Yushi Murai

I am a PhD student within Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx) and Fluid Physics Laboratory in Department of Engineering Mechanics. I work mainly with Professor Jens H. M. Fransson, Dr Ramis Örlü and Dr Michael Liverts.

Research Activity

The research is focused in the field of fluid mechanics using various experimental techniques. Current work includes:

• Fast-response temperature sensor development and its characterisation
• Turbulent pipe flow measurements with pulsations

Teaching Activity

Lab Assistant

• Vehicle aerodynamics – drag measurements through wake analysis (Spring 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Compressible pipe flow with friction (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Flow in a shock tube (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Biconvex wing profile in supersonic flow (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Turbulence measurements in the wake of a circular cylinder (Autumn 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Wing profile (Spring 2019)
• Heat engine (Spring 2019)
• Favourable pressure gradient boundary layer (Autumn 2018)

Project adviser

• Venturi undertray for Formula Student racing car (Bachelor project, 2020)
• Commissioning a laboratory exercise in shock tube (Bachelor project, 2020)

Profession & Education

KTH Royal Insitute of Technology

PhD student, KTH Engineering Mechanics (2018-)

Imperial College London, UK

• Wind tunnel engineer (2017-18) in 10x5 Wind Tunnel, National Wind Tunnel Facility in the UK
• MSc Advanced Aeronautical Engineering (2016-17)
  - Thesis: Atmospheric Boundary Layer Simulation in 10x5 Wind Tunnel

Yokohama National University, Japan

• Research Student (2016)
  - Project: Numerical simulation on aerodynamic characteristics of aerofoil with application of moving surface method
• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (2011-2016)
  - Thesis: A Study on Computer Aided Principle (CAP) concerning Integration of Analysis on Multifactor Interaction and Physical Phenomenon
  - Activity: Formula Student