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South Africa

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Aerospace Systems Research and Development Engineer | Specialist Researcher - 22+ years wind tunnels and CFD.

Profile Summary

I am an Aerospace Systems Engineering specialising in vehicle and propulsion aerodynamics and dynamic behaviour using analytical, experimental and numerical tools and techniques as appropriate to the problem. I am also familiar with qualitative research methods and Reliability Centred maintenance methods. I have 22+ years academic experience and am an Honorary Associate Professo at the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering. Recent work includes fluidic deflection of aerospike nozzle exhausts, improved modelling of GH2/GO2 combustion for a rocket engine combustor, improved swirl mixer design for more compact rocket engine combustion chambers, drag reducting for ballistic projectiles, aerodynamic performance improvement for a DAKAR raid car and an investigation of the effect of rear wheel fairings and bump bars on vehicle wakes in F1 race cars.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Aerospace Engineering
• ☆ Aerodynamics
• ☆ Aviation
• ☆ Unmanned Aerial Systems
• ☆ Engineering Thermodynamics/Thermophysical Engineering
• ☆ Systems Engineering
• ☆ Fluid Mechanics
• ☆ Computational Fluid Dynamics
• ☆ System Dynamics
• ☆ Engineering Design

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Product Validation, Concept Development, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Work Experience

Associate Professor

University of the Witwatersrand

April 2015 - Present

Senior Lecturer

University of the Witwatersrand

February 2002 - April 2015

Education

PhD (School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering)

University of the Witwatersrand

February 1995 - December 2002

B.Sc.(Eng.)(Aero.) (School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering)

University of the Witwatersrand

February 1991 - December 1994

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lun, J., Law, C.(2015). Influence of cathode shape on vacuum arc thruster performance and operation . IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 43. (1). p. 198-208.

Law, C. and Muritala, A.O. and Skews, B.W.(2014). Unsteady flow with separation behind a shock wave diffracting over curved walls . Shock Waves. 24. (3). p. 283-294.

Lun, J. and Law, C.(2014). Direct thrust measurement stand with improved operation and force calibration technique for performance testing of pulsed micro-thrusters . Measurement Science and Technology. 25. (9).

Muritala, A.O. and Law, C. and Skews, B.W. and Popoola, O.T.(2013). The flow field induced by a blast wave traversing on a convex curved wall . International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research. 40. (5). p. 420-428.

Skews, B. and Law, C. and Muritala, A. and Bode, S.(2012). Shear layer behavior resulting from shock wave diffraction . Experiments in Fluids. 52. (2). p. 417-424.

Law, C. and Felthun, L.T. and Skews, B.W.(2004). Two-dimensional numerical study of planar shock-wave/moving-body interactions - Part I: Plane shock-on-shock interactions . Shock Waves. 13. (5). p. 381-394.

Law, C. and Skews, B.W.(2004). Two-dimensional numerical study of planar shock-wave/moving-body interactions - Part II: Non-classical shock-wave/moving-body interactions . Shock Waves. 13. (5). p. 395-408.

Law, C. and Skews, B.W.(2003). Flow effects resulting from relative motion between shocks and supersonic bodies . Shock Waves. 13. (4). p. 271-281.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Rétat-Masson, F. and Chinesta, F. and Leygue, A. and Cueto, E. and Dala, L. and Law, C.(2012). Real-time control of the heating of an airfoil . ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2012. 1. p. 215-216.

Martindale, T., Law, C., Pedro, J.(2010). A Vortex lattice aerodynamic model for active camber controlled wings . 7th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM 2010. p. 389-398.

Muritala, A.O., Law, C., Skews, B.(2010). NEAR-wall effects on global flow behaviour behind a diffracted shock wave . 7th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM 2010. p. 543-547.

Law, C., Skews, B.(2010). Numerical modelling of shock wave interactions with a porous body . 7th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM 2010. p. 35-40.

Law, C., Abbas, Q., Nordström, J., Skews, B.W.(2010). The effect of Reynolds number in high order accurate calculations with shock diffraction . 7th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM 2010. p. 416-423.

Kistan, P. and Gobey, S.G. and Law, C.(2006). Effect of forebody strakes on a CFD-created asymmetric flowfield . Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. 4. p. 2238-2245.

Law, C., Andreis, A., Menon, N., Skews, B.W.(2006). A technique for measuring low mass flow rates of compressible fluids . 5th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM 2006. p. 135-142.