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David Hargreaves

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

David graduated with a BSc in Physics from Bristol University in 1989. He then worked for British Nuclear Fuels plc for five years, developing groundwater flow modelling software, which is still in use today. For the first year at BNFL, he was seconded to Salford University where he gained an MSc in Computational Physics. David then came to the Department of Civil Engineering at Nottingham University where he did a PhD under the supervision of Chris Baker. The PhD involved both experimental and numerical modelling of the dispersion of pollutants in the wakes of vehicles in the urban environment. David then worked as a post-doc and then lecturer in the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering at Nottingham University, developing expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), as applied to underground mine ventilation, under the guidance of Ian Lowndes. David then went to work for Fluent (Europe) plc, where he spend three years supporting, developing and applying the FLUENT software. During this period, David worked closely with companies involved in drug delivery, fuel cell development, steel production, municipal incinerator design and dog biscuit extrusion! David then came back to Civil Engineering at Nottingham, where he continues to apply CFD to a variety of environmental flow problems, notably wind engineering, multiphase and open channel flow.

Expertise Summary

David's expertise lies in the application of CFD to a whole range of engineering problems. As a long-time code developer, he understands the capabilities and limitations of the software and is able to extend its functionality when required to address new, novel applications. Application areas include:

Gaseous/particulate dispersion (quarries, deep coal mine ventilation) Wind Engineering (pedestrian level comfort, wind-borne debris, dynamic response of bridge decks/tall buildings) Channel flow (secondary currents, embankment erosion) Multiphase flows (oil and gas) Flow in porous media (metal foams, hydrogeology, pavements)

Teaching Summary

I teach on three modules, two in the Department of Civil Engineering and one in Mechanical Engineering:

CIVE3063 Hydraulic Design, where I teach urban drainage, highway drainage and culvert design.

CIVE4131 Wind Engineering, in which basic meteorology, wind characteristics and bluff body aerodynamics build into an application of the Eurocode on Wind Loading.

MMME4060 Computational Fluid Dynamics, a mix of theory and practical implementation of a commercial CFD code.

I also supervise BEng and MEng final year projects, MSc projects and normally a final year Group Design Project, which is currently the design of a water tower.

Research Summary

My research can be summarised as the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling to environmental fluid flows. While this can mean both wind and water, it is the former that I tend to… read more

Recent Publications

  • DE CARVALHO, T. P., HARGREAVES, D. M., MORVAN, H. P. and KLINGSPORN, M., 2023. Transport in Porous Media.
  • LI, L., WU, J., THOM, N., HARGREAVES, D., AIREY, G., ZHU, J., ABED, A., RAHMAN, M. and ZHANG, Z., 2023. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 24(1),
  • NGUYEN, C. H., NGUYEN, D. T., OWEN, J. S. and HARGREAVES, D. M., 2022. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 220,
  • SAMUEL C COE, MATTHEW D. WADGE, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S WALKER, COLIN A. SCOTCHFORD and DAVID M. GRANT, 2020. Coatings. 10(2), 190

Current Research

My research can be summarised as the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling to environmental fluid flows. While this can mean both wind and water, it is the former that I tend to concentrate on at present. By wind I mean the classic applications such as wind engineering and air pollution dispersion modelling, but also the harnessing of the wind to generate energy and provide natural ventilation to buildings. Having worked as a CFD consultant engineer, I am keen to inform the CFD community on best practice, based on findings from my research. I also collaborate with colleagues who are applying CFD to a range of Civil Engineering flows, typically water, but also areas like the rheology of high temperature bitumen, multiphase flows and mine ventilation.

More recently, I have worked on the problem of wind-borne debris. Wind-borne debris is a real problem in high winds, often doing more damage and causing more fatalities than the direct action of the wind. To this end, we have used as part of an EPSRC-funded investigation into the flight of, for example, roof tiles and road-side signs.

I also apply CFD to a range of non-Civil engineering applications such as photocatalysis and drug dissolution.

Past Research

PhD Students Supervised to completion:

Dinh Tung Nguyen (2017 - pending minor corrections) Vortex-induced vibration of a 5:1 rectangular cylinder.

Thiago P. de Carvalho (2016) Two-phase flow in open-cell metal foams with application to aero-engine separators.

Genora M.D. Joseph (2015)

Stephen Ambrose (2014)

Bruce Kakimpa (2011)

Julia Revuz (2011)

Kamran Ansari (2011)

Mohamed A.B.A Mohamed (2011) The numerical simulation of shallow water coastal lake, Lake El-Manzala, Egypt.

Xiao Han Phrain Gu (2009) Impinging leading edge vortex induced oscillation in bridge aeroelasticity.

Silvester, Stephen (2002)

  • DE CARVALHO, T. P., HARGREAVES, D. M., MORVAN, H. P. and KLINGSPORN, M., 2023. Transport in Porous Media.
  • LI, L., WU, J., THOM, N., HARGREAVES, D., AIREY, G., ZHU, J., ABED, A., RAHMAN, M. and ZHANG, Z., 2023. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 24(1),
  • NGUYEN, C. H., NGUYEN, D. T., OWEN, J. S. and HARGREAVES, D. M., 2022. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 220,
  • SAMUEL C COE, MATTHEW D. WADGE, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S WALKER, COLIN A. SCOTCHFORD and DAVID M. GRANT, 2020. Coatings. 10(2), 190
  • JOSEPH, G. M. D., HARGREAVES, D. M. and LOWNDES, I. S., 2020. Atmospheric Environment: X. 5,
  • GIANCONTIERI, G., HARGREAVES, D. and LO PRESTI, D., 2020. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 21(S1), S37-S56
  • NGUYEN, C. H., OWEN, J. S., FRANKE, J., NEVES, L. C. and HARGREAVES, D. M., 2020. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
  • JOSEPH, G.M.D, LOWNDES, I.S. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2018. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. 172, 68-84
  • NGUYEN, D.T., HARGREAVES, D.M. and OWEN, J.S., 2018. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 175, 1-16
  • LO PRESTI, D., GIANCONTIERI, G. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2017. Construction and Building Materials. 136, 286-297
  • AMBROSE, S., LOWNDES, I.S., HARGREAVES, D.M. and AZZOPARDI, B., 2017. Computers and Fluids. 148, 10-25
  • DE CARVALHO, T.P., MORVAN, H.P., HARGREAVES, D.M., OUN, H. and KENNEDY, A., 2017. Transport in Porous Media. 1-25
  • JOSEPH, G. and HARGREAVES, D., 2017.
  • AMBROSE, S., HARGREAVES, D.M. and LOWNDES, I.S., 2016. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics. 10(1), 580-600
  • NIETO, F., OWEN, J.S., HARGREAVES, D.M. and HERNANDEZ, S., 2015. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 136, 138-150
  • NIETO, F., HARGREAVES, D.M., OWEN, J.S. and HERNANDEZ, S., 2015. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics.
  • HARGREAVES, D.M., KAKIMPA, B. and OWEN, J.S., 2014. Fluids and Structures. 46, 111-133
  • BAKER, C.J., HARGREAVES, D.M., OWEN, J.S. and STERLING, M., eds., 2013. Fifty Years of Wind Engineering: Prestige Lectures from the Sixth European and African Conference on Wind Engineering Birmingham University.
  • WRIGHT N.G., HARGREAVES D.M., 2013. Environmental Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics.
  • REVUZ, J., HARGREAVES, D.M. and OWEN, J.S., 2012. Wind and Structures. 15(4), 313-329
  • HARGREAVES, D.M., SCASE, M.M. and EVANS, I., 2012. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 12(6), 555-578
  • WRIGHT, N.G. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2012. Environmental Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics. In: WAINWRIGHT, J. and MULLIGEN, M., eds., Environmental Modelling: Finding Simplicity in Complexity 2nd Edition. Wiley. (In Press.)
  • KAKIMPA, B., HARGREAVES, D.M. and OWEN, J.S., 2012. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 111(December), 95-103
  • KAKIMPA, B., HARGREAVES, D.M. and OWEN, J.S., 2012. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 111(December), 104-116
  • ANSARI, K., MORVAN, H. and HARGREAVES, D., 2011. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 137(4), 432-440
  • FOKEER, S., LOWNDES, I.S. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2010. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. 49(5), 536-546
  • KAKIMPA, B., HARGREAVES, D.M., OWEN, J.S., MARTINEZ-VASQUEZ, P., BAKER, C.J., STERLING, M. and QUINN, A.D., 2010. Wind and Structures. 13(2), 169-189
  • COPPEL, A., GARDNER, T.N., CAPLAN, N. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2010. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology. 224, 37-50
  • STERLING, M., QUINN, A.D., HARGREAVES, D.M., CHELI, F., SABBIONI, E., TOMASINI, G., DELAUNAY, D., BAKER, C.J. and MORVAN, H., 2010. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 98(1), 10-20
  • LOWNDES, I.S., SILVESTER, S.A., KINGMAN, S.W. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2009. Ukranian Hydrometeorological Journal. 4, 178-186
  • SILVESTER, S.A., LOWNDES, I.S. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2009. Atmospheric Environment. 43(40), 6415-6424
  • DE CACQUERAY, N., HARGREAVES, D.M and MORVAN, H.P., 2009. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 47(1), 50-57
  • HARGREAVES, D.M. and MORVAN, H.P., 2008. Initial validation of cross wind effects on a static high-sided vehicle International Journal of CFD Case Studies. 7,
  • HARGREAVES, D.M. and LOWNDES, I.S., 2007. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 22, 150-160
  • HARGREAVES, D.M. and WRIGHT, N.G., 2007. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 95(5), 355-369
  • SALVAD脫-ESTIVILL, I., HARGREAVES, D.M. and LI PUMA, G., 2007. Environmental Science & Technology. 41(6), 2028-2035
  • HARGREAVES, D.M., MORVAN, H.P and WRIGHT, N.G., 2007. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics. 1(2), 136-146
  • WRIGHT, N.G. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2006. Unsteady CFD simulations for natural ventilation International Journal of Ventilation. 5(1), 13-20
  • BAKER, C.J. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2001. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 89(2), 187-200
  • WRIGHT, N.G. and HARGREAVES, D.M., 2001. The use of CFD in the evaluation of UV treatment systems Journal of Hydroinformatics. 3(2), 59-70
  • HARGREAVES, D. M. and BAKER, C. J., 1997. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. VOL 69/71, 927-939
  • WALFORD, M.E., HARGREAVES, D.M., STUART-SMITH, S. and LOWSON, M., 1991. Freezing of water drops on a cold surface Journal of Glaciology. 37,

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