Dr Daniel Bell
HND, BEng (Hons), PCTHE, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Engineering
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Role
- Programme Lead for postgraduate Engineering programmes.
- Subject Co-ordinator for postgraduate taught Engineering courses within the School.
- Supporting postgraduate and undergraduate project students.
- IMechE academic liaison officer.
Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dyamics - Star-CCM+
Teaching and supervision
Courses
Modules taught
- Vehicle Aerodynamics for Ground Vehicles
- Thermo-Fluids Engineering
- Engineering Projects
Dr Daniel Bell also teaches:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate modules relating to Vehicle Aerodynamics and Thermo-Fluids
- Compuational Fluid Dynamics for Ground Vehicles
Supervision
- PhD on the Optimisation of Wind Turbine Blades
- PhD on the Simulation of Internal Combustion Engines using Computational Fluid Dynamics
- MSc by Research on Image-Based Quantification and coupled PNM-FEM of Architecture, Deformation, and
- Fluid Dynamics in Biological Porous Media Under Mechanical Loading.
- MSc by Research on CFD modelling of Boundary Layer Transition for Open Wheel Race Cars.
Research
- Ground Vehicle Aerodynamics using Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Vehicle to Vehicle Interaction and Moving Body Simulation
- Sports Aerodynamics and Engineering including numerical simulation (CFD) of Bicycles
- Characterisation of Porous Media using numerical methods
- Automotive and Mountain Bike Damper modelling and testing
- Numerical characterisation of bio-porous materials
- Sports Aerodynamics and Engineering using numerical and experimental methods
- Optimisation of Wind Turbines
- Ground Vehicle Aerodynamics
- CFD research on combustion and soot modelling in Gasoline Direct Injection Engines
Groups
Publications
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
- Secretary of the Oxford Area IMechE Committee