Dr Stuart Norris

BE (Hons), ME (Dist), PhD

Senior Lecturer

In: Mechanical Engineering » Faculty of Engineering

Biography

Stuart grew up in the shadow of Huntly Powerstation, and is heir to a family tradition of engineering and the sea. He was educated in New Zealand and Australia, and before returning to the Mechanical Engineering Department, he worked as a research engineer in the Bioengineering Institute, a scientific programmer for a special effects studio in Los Angeles, a computer systems administrator at the University of New South Wales, and as a garbo for the Otahuhu City Council.

His interests are the development and application of computational techniques for the solution of heat and fluid flow, and their application to heat transfer and yacht aerodynamics problems.

Qualifications

BE (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland (1990)
ME (Dist) Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland (1993)
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney (2000)

Research | Current

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Heat transfer and buoyancy driven flows
Yacht aerodynamics

Research groups

Yacht Research Unit
Thermofluids laboratory
Fluid Dynamics Research Group (University of Sydney)

Showcase of Research at NeSI

Teaching | Current

MechEng 211 Thermofluids
MechEng 311 Thermal Engineering
MechEng 711 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MechEng 712 Aero-hydrodynamics
MechEng 713 Energy Technology

Postgraduate supervision

Graduate Studies

Inquisitive and enthusiastic students wishing to study for a PhD or Masters degree can email me directly including a CV and an academic transcript.

Development of methods for modelling heat and fluid flow
Buoyancy driven flows
Convective heat transfer
Yacht aerodynamics

You can find a listing of projects in the FindaThesis website, or by searching by my name on the faculty research project website.

Distinctions/Honours

Faculty of Engineering Top Teacher award 2016, 2013.

Responsibilities

Faculty research committee.

Postgraduate advisor (Taught) for Mechanical Engineering

Areas of expertise

Computational fluid dynamics
Aerodynamics and fluid mechanics
Heat transfer

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Professional affiliations

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Ke, J., Williamson, N., Armfield, S., McBain, G. D., & Norris, S. E. (2019). Stability of a temporally evolving natural convection boundary layer on an isothermal wall. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 877, 1163-1185. 10.1017/jfm.2019.639
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/47756
Norris, S. E., Richards, P. J., Durand, C., & Galley, L. (2019). Aerodynamic interference of yachts sailing upwind on opposite tacks. Ocean Engineering, 18810.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.106286
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/48235
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Peter Richards
Nava, S., Cater, J. E., & Norris, S. E. (2018). Large Eddy Simulation of an asymmetric spinnaker. OCEAN ENGINEERING, 169, 99-109. 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.08.060
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44998
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John Cater
Pelmard, J., Norris, S., & Friedrich, H. (2018). LES grid resolution requirements for the modelling of gravity currents. Computers and Fluids, 174, 256-270. 10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.08.005
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43792
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Joe Pelmard, Heide Friedrich
Nava, S., Cater, J. E., & Norris, S. E. (2017). Modelling Leading Edge Separation on a Flat Plate and Yacht Sails using LES. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 65, 299-308. 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2016.12.004
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33427
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John Cater
Storey, R. C., Cater, J. E., & Norris, S. E. (2016). Large eddy simulation of turbine loading and performance in a wind farm. Renewable Energy, 95, 31-42. 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.067
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/28647
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John Cater
Richards, P. J., & Norris, S. E. (2015). Appropriate boundary conditions for a pressure driven boundary layer. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 142, 43-52. 10.1016/j.jweia.2015.03.003
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/32167
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Peter Richards
Storey, R. C., Norris, S. E., & Cater, J. E. (2015). An actuator sector method for efficient transient wind turbine simulation. Wind Energy, 18 (4), 699-711. 10.1002/we.1722
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John Cater