Biography
Lucas Rey is a researcher, and aerothermal engineer, specialising in aerodynamics and heat transfer at the University of Oxford (Oxford Thermofluids Institute). His work integrates computational methods (high-fidelity CFD, FEA, HPC), analytical modelling, and experimental validation on advanced facilities, including the blowdown engine component aerothermal facility (ECAT) at the Oxford thermofluids institute (OTI).
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Research Interests
- Additive Manufacturing Cooling (AM)
- Aerothermal Diagnostics
- Aerothermal Effects of Deterioration
- Aerothermal Experiment Design
- Aerothermal Instrumentation
- Automated Data Pipelines
- Bash Scripting
- Bayesian Calibration
- Blade Cooling Design
- Blade Durability Modelling
- Boundary Layer Transition
- Compressible Flow Dynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), 3D
- Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT)
- Cooling Effectiveness Metrics
- Cooling System Architecture
- Data Acquisition and Control (DAQ)
- Design Optimization
- Dimensional Analysis and Scaling
- Experimental Aerothermal Methods
- Film Cooling
- Flow Ingestion and Sealing
- Heat Transfer Measurement
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- Infrared Thermography (IR)
- Inverse Design Methods
- Low-Order Modelling
- Mesh Generation and Quality
- Model Verification and Validation (V&V)
- Multi-Hole Probe Measurements
- Neural Networks
- Python
- Rotating Machinery Aerothermal Performance
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Surrogate Modelling
- Technical Project Management
- Thermal Network Modelling (0D)
- Turbine Cooling Technologies
- Turbulence Modelling (RANS)
- Uncertainty Quantification (UQ)
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Low-order-model-based design of additive-manufactured heat exchanger. Naidu, A. D., Rey, L., Chowdhury, N. H. K., & Povey, T. (2024). Engineering Research Express, 6(4), 045548. Highlights: optimisation and validation of a 3D-printed heat exchanger
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