Summary
Dr Bruce leads a research group in experimental high speed aerodynamics at Imperial, utilising Imperial’s supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels. His research focuses on how air interacts with objects travelling at high speed, including understanding the shock waves which form on high speed planes and designing atmospheric re-entry vehicles for future space exploration missions. Dr Bruce joined Imperial in 2011 and currently teaches undergraduate courses in aircraft aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics for re-entry vehicles.
Publications
Journals
Gramola M, Bruce P, Santer M, 2022, Passive control of 3D adaptive shock control bumps using a sealed cavity, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol:112, ISSN:0889-9746, Pages:1-19
Thillaithevan D, Bruce P, Santer M, 2022, Robust multiscale optimization accounting for spatially-varying material uncertainties, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization: Computer-aided Optimal Design of Stressed Solids and Multidisciplinary Systems, Vol:65, ISSN:1615-147X, Pages:1-18
Rees TW, Bruce PJK, Fisher TB, et al., 2021, Numerical and experimental studies of the hypersonic flow around a cube at incidence, Acta Astronautica, Vol:183, ISSN:0094-5765, Pages:75-88
Zheng S, Bruce P, Cuvier C, et al., 2021, The non-equilibrium dissipation scaling in large Reynolds number turbulence generated by rectangular fractal grids, Physical Review Fluids, Vol:6, ISSN:2469-990X
Conference
Montgomery K, Bruce PJK, Navarro-Martinez S, 2022, Dynamics of varying thrust coefficients for supersonretro-propulsion during Mars EDL