Sig Turbulence / Gavin Tabor

Gavin Tabor (Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter)

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Computational Fluid Dyanmics, particularly;
- Turbulence Modelling
- Code design
- Image-Based Meshing
- CFD applications

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Turbulence modelling, particularly
- Large-Eddy Simulation (LES)
- Wall modelling
Use of OpenFOAM,
- Teaching CFD with OpenFOAM
- Code development, meshing
- Industrial and teaching consultancy with the code

Inlet Conditions for Large Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion. EPSRC grant 2002-2006; PhD Student Mohammad Baba-Ahmadi

Hydro International KTP; investigating the use of CFD and Genetic Algorithms within Hydro International Ltd. PhD Student; Daniel Jarman
Flood Risk Management Consortium PhD Student; Istvan Galambos
BCT Project. PhD Student; Richard de Salis

1997
- Fureby, C. and Tabor, G. (1997): Mathematical and Physical Constraints on Large Eddy Simulations, Theor.Comp.Fluid Dynamics, 9#2, pp 75 - 83
- Fureby, C., Gosman, A.D., Tabor, G., Weller, H.G., Sandham, N. and Wolfshtein, M. (1997): Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Channel Flows, Turbulent Shear Flows 11
- Fureby, C., Tabor, G., Weller, H.G. and Gosman, A.D. (1997): Differential Subgrid Stress Models in Large Eddy Simulations, Phys.Fluids., 9#11, pp 3578 - 3580
- Fureby, C., Tabor, G., Weller, H.G. and Gosman, A.D. (1997): A Comparative Study of Sub Grid Scale Models in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence, Phys.Fluids., 9#5, pp 1416 - 1429
1998
- Weller, H.G., Tabor, G., Gosman, A.D. and Fureby, C. (1998): Application of a Flame-Wrinkling LES Combustion Model to a Turbulent Mixing Layer, Proceedings of the 27th Combustion Symposium, pp 899 - 907
- Weller, H.G., Tabor, G., Jasak, H. and Fureby, C. (1998): A Tensorial Approach to CFD using Object Orientated Techniques, Computers in Physics, 12#6, pp 620 - 631
1999
- Tabor, G., Nwagwe, I.K., Weller, H. and Gosman, A.D. (1999): Visualisation of Results from LES of Combustion, Journal of Visualisation, 2#2, pp 177 - 184