Engineering

The main areas of experience are in:

computational fluid dynamics

especially incompressible viscous flows such as those found in many areas of mechanical and environmental engineering.

experimental fluid dynamics

especially the measurement of velocity, pressure and temperature in numerous situations including wind tunnels, real environments and within mechanical products. Techniques such as hot-wire anemometry and laser Doppler anemometry have been extensively used, together with associated data analysis techniques.

thermodynamics

especially to analyse situations where energy production is required, such as wind power, wave power and hydro power.

engineering design

in particular the implementation of processes for carrying out design in industry.

computer-aided design

linking geometry description to computer-based analysis.

A guiding principle is that all tools and techniques should not be used for their own sake, rather they should be used to improve our understanding of real-world situations, products and designs. For example, using a mix of experimental and computational methods often provides a substantially richer understanding of a situation than using one technique alone.

Clients include Fisher and Paykel Appliances Limited, Propeller Jet Limited, P L Berry, Wave Power South Limited, Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and University of Otago.