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Email:: S.R.Turnock@soton.ac.uk

Professor Stephen R Turnock MA, SM, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FRINA, FHEA

Professor of Maritime Fluid Dynamics, Head of the Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering

Professor Stephen R Turnock is Professor of Maritime Fluid Dynamics and Head of the Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Brief career summary for Professor Stephen Turnock

Date	Appointment
2010 -	Professor of Maritime Fluid Dynamics
2008 - 2010	Reader in Maritime Fluid Dynamics
2002 - 2008	Senior Lecturer in Ship Science
1994 - 2002	Lecturer in Ship Science
1992 - 1994	Research Fellow, Dept. of Ship Science
1988 - 1992	Research Assistant, Dept. of Ship Science
1986 - 1988	Research Assistant, Aeronautics and Astronautics Dept., MIT
1995	C.Eng., M.I.MechE
1993	Ph.D., University of Southampton
1988	S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1986	B.A., Pembroke College, University of Cambridge

Research

Responsibilities

Publications

Teaching

Contact

Research interests

maritime computational fluid dynamics
marine renewable energy - tidal stream device performance
safety and the environment
high performance computing
experimental aero/hydrodynamics
ship manoeuvring, propulsion and thrusters
performance sports engineering and simulation

Research group

Maritime Engineering

Affiliate research group

Energy Technology

Research project(s)

Design and development of cost effective surface mounted water turbines for rural electricity production

Gothenburg 2010: rans simulations of the multiphase flow around the kcs hullform

Tailored composites for deformation control in unsteady fluid-structure interactions

The influence of surface waves on the added resistance of merchant ships

Low carbon and hazardous emissions shipping

Predicting tidal turbine noise for environmental impact assessment

Use of cryogenic buoyancy systems for controlled removal of heavy objects from the seabed

Simulation of tactical yacht racing: a human-psychological-physical AI-system in a dynamically changing yacht racing environment

Fluid-structure interactions for yacht sails

Optimized athlete body sensor networks for simulation-based performance analysis

We have developed a system of wearable sensors that gather information about the movement of athletes so that we can then simulate what their muscles are doing, their aerodynamic drag, etc. This will allow us to optimize the athlete's technique in much the same way as an aircraft's shape is optimized.

Cavitation erosion-corrosion of ship propeller materials

Cavitation erosion-corrosion phenomenon is inevitable in marine propulsion system and has adverse effects on the life and functioning of the propellers. The intensity of the cavitation wear and the exact location of its occurrence have been found to be difficult to predict.The main aim of this PhD project is to identify cavitation wear-corrosion mechanism of marine materials used in propellers and rudders in order to characterize the materials based on their behaviour to cavitation erosion simulated by a vibratory probe device. Several tests will be conducted, with and without cavitation protection, using both direct and indirect methods of cavitation erosion tests along with incorporation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of the experiment.This research is sponsored by the university research groups National Centre of Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) and Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI), along with Lloyd’s Register.

Development of a Hover Capable Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Delphin2 is a hover capable torpedo style AUV, developed at the University of Southampton to provide a test bed for research in marine robotics

Assessment of the effectiveness of fuel cell as an alternative technology for marine propulsion systems

Chair of Wind Tunnel Steering Group
Industrial Tutor for Ship Science teaching programmes
Secretary of 24^th ITTC committee on Committee on Cavitation Erosion on Propellers and Appendages on High Powered/High Speed Ships 2002-2005
Secretary of 25^th ITTC Propulsion Committee 2005-2008
Secretary of 26^th ITTC Resistance Committee 2008-2011
Member of International Ship and Offshore Structures Specialist Committee V.4 Ocean wave and wind energy utilization 2003-2009
Editorial Board Member of IMechE Part M Journal of Engineering in the Marine Environment
Editorial Board of Journal of Ocean Technology
Deputy Editor Journal of Marine Science and Technology

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Articles

Books

Turnock, S. R., Bertram, V., & Hudson, D. A. (Eds.) (2011). Proceedings of the 14th Numerical Towing Tank Conference. (Numerical Towing Tank symposium; No. 14). 14th NUTTS Local organising committee.
Molland, A. F., Turnock, S. R., & Hudson, D. A. (2011). Ship resistance and propulsion: practical estimation of ship propulsive power. Cambridge University Press.
Molland, A. F., & Turnock, S. R. (2007). Marine rudders and control surfaces: principles, data, design and applications. Butterworth-Heinemann.

Book Chapters

Hudson, D. A., Price, W. G., Temarel, P., & Turnock, S. R. (2010). A brief discussion of the development of mathematical models in ship motion theory. In The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1860-2010 (pp. 28-32). Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
Larman, R., Turnock, S. R., & Hart, J. (2008). Mechanics of the bob skeleton and analysis of the variation in performance at the St Moritz World Championship of 2007. In M. Estivalet, & P. Brisson (Eds.), The Engineering of Sport 7 (pp. 117-126). Springer.
Turnock, S. R. (2006). Application of simulation technology to the perfromance evaluation of HMS Victory as an exemplar of the ships at the battle of Trafalgar. In F. Fernandez-Gonzalez, L. D. Ferreiro, & N. Nowacki (Eds.), Technology of the ships of Trafalgar (pp. 1-31). Escuela Technica Superior de Igenieros Navales, UPM.
Molland, A. F., & Turnock, S. R. (1994). Developments in modelling ship rudder-propeller interaction. In C. A. Brebbia, T. K. S. Murthy, P. A. Wilson, & P. Washams (Eds.), Marine, Offshore and Ice Technology (pp. 255-263). (Transactions of the Wessex Institute; Vol. 5). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CMO940251
Turnock, S. R., Molland, A. F., Barrass, C. B., Derrett, D. R., Bertram, V., Rawson, K. J., & Tupper, E. C. (1970). Chapter 8. Manoeuvring. In A. F. Molland (Ed.), The Maritime Engineering Reference Book: a Guide to Ship Design, Construction and Operation (pp. 578-635). Butterworth-Heinemann.

Conferences

Journal Special Issue

Way, H. F. M., Joseph, P., Humphrey, V., Turnock, S., & Leung, R. (2020). Acoustic characterisation of towing tanks. Ocean Engineering, [108338]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108338

Reports

Thesis

Turnock, S. R. (1993). Prediction of ship rudder-propeller interaction using parallel computations and wind tunnel measurements.

Module title	Module code	Discipline	Role
Advances in Resistance and Propulsion	SESS6006	Ship Science	Course leader
Powercraft Performance and Design	SESS3012	Ship Science	Course leader
Renewable Energy from the Environment	SESS6058	Ship Science	Course leader
Advanced Hydrodynamics For Design	SESS6025	Ship Science	Tutor
Introduction to Energy Technologies	SESM6021	Mechanical Engineering	Tutor

Professor Stephen R Turnock
Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton, SO16 7QF

Room Number: 176/3009

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