Welding and Joining
The Welding and Joining Research Centre, in affiliation with Outokumpu, was founded in 1993 and since then has supported seven students through their PhDs
Characterisation and optimisation of the zenithal bistable device
The zenithal bistable device (ZBD) is a bistable LCD device with major optical, mechanical and operational advantages over other bistable technologies
Multi-component fluid flow - lattice Boltzmann method
An introduction to using the lattice Boltzmann method for Multi-component fluid flow analysis
Applications of Fluid Flow Modelling
One of our main interest is to capture the correct behaviour of a blood flow inside a capillary, where the hydrodynamics of each cell has to be resolved explicitly
Centre for Infrastructure Management
The Centre for Infrastructure Management (CIM) has a strong track record and reputation in the fields of environmental protection, infrastructure management and materials and recycling solutions.
Associated staff
Find MERI staff with expertise in ceramics and glass
The lattice Boltzmann method
Lattice Boltzmann has been used as the host of the hydrodynamics simulation. It is a fairly recent method based on the well known Boltzmann probability distribution function. The following aims to give the reader the essential concept of lattice Boltzmann.
Computer Simulation of Liquid Crystals
We have extensive experience of simulating liquid crystalline behaviour at a range of length-scales. At a molecular scale, we have developed a particular expertise in mixture systems and in anchoring at patterned substrates
Coating Substrate Adhesion Enhancement
The surface of metallic substrate is engineered by plasma cleaning to remove contamination and metal ion implantation to enhance wetting of the subsequent coating layer