This work will investigate in detail, how wind-generated ocean waves arise, become rough and eventually break using theoretical and compuational (CFD) models. We also plan to collaborate with wave modelling groups in India / France towards this. 

The work will take-off from exisiting work by PhD students in the lab. There will be opportunity to learn high-performance computing, usage of open source CFD codes (Basilisk) and python programming in addition to strong exposure to Fluid mechanics and mathematics. Please refer to the following publications / manuscripts from PhD students in the group, recently:

1. Waves in a shear flow: transition between the KH, Holmboe and Miles instability, Anil Kumar, S. Ravichandran & R. Dasgupta, J. Fluid Mech., 2026

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/waves-in-a-shear-flow-transition-between-the-kh-holmboe-and-miles-instability/3635AC3999E0D5DAF2A48035CC7C0BB4

   2.  Interfacial waves from pressure forcing: revisiting classical theories from an IVP perspective, 2026, Vinod Kadari, Nikhil Yewale, Palas Kumar Farsoiya, Y. S. Mayya and R. Dasgupta, https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12254 (under review/revision)

  3. A windy sea surface with Stokes waves, 2026, Nikhil Yewale, Anil Kumar, Vinod Kadari and R. Dasgupta, https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03657 (submitted)

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