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Research Statement

Complex turbulent flows, turbulence modeling, large-eddy simulation, experimental techniques and wind-tunnel design.
Author or co-author of over 200 papers and six books in the above areas.
I do not, repeat NOT, have any funds to support students at any level

Degree	Discipline	Year	School
BA	Aeronautical Engineering	1957	Cambridge

Publication Title	Author(s)/Speaker(s)	Open Document
Boundary-layer problems of 1966.	P. Bradshaw
The effect of turbulence on static-pressure tubes.	P. Bradshaw; D.G. Goodman
Limits of validity of the bilogarithmic ("mixing- length") velocity profile in turbulent boundary layers with suction or injection	P. Bradshaw
The effect of initial conditions on the development of a free shear layer.	P. Bradshaw
The spectral energy balance in a turbulent mixing layer	P. Bradshaw; D.H.Ferriss
Title: Boundary-layer problems of 1966. Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: NPL Aero Report Date Published: 1966 [Close Box] Title: The effect of turbulence on static-pressure tubes. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; D.G. Goodman Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1966 [Close Box] Title: Limits of validity of the bilogarithmic ("mixing- length") velocity profile in turbulent boundary layers with suction or injection Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: NPL Aero Report Date Published: 1966 [Close Box] Title: The effect of initial conditions on the development of a free shear layer. Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Fluid Mech. Date Published: 1966 [Close Box] Title: The spectral energy balance in a turbulent mixing layer Author(s): P. Bradshaw; D.H.Ferriss Journal: ARC C.P. Date Published: 1965 [Close Box] Title: The response of a retarded equilibrium turbulent boundary layer to the sudden removal of pressure gradient. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; D.H.Ferriss Journal: NPL Aero Report Date Published: 1965 [Close Box] Title: A compact null-reading, tilting-U-tube micromanometer with an entirely rigid liquid container Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Sci. Instrum. Date Published: 1965 [Close Box] Title: The effect of wind-tunnel screens on nominally two- dimensional boundary layers. Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Fluid Mech. Date Published: 1965 [Close Box] Title: Notes on traverse gear for boundary-layer exploration. Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: NPL Aero Note Date Published: 1965 [Close Box] Title: The design of low-speed wind tunnels. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; R.C.Pankhurst Journal: Prog. Aero. Sci. Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: Wind-tunnel screens: flow instability and its effect on aerofoil boundary layers Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Roy. Aero. Soc. Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: Turbulence in the noise-producing region of a circular jet. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; D.H.Ferriss; R.F. Johnson Journal: J. Fluid Mech. Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: Preliminary note on a mixing nozzle ejector shroud combination for jet noise reduction. Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: NPL Aero Report Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: The NPL 59 in x 9 in boundary-layer tunnel. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; G.E.Hellens Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: A silenced air pressure control valve Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Sci. Instrum. Date Published: 1964 [Close Box] Title: Performance of a diffuser with fully-developed pipe flow at entry Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Roy. Aero. Soc. Date Published: 1963 [Close Box] Title: Measurements of free-stream turbulence in some low- speed tunnels at NPL. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; D.H. Ferriss Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1962 [Close Box] Title: Turbulent boundary layer in incompressible flow Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: Pergamon Press Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics Date Published: 1961 [Close Box] Title: Flow stability in the presence of finite initial disturbances. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; J.T. Stuart; J. Watson Journal: AGARD Report Date Published: 1960 [Close Box] Title: Approximate solution of the "inverse problem" of boundary layer theory Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Roy. Aero. Soc. Date Published: 1960 [Close Box] Title: Turbulent wall jets with and without an external stream Author(s): P. Bradshaw; M.T.Gee Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1960 [Close Box] Title: A simple method for determining turbulent skin friction from velocity profiles Author(s): P. Bradshaw Journal: J. Aerospace Sci. Date Published: 1959 [Close Box] Title: The determination of local turbulent skin friction from observations in the viscous sub-layer. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; N. Gregory Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1959 [Close Box] Title: The normal impingement of a circular air jet on a flat surface. Author(s): P. Bradshaw; Miss E.M. Love Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1959 [Close Box] Title: Calibration of Preston tubes on a flat plate using measurements of local skin friction Author(s): P. Bradshaw; N. Gregory Journal: ARC R & M Date Published: 1958 [Close Box]
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Academic Honors & Awards

Fellow, Royal Society of London, 1981.
D.Sc. (Hon.) Exeter University, 1990.
Distinguished Lecturer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992-1993.
Fluid Dynamics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1994.