wumtia.com/
- Telephone
- 02380 585044
- Contact
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I an a Senior Research Engineer at the Wolfson Unit MTIA within the School of Engineering Sciences, concentrating upon the integration of experimental and computational results into a useful source of information within the research and development phase of a project.
Recent projects that I have worked on include -
- Ecover 3 IMOCA 60
- Camper / TNZ Volvo Ocean 70
- Equipment development for Great Britain Olympic track cycling squad
- CFD analysis of wing sails
- CFD analysis of towed underwater bodies
- CFD modelling of wind turbines
I am currently developing a 'Virtual Wind Tunnel' in collaboration with a sail manufacturer, automating the process of computing RANS CFD solutions, allowing non-expert use of large computational resources and state of the art computational models with a quick turn around time.
Research Interests
Physical Systems and Engineering simulation: CFD, Marine Renewable Energy
Simulation software: OpenFOAM
Visualisation and data handling software: ParaView, VTK
Programming languages and libraries: C++, Python
Computational platforms: Cloud computing, Linux
Transdisciplinary tags: Design
Gallery
Streamlines around a set of downwind sails
Zones of low velocity, shed off the tip of a set of upwind sails