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Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS announces an open competition in accordance with the Act No. 283/1992 Coll. on the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Statutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences for a position Postdoctoral position.
Postdoctoral position
The Group of Cryogenics and Superconductivity at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Scientific Instruments announces opening a postdoctoral position in the area of experimental or theoretical fluid mechanics on the topic:
Physical modelling of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection under rotation.
Many systems found in Nature, like interiors of giant planets and, rapidly rotating stars, the Earth’s outer liquid core, as well as open ocean deep convection are affected by thermal forcing but also by rotation. Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection (RBC) represents a universally recognized physical model used to study flows affected by both forces. The objective of the research is to measure and model the rotating RBC at extreme values of the control parameters, the Rayleigh (Ra) and the Ekman number (Ek) number. Our laboratory is equipped with a unique RBC apparatus with rotating platform, using cryogenic helium gas (5 K) as a working fluid, allowing to reach of the following control parameters: 106 < Ra < 1015 and 10-8 < Ek < 10-5. The applicant is invited to join our team and collaborate on this basic research supported by cooperative GACR project (20-00918S) with the Low Temperature Laboratory at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague.
Requirements:
- Ph.D. degree and background in fluid mechanics, experimental or theoretical. Previous experience in study of the dynamics of rotating fluids is welcome.
- Maximum 2 years from Ph.D. by 30. 9. 2021.
Duration: 1+1 year.
Applicants are invited to submit a detailed CV including a list of publications. Questions on the available positions and required documents can be addressed to Dr. Pavel Urban at urban@isibrno.cz.
Application deadline: 10/20/2021