16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC16)
Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics
24-28 March 2025 | Hannover, Germany
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Large Lecture Hall Building 8130 / Room 030 Session A |
Date: Monday, 24/Mar/2025 | |
9:30am - 10:15am |
Opening Ceremony Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 |
10:15am - 11:15am |
ETC2025-IL01: The wise experimental input received from Professor Claus Sieverding to help the validation of CFD predictions in the field of turbines Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Prof. Tony Arts - Honorary Professor - von Karman Institute for Fluid Dunamics |
11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session A-01: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulations (I) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Thomas Polklas, MAN Energy Solutions SE, Germany Effects of streamwise oriented riblets on a LPT blade: a numerical study Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 12:00pm - 12:30pm Time, Space and Dynamic Split of Loss Sources in LPT by Means of Phase-locked Proper Orthogonal Decomposition 1: University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; 2: Morfo Design SRL, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; 3: Avio Aero, Torino, Italy 12:30pm - 1:00pm Scale-Resolved Modeling of Gas Turbine Vanes: A Wall-Modeled LES and Immersed Boundary Approach University of Padova, Italy |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session A-02: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulations (II) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Francesco Montomoli, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom Study on Aerodynamic Loss of HP Turbine Blade Coolant Ejection IHI, Japan 3:00pm - 3:30pm Experimental and numerical investigation of suction side fences for turbine NGVs 1: University of Genova, Genova, Italy; 2: Morfo Design, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; 3: Avio Aero, Torino, Italy 3:30pm - 4:00pm High-fidelity sliding mesh method for moving geometries in turbomachinery applications 1: Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Engineering, King’s College London, Strand Campus, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom |
4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session A-03: Axial Turbines - Design, Analysis and performance Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Tony Arts, von Karman Institute, Belgium Aerodynamic scaling of a high-speed low-pressure turbine cascade, optimized for boundary layer similarity in a low-speed test rig 1: von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium; 2: Université de Liège, Faculté des Sciences appliquées, Belgium 5:00pm - 5:30pm Experimental Measurements of Ingress in a Turbine Stator-Rotor Cavity 1: University of Florence; 2: University of Genova 5:30pm - 6:00pm Thermodynamic Design of an Aeroengine for Sustainable Aviation Fuels with a Focus on 3D Components Conception: High Pressure Turbine Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
Date: Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025 | |
8:30am - 9:30am |
ETC2025-IL02: Challenges in delivering sustainable aviation: Propulsion perspective Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Prof. Marko Bacic - Professor of Engineering Science at University of Oxford and Engineering Fellow in Control Systems and Gas Turbine Functionality at Rolls-Royce |
10:00am - 12:30pm |
Session A-04: Heat Transfer (I) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Giovanna Barigozzi, Università di Bergamo, Italy An experimental and numerical investigation into compressor casing heat shield effectiveness 1: University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2: Rolls-Royce Plc, United Kingdom 10:30am - 11:00am Development of a reduced order model for turbine blade cooling design Politecnico di Milano, Italy 11:00am - 11:30am Topology Optimization for Internal Cooling of Gas Turbine Guide Vanes - A Conjugate Heat Transfer Study 1: Linköping University, Sweden; 2: SAAB 11:30am - 12:00pm Fluid Topology Optimization of Film Cooling: a Design Exploration 1: Imperial College of London, United Kingdom; 2: ToffeeX, United Kingdom |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Session A-05: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulation (III) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Guillermo Paniagua, Purdue University, United States of America Influence of Radial Pressure Gradient on Secondary Flows: Numerical Study and Design Optimization for High-Speed Annular Sector Cascades 1: University of Kaiserslautern and Landau, Germany; 2: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Future Fules, Cologne; 3: Graz University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics 2:30pm - 3:00pm All Mach flows density-based / pressure-based coupling: method and preliminary results on the example of a rim seal flow in a one-stage axial turbine Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 3:00pm - 3:30pm Assessment of Large-Eddy Simulations to simulate a high-speed low-pressure turbine cascade CERFACS, France 3:30pm - 4:00pm Hybrid RANS-LES Simulation of the MTU-T161 LPT Profile - Forcing LES in the Endwall Boundary Layer by Grid Refinement 1: Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics; 2: German Aerospace Center (DLR); 3: MTU Aero Engines |
4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session A-06: Combustor-Turbine Interaction Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Franz Heitmeir, Graz University of Technology, Austria Numerical performance analysis of a turbine operated by a rotating detonation combustor 1: Brandenburg University of Technology; 2: Technical University of Berlin 5:00pm - 5:30pm Precise Prediction of Supersonic Passage Starting Process via Fast 1D Modeling Purdue University, United States of America 5:30pm - 6:00pm Evaluation of RANS and URANS approaches for the prediction of hot streak migration in a high-pressure turbine stage 1: Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), France; 2: Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS), France; 3: Safran Helicopter Engines, France |
Date: Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025 | |
8:30am - 9:30am |
ETC2025-IL03: Advancing spectral/hp element high fidelity simulations: What is required to make them suitable for industrial application? Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Prof. Spencer Sherwin - Head of Department and Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London |
10:00am - 12:30pm |
Session A-07: Heat Transfer (II) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Sergio Lavagnoli, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium On the impact of Off-Design Condition on the Thermal Performance of Rotor Platform Cooling Università di Bergamo, Italy 10:30am - 11:00am On the impact of Reynolds number on the performance of a trenched shaped hole 1: Università di Bergamo, Italy; 2: Korea University, Republic of Korea 11:00am - 11:30am Impact of turbine inlet temperature distortion on rotor blade heat transfer using infrared thermography and Computational Methods 1: University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2: Rolls-Royce; 3: Delft University of Technology 11:30am - 12:00pm Experimental Investigation of high pressure shroud components with disruptive cooling structures manufactured by SLM 1: TU Dresden, Germany; 2: MAN Energy Solutions SE, TU Graz Austria 12:00pm - 12:30pm Architecture of a Coupling Framework for Multi-Fidelity Aero-Thermal Simulations for Aero Engines MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Session A-08: Seals flow Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Joerg Reinhart Seume, Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics - TFD, LUH, Germany The effect of purge-mainstream density ratio on rim seal fluid mechanics Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 2:30pm - 3:00pm Numerical Analysis Front Deflector at Outer Air Seal of Low Pressure Turbine 1: MTU Aero Engines Polska, Tajecina 108, 36-002, Jasionka, Poland; 2: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Rzeszow University of Technology, al. Powstańców Warszawy 8, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland 3:00pm - 3:30pm Numerical Study of the Interaction between the Sealing Flow Rate and the Main Flow in a Gas Turbine Stage 1: University of Genova; 2: University of Florence 3:30pm - 4:00pm Overview of the influence of parameters and failures on Dry Gas Seals Chair of Turbomachinery at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session A-09: Axial Turbine - Unsteady flows and interactions (I) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Felix Fischer, MTU Aero Engines, Germany Impact of tip clearance on the performance of a highly loaded unshrouded gas turbine rotor KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 5:00pm - 5:30pm Analysis of interactions among loss-generating mechanisms in axial flow turbines 1: Safran Aircraft Engines, 77550 Moissy-Cramayel, France; 2: ISAE-SUPAERO, Université de Toulouse, 31400 Toulouse, France 5:30pm - 6:00pm Prediction of the Unsteady Flow Field in a Turbine including Air Seal Cavities with Time and Frequency Domain Methods 1: MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany; 2: Institute of Propulsion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
Date: Thursday, 27/Mar/2025 | |
8:30am - 9:30am |
ETC2025-IL04: Siemens Energy – We energize society Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Dr. Axel Schaberg - Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG Muelheim an der Ruhr Germany |
10:00am - 12:30pm |
Session A-10: Modelling of Physical Phenomena Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Marcello Manna, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy RANS Turbulence Modeling of Multistage Compressors using a Combination of Recent Model Extensions 1: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany; 2: MTU Aero Engines AG 10:30am - 11:00am Improved turbine flow prediction using a vortex-reactive turbulence-model extension 1: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany; 2: MTU Aero Engines; 3: Cluster of Excellence SE²A – Sustainable and Energy Efficient Aviation TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany 11:00am - 11:30am Numerical Modelling of pressure losses and heat transfer of a vaporizer tube bundle with quantification of fins effects with CFD and generation of correlations MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany 11:30am - 12:00pm Droplet-laden flows in multi-stage compressors – an overview of the impact of modeling depth on calculated compressor performance Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany 12:00pm - 12:30pm Validation of a Dual-Mesh method for hybrid URANS-LES 1: University of Surrey, United Kingdom; 2: Rolls-Royce Deutschland |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Session A-11: Axial Turbine - Unsteady flows and interactions (II) Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Francesco Martelli, University Florence, Italy Trailing edge loss of choked organic vapor turbine blades Muenster University of Applied Sciences, Germany 2:30pm - 3:00pm Annular high pressure turbine cascade test rig for the investigation of secondary flow structures 1: Chair of Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01062, Germany; 2: GE Aerospace, Advanced Aviation Technology, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany. 3:00pm - 3:30pm Cavity Flow Instabilities in a Purged High-Pressure Turbine Stage 1: von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium; 2: University of Liege, Belgium 3:30pm - 4:00pm Influence of Hub Purge flow rate on Forced Response in a Low Pressure Turbine 1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Von Karman Institute, Belgium |
4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session A-12: Design and Optimisation methods Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Raul Vazquez, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom Multi-objective optimization of an S-type compressor cascade at low transonic inlet conditions Università di Padova, Italy 5:00pm - 5:30pm On the Effectiveness of Low-Fidelity Optimization Methods for Propeller Design Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy |
Date: Friday, 28/Mar/2025 | |
8:30am - 9:30am |
ETC2025-IL05: Propulsion system innovations for climate-friendly aviation - a cost perspective Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Dr Jan von Frohwein - Director of Innovations Propulsion - MTU Aeroengine AG, Munich |
10:00am - 12:30pm |
Session A-13: Transition and turbulence Modeling Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 Chair: Edmund Kügeler, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Validation of an Eddy-viscosity-based Roughness Model using High-fidelity Simulations Leibniz University Hannover, Germany 10:30am - 11:00am Investigation of the laminar-turbulent transition mechanisms of low pressure turbine boundary-layers with Linear Stability Theories von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Chaussée de Waterloo 72, 1640 Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium 11:00am - 11:30am Source-term based synthetic turbulence generator applied to compressible DNS of the T106A low-pressure turbine 1: Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, UK; 2: Rolls-Royce plc, Derby, UK; 3: Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Dahlewitz, Germany 11:30am - 12:00pm An Aggregated Turbulence-Transition Model for the Prediction of Short and Long Separation Bubbles University of Genoa, Italy 12:00pm - 12:30pm Direct Numerical Simulations of the Spleen cascade: a study of the impact of compressibility on transition and separation in a low-pressure turbine passage 1: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2: Cenaero, Belgium; 3: von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium |
12:30pm - 12:45pm |
Closing Ceremony Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030 |