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Howard Hodson's Current Research
Introduction
Howard Hodson is Professor of Aerothermal Engineering at the Whittle Laboratory which is part of the Acoustics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbomachinery and Thermodynamics Division of the Cambridge University Engineering Department. He is also a member of Girton College..
These web pages describe some of the research that is carried out by Howard Hodson, the Post-Doctoral staff and PhD students working with him at the Whittle Laboratory. This research is primarily in the general area of turbine aerodynamics, but includes areas such as heat transfer, measurement instrumentation and data analysis techniques.
The research conducted by this group is in the area of turbine aerodynamics, heat transfer and developing new flow measurement technologies. The research group utilises both experimental and numerical techniques to obtain a greater understanding of the flow physics. This understanding is then applied in the design of advanced turbines and compressors for power generation, aerospace and automotive applications.
The group is also active in the field of micro-electronic and mechanical systems (MEMS), including their application in sensing and in smart turbomachinery
Downloadable copies of papers, Ph.D. theses and some lecture courses published by the group are available in the publications section.
Research Topics
Choose one of the following research sub-topics:
Low Pressure Turbine Research
Introduction
to LP turbine reserach
A
computation of unsteady flow in an LP turbine
Pressure
side separation bubbles in LP turbines
Secondary
flow/pressure side separation bubble interactions in LP turbines
Radial Turbine Research
Fundamental Boundary Layer Research
A study of wake
boundary layer transition using liquid crystals
A
new intermittency model incorporating the calming effect
High Pressure Turbine Research
High Pressure Steam
Turbine Research
High
Pressure Gas Turbine Research
Measurement Technologies
Ammonia-Diazo
technique for flow visualisation and evaluating film cooling effectiveness
Thermochromic Liquid Crystals for flow visualisation
and heat transfer measurement
Other Flow Visualisation Techniques
Pressure
Probes for traversing/flow field measurement
Using the method
of least squares for fast response pressure probes and hot-wires
Using the method
of least squares to improve the calibration of conventional multi-hole
pressure probes
MEMS
The pages are currently under
construction
Contact Information
E-mail: hph@eng.cam.ac.uk
Department Address: Whittle
Laboratory University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0DS
Telephone: +44 1223 3 37588
Fax: +44 1223 3 337596 Secretary:
+44 3 337581
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