The High Speed Turbomachinery Group, led by Prof. Tom Povey, conducts combined theoretical, computational and experimental work in the following areas:
- Turbine performance
- Turbine capacity measurement
- Nozzle guide vane rotor cooling optimisation
- Combustor turbine interaction effects
- Measurement techniques in turbines
- High speed facility design
- Aerodynamic probe design and calibration
We are also interested in advanced instrumentation for flow measurement. The following areas are of particular interest:
- Measurements of angle in highly swirling flows (such as in modern combustors)
- Measurement of flow (Mach, Temperature, Angle) in aggressive environments
- High frequency temperature measurements in highly unsteady (turbine) environments
- Minature probes for measurements in moderately (M < 2) supersonic flow
- Advanced IR camera techniques for metal effectiveness measurements.