Dr Vincent Wheatley
Qualifications
Ph.D. (Aeronautics), 2005, California Institute of Technology
M.Eng.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), 2000, University of Queensland (Thesis title: Modeling low-density flow in hypersonic impulse facilities)
B.E. (Mechanical and Space Engineering), 1998, University of Queensland (First Class Honors, University Medal)
Research Interests
- Computational Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) (Simulation of plasma instabilities, arcs and plasma thrusters, Numerical methods for MHD, Plasma turbulence)
- Theoretical MHD (MHD shock dynamics and interactions, asymptotic analysis, analysis of plasma instabilities)
- Hypersonics (Scramjets, Shock and expansion tube flows, Rarefied gas dynamics)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (Compressible flow simulations, Discontinuous Galerkin methods, Compact finite difference methods)
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