Fields of Research

Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Maritime engineering
Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
Marine engineering
Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
Fundamental and theoretical fluid dynamics
Ocean engineering
Naval architecture
Machine tools
Fluid-structure interaction and aeroacoustics
Turbulent flows
Special vehicles
Dynamics, vibration and vibration control
Composite and hybrid materials
Multiphysics flows (incl. multiphase and reacting flows)

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in engineering
Nautical equipment
Maritime
Emerging defence technologies
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Water transport
International sea freight transport (excl. live animals, food products and liquefied gas)
Scientific instruments

Career Best Publications

Calibration of Mie scattering imaging for microbubble measurement in hydrodynamic test facilities; Experiments in Fluids
Cavitation about a jet in crossflow; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Experimental study of the steady fluid-structure interaction of flexible hydrofoils; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Experimental study of ventilated cavity flow over a 3-D wall-mounted fence; International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Inviscid cavity flow over a wall-mounted fence; Ocean Engineering: An International Journal of Research and Development
Load-dependent bend-twist coupling effects on the steady-state hydroelastic response of composite hydrofoils; Composite Structures
Natural nuclei population dynamics in cavitation tunnels; Experiments in Fluids: Experimental Methods and Their Applications to Fluid Flow
On the unsteady behaviour of cavity flow over a two-dimensional wall-mounted fence; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Spectral content of cloud cavitation about a sphere; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a flexible hydrofoil. Part 2; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Wavelet analysis techniques in cavitating flows; Philosophical Transactions A

Research Publications

A method for generating lifting surface profiles from simplified parametric equations; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
A numerical investigation of the viscous 2-D cavitating flow over a wall - mounted fence; 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
An Australian capability for submarine control surface performance evaluation; Mast Asia Conference 2015
An experimental investigation of microbubble generation in confined turbulent jet; 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
An experimental investigation of the optical measurement of microbubbles in a confined radial jet; 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion
An experimental study of cavity flow over a 2-D wall-mounted fence in a variable boundary layer; International Journal of Multiphase Flow
An experimental study of unsteady behaviour of cavity flow over a 2-D wall-mounted fence; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
Artificial thickening and thinning of cavitation tunnel boundary layers; Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Artificial thickening of cavitation tunnel boundary layers; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Background nuclei measurements and implications for cavitation inception in hydrodynamic test facilities; Experiments in Fluids
Bubble Behaviour
Bubble breakup in a turbulent shear layer; 9th International Symposium on Cavitation
Calibration of Mie scattering imaging for microbubble measurement in hydrodynamic test facilities; Experiments in Fluids
Cavitation about a jet in crossflow; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Cavitation about a sphere impacting a flat surface; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Cavitation due to an impacting sphere; 9th International Symposium on Cavitation
Cavitation in tip-leakage flows; 33rd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Characterization of microbubble generation in a confined turbulent jet; 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020
Cloud cavitation behavior on a hydrofoil due to fluid-structure interaction; Journal of Fluids Engineering
Cloud cavitation behaviour on a hydrofoil due to fluid-structure interaction; 17th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery
Computational investigation of ventilated cavity flow over a 2-D fence; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Computational study of tip-leakage flow around a static hydrofoil; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
Control of cloud cavitation through microbubbles; 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020
Data-Driven Model of the Response of Flexible Hydrofoils in Cloud Cavitation; 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Development of a cavitation susceptibility meter for nuclei size distribution measurements; 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (20AFMC)
Dual-camera mode visualization of cavitating flows; CAV2021: 11th International Symposium on Cavitation
Dynamics of cavitation inception in high Reynolds number shear flow; 33nd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics 2020
Effect of material design parameters on the forced vibration response of composite hydrofoils in air and in water; Fifth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors
Experimental investigation of a base-ventilated supercavitating hydrofoil with interceptor; 8th International Symposium on Cavitation
Experimental investigation of a hydrofoil designed via hydrostructural optimization; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Experimental Investigation of Ventilated Cavity Flow over a Wall Mounted Fence; 16th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery
Experimental modelling of steady hydrofoil fluid-structure interaction; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Experimental study of the steady fluid-structure interaction of flexible hydrofoils; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Experimental study of ventilated cavity flow over a 3-D wall-mounted fence; International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Generation and dispersion of monodisperse microbubbles; 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2018
Global mode visualisation in cavitating flows; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
Hydroacoustic Characterisation of the AMC Cavitation Tunnel; Acoustics 2013 Victor Harbor: Science, Technology and Amenity
Hydrodynamic response of a passive shape-adaptive composite hydrofoil; Marine Structures
Hydrofoil Tip Vortex Cavitation Measurements at the Australian Maritime College Cavitation Tunnel
Influence of nucleation on cavitation inception in tip leakage flows; Physics of Fluids
Influence of pressure on microbubble production rate in a confined turbulent jet; 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (20AFMC)
Inviscid cavity flow over a wall-mounted fence; Ocean Engineering: An International Journal of Research and Development
Joint research between Australia and Japan on the cavitation inception of marine propellers and control surfaces; MAST Asia 2017
Leading edge interfacial phenomena of sheet and cloud cavitation; 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (20AFMC)
Limitations on 2D Super-cavitating Hydrofoil Performance; Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Load-dependent bend-twist coupling effects on the steady-state hydroelastic response of composite hydrofoils; Composite Structures
Material bend-twist coupling effects on cavitating response of composite hydrofoils; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
Measurement of Cavitation Nuclei Dispersion in Hydrodynamic Facilities; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
Measurement of nuclei seeding in hydrodynamic test facilities; Experiments in Fluids
Microbubble content in the wake of a cavitating hydrofoil; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Microbubble disperse flow about a lifting surface; 32nd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Microbubble generation for PIV seeding; 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (20AFMC)
Microbubble generation from condensation and turbulent breakup of sheet cavitation; 31st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Microbubble generation in a confined radial jet; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Microbubble Generation via Combined Saffman-Taylor and Plateau-Rayleigh Instabilities; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
Microbubble production in a confined cavitating radial jet; CAV2021: 11th International Symposium on Cavitation
Natural nuclei population dynamics in cavitation tunnels; Experiments in Fluids: Experimental Methods and Their Applications to Fluid Flow
Noise from sub-boundary layer steps; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Nucleation and cavitation inception in high Reynolds number shear layers; Physics of Fluids
Nucleation and cavitation number effects on tip vortex cavitation dynamics and noise; Experiments in Fluids
Nucleation effects on cavitation about a sphere; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Nucleation effects on cloud cavitation about a hydrofoil; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Nucleation effects on hydrofoil tip vortex cavitation; 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2018
Nucleation effects on tip vortex cavitation inception location; 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020
Nucleation effects on tip-gap cavitation; 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC2020)
Nuclei Distribution Measurements in Australian and Japanese Cavitation Tunnels using the Australian Maritime College Cavitation Susceptibility Meter
Numerical analysis of base-ventilated intercepted supercavitating hydrofoil sections; Ocean Engineering
Numerical analysis of basic base-ventilated supercavitating hydrofoil sections; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
Numerical analysis of ventilated cavity flow over a 2-D wall mounted fence; Ocean Engineering
On the unsteady behaviour of cavity flow over a two-dimensional wall-mounted fence; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Proceedings of the 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics; 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Proceedings of the eighteenth Australasian fluid mechanics conference; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Propeller Tip Vortex Cavitation Measurements at the Australian Maritime College Cavitation Tunnel
Scale effects on cavitation about a sphere; 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020
Scaling of Microbubble Generation in a T-junction; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
Spectral content of cloud cavitation about a sphere; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Spectral content of cloud cavitation about a sphere; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Static calibration and dynamic behaviour of a six-component force balance for variable pressure water tunnel facilities; Experimental Techniques
Statistical aspects of tip vortex cavitation inception and desinence in a nuclei deplete flow; Experiments in Fluids
Steady and unsteady loading on a hydrofoil immersed in a turbulent boundary layer; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Steady and unsteady loads acting on a hydrofoil immersed in a turbulent boundary layer; 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (20AFMC)
The effect of boundary layer thickness on cavity flow over a backward-facing step; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
The effect of nuclei and gap height on cavitation in tip leakage flow; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
The effect of nuclei on the attachment hysteresis in cavitating trailing vortices; CAV2021: 11th International Symposium on Cavitation
The effect of vapour cavitation occurrence on the hydrodynamic performance of an intercepted base-ventilated hydrofoil; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
The influence of bend-twist coupling on the dynamic response of cavitating composite hydrofoils; 5th International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’17)
The Influence of Expansion Tube Diameter on Microbubble Production in a Confined Cavitating Jet; 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - 23AFMC
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a flexible hydrofoil. Part 2; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a hydrofoil; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a rigid and a flexible hydrofoil: Part 3; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a stiff hydrofoil. Part 1; Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The Influence of Nucleation on Cavitation Inception in Tip-Leakage Flows; 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
The influence of nucleation on cavitation inception in turbulent shear layers; 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
The influence of nucleation on cloud cavitation about a sphere; 16th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery
The influence of nucleation on the spectral content of cloud cavitation about a hydrofoil; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
The influence of nuclei content on cloud cavitation about a hydrofoil; 17th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery
The Specialist Committee on Hydrodynamic Noise Final Report and Recommendations to the 29th ITTC; ITTC Virtual 2021 Specialist Committee on Hydrodynamic Noise
Towards real-time optical measurement of microbubble content in hydrodynamic test facilities; 10th Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018)
Validation of a microbubble seeding generator for particle image velocimetry applications; 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Ventilated cavity flow over a backward-facing step; 9th International Symposium on Cavitation
Wavelet analysis techniques in cavitating flows; Philosophical Transactions A

Research Projects

Microbubble disperse flow about lifting surfaces; Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Nucleation and Cavitation Inception in Tip Leakage Flows; Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Nucleation and Cavitation Physics of a Marine Propulsor; Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Benchmarking of tests applied to generic submarine model
Cavitation Inception and Hydroacoustics Measurement
Cavitation Research Capability Development & Associated Studies
Experimental study of 5-blade propellor induced wakes
Fluid structure interaction studies and propulsor performance (SEA 1000)
Maritime Acoustics and Propulsion Performance
Measurement of the vibration behaviour of flexible hydrofoils
Microbubbles for Particle Image Velocimetry
Naval Propeller Cavitation
Nucleation Effects on Cavitation Inception of Marine Hydrofoils and Propellers
Predicting turbulent multi-phase flows with high fidelity: a physics based approach
Propeller Performance Modeling Benchmark Study
SEA 1000: Future Submarine Hydrodynamics Research
Submarine Propulsor Research Project
Targeted artificial seeding and diagnostics of cavitation nuclei for hydrodynamic research
The influence of hydrodynamic lifting surfaces on freestream microbubble content

Research Candidate Supervision

Experimental investigation of super-caviting hydrofoils for ride control of high-speed craft
Unsteady Loading of Hydrofoils Normally Immersed in a Turbulent Boundary Layer
Viscous Wake Flows About a Generic Submarine