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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Postdoc in Hydrodynamic Analysis of Ocean Wave Energy Devices

Overview

A post-doc position is available at DTU Mechanical Engineering in the field of Hydrodynamic Analysis of Ocean Wave Energy Devices. The department has a well-established research program in mathematical and numerical modelling of nonlinear ocean waves and their interaction with fixed and floating marine structures. The department is strongly involved in ocean energy research through several projects focused on the extraction of wind and wave power from the ocean environment.This position part of a joint research project with external partners.

The expected starting date is 15 February 2011.

Position Description:

This position is funded for a period of one year by the Danish Council for Strategic Research international research alliance “Structural Design of Wave Energy Devices” - www.sdwed.civil.aau.dk/. Additional funding is being sought for a second year.


The post-doc will be responsible for providing a hydrodynamic analysis of several wave-power extraction concepts to all project partners.The analysis will be based both on the commercial wave-structure interaction code WAMIT, and on an in-house, high-order finite difference based potential flow solver for wave-structure interaction.The in house solver is currently being extended to provide support for general structures of arbitrary geometric form. This extension involves moving the solution from one structured, boundary fitted block, to multiple overlapping blocks. The first task of the post-doc will be to complete this extension to produce an efficient solver for linear wave-structure interaction on a variable depth, semi-enclosed fluid. The solver makes use of the Matlab and Fortran 90/95 programming languages, as well as the Overture framework which is written in C++.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a PhD degree in a relevant field within the past two years. Strong skills in scientific computing, fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, and programming in C/C++ /Fortran/Matlab are required, as well as a keen interest in ocean energy, wave-structure interaction and the associated physical processes. Documented knowledge and experience in the areas of computational hydrodynamics; linear and nonlinear wave theory; numerical solution of potential flow problems; and the Overture C++ framework will all be considered as advantages.

Salary and terms of employment

The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for post-doctoral researchers. The period of employment is 1 year with possible extension to 2 years.

Further information

Further information may be obtained from Harry Bingham, tel: +45 4525 1972.

You can read more about DTU Mechanical Engineering at www.mek.dtu.dk.

Application procedure

We must have your online application by Friday December 31, 2010. The application should be no more than 2 pages long and you must indicate how you expect to carry out to the project tasks.

Please open the link "apply for this job online" and fill in the application form and attach your application, CV and publication list.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, handicap, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

www.mek.dtu.dk


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