Aerodynamics
My interests in aerodynamics include both computational and experimental techniques and applications. This includes both fundamental fluid dynamics, namely bluff body flows and vortex dynamics, through to applied aerodynamics related to aircraft and cars.
I do a significant amount of work in racing car aerodynamics, which also feeds into my teaching on our MSc in Race Car Aerodynamics. As much of this work is confidential, much of this is still to be published.
Projects
Parallel discrete vortex methods for bluff body flows
Race car aerodynamics, including ground effect aerodynamics and internal cooling flows
Aeroelastic effects of wings in ground effect
Optimal wind tunnel testing techniques for race car development
Publications
Takeda, K., Marshall, D., Waite, T. and LeDonne, R. (2004) Unsteady aerodynamics of race car cockpit flow. In, 5th MIRA Vehicle Aerodynamics Conference, 13-14 Oct 2004. , 1-10.
K. Takeda, O.R. Tutty and D.A. Nicole. "Parallel Vortex Methods on Commodity Supercomputers; an Investigation into Bluff Body Far Wake Behaviour". Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Vortex Flows and Related Numerical Methods, Toulouse, August 1998.
K. Takeda,O. R. Tutty, and A. D. Fitt, "A Comparison of Four Viscous Models for the Discrete Vortex Method", Paper number 97-1977, 13th AIAA CFD Conference, Snowmass, Colorado, 29 June - 3 July, 1997.
K. Takeda, "Parallel Discrete Vortex Methods for Viscous Flow Simulation", PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, UK, (1998).