Dr Michael P. Kirkpatrick
Senior Lecturer in Energy, Fluids and Environment
CONTACT DETAILS
Building J07, Room S409
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 9351 2675
Fax: +61 2 9351 7060
Email : michael.kirkpatrick DOMAIN aeromech.usyd.edu.au
QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering,
BE (Hons I + medal), Mechanical Engineering, University of
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Australian Mathematical Society (Treasurer of Engineering Mathematics Group)
American Geophysical
CAREER
2006 - present Senior Lecturer in Energy, Fluids and
Environment at the University of Sydney
2004 - 2006 Lecturer in Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Tasmania
2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the
Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University/NASA Ames
1998 - 2002 Ph.D at the University of
Sydney
1996 - 1997 Mechanical Engineer (Arup
Scholarship), Ove Arup & Partners, Sydney / London
1995
Vacation Scholarship, CSIRO, Division of Radiophysics
1991 - 1995 Bachelor of engineering at the
University of Sydney
TEACHING
- MECH3260 Thermal Engineering (Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer)
- AMME4241 Renewable Energy
- AMME5275 Advanced Renewable Energy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental fluid dynamics
- Numerical simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer and clouds
- Data assimilation using variational methods
- Mixing in lakes and reservoirs - numerical, experimental and field studies
- Saltwater purging in rivers - numerical, experimental and field studies
- Displacement air-conditioning - numerical simulations and optimisation
Renewable energy technology
- Wind turbines - wind tunnel testing
- Computational fluid dynamics modeling of atmospheric flows for wind farm micrositing
- Solar thermal technologies - experimental and numerical investigations
Mathematical modelling and computational methods
- Turbulence models for large eddy simulations
- Numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics
- Parallel computing and parallel programming
- 4DVAR data assimilation
More details of research interests can be found on the University Research Supervisor Connect website
http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/254
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Development of mathematical modelling software
- Software for atmospheric simulation with data assimilation
Computational fluid dynamics studies
- Air-conditioning
- Fire and smoke dispersion
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kirkpatrick, M.P. and Armfield, S.W., (2008), On the stability and
performance of the projection-3 method for the time integration of the
Navier-Stokes equations, ANZIAM Journal, 49, pp C559-C575.
Senocak, I., Ackerman, A.S., Kirkpatrick, M.P., Stevens, D.E. and Mansour,
N.N., (2007), A study of near-surface models in large-eddy simulation of a
neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer, Boundary Layer Meteorology,
124, pp. 405-424.
Malalasekera, W. , Ibrahim, S.S., Ranga-Dinesh, K.K.J. and Kirkpatrick, M.P.,
(2007), Large eddy simulation of isothermal turbulent swirling jets, Combustion,
Science and Technology, 179, pp. 1481-1525.
Kirkpatrick, M.P. and Armfield, S.W., (2006), Large-eddy simulation of
turbulent channel flow using a finite volume, fractional step method, Computational
Fluid Dynamics Journal, 15 (3), pp. 325-337.
Bunyawanichakul, P., Kirkpatrick, M.P., Sargison, J.E., and Walker, G.J.
(2006), Numerical studies of the flow field in a cyclone dryer, Journal of
Fluids Engineering, 128 (6), pp. 1240-1250.
Kirkpatrick, M.P., Ackerman, A.S., Stevens, D.E. and Mansour, N.N., (2006), On
the application of the dynamic Smagorinsky model in large-eddy simulations of
the cloud-topped atmospheric boundary layer, Journal of the Atmospheric
Sciences, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 526-546.
Kirkpatrick, M.P. and Armfield, S.W., (2005), Experimental and large eddy
simulation results for the purging of a salt water filled cavity by an overflow
of fresh water, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48 (2),
pp. 341-359.
Stevens, B., Moeng, C.-H., Ackerman, A.S., Bretherton, C.S., Chlond, A.,
deRoode, S., Edwards, J., Golaz, C., Jiang, H., Khairoutdinov, M., Kirkpatrick,
M.P., Lewellen, D.C., Lock, A., Mueller, F., Stevens, D.E., Whelan, E., and
Zhu, P., (2005), Evaluation of large-eddy simulations via observations of
nocturnal marine stratocumulus, Monthly Weather Review, 133 (6), pp.
1443-1462.
Ackerman, A.S., Kirkpatrick, M.P., Stevens, D.E. and Toon, B., (2004), The
impact of humidity above stratiform clouds on indirect aerosol climate forcing,
Nature, 432, pp. 1014-1017.
Kirkpatrick, M.P., Armfield, S.W. and Kent J.H., (2003), A representation of curved
boundaries for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations on a staggered
three-dimensional Cartesian grid, Journal of Computational Physics, 184,
pp. 1-36.
Kirkpatrick, M.P., Armfield, S.W., Masri, A.R. and Ibrahim, S.S., (2003), Large
eddy simulation of a propagating turbulent premixed flame, Flow, Turbulence
and Combustion, 70 (1), pp. 1-19.
Novozhilov, V., Kirkpatrick, M.P.,
Kirkpatrick, M.P., Armfield, S.W., Kent, J. H. and Dixon, T.F., (2000),
Simulation of vortex shedding flows using high-order fractional step methods, ANZIAM
Journal, 42(E), pp. C856-C876.
SELECTED CONSULTING REPORTS
Kirkpatrick M. P., (2007), A four-dimensional
variational model for assimilation of atmospheric Doppler lidar data into a
large eddy simulation code', for Department of Environment, WA.
Kent, J. H. and Kirkpatrick, M. P., (2001), Computational fluid dynamics
investigation of fire and smoke dispersal in Sydney Harbour Tunnel - Conditions
II, for GHD Pty Ltd.
Kirkpatrick, M. P, and Kent, J. H., (2000), Computational fluid dynamics
investigation of fire and smoke dispersal in Sydney Harbour Tunnel, for GHD Pty
Ltd.
Kirkpatrick, M. P, and Kent, J. H., (2000), Computational fluid dynamics
investigation of fire and smoke dispersal in the Darling Harbour Exhibition
Halls, for BCA Logic Pty Ltd.
Kirkpatrick, M.P, and Kent, J. H., (2000), Computational fluid dynamics
investigation of
Kirkpatrick, M.P, and Kent, J. H., (2000), Computational fluid dynamics
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