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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
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10:15am
Opening Ceremony
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
10:15am
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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
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1:00pm
Session A-01: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulations (I)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Thomas Polklas, MAN Energy Solutions SE, Germany
 
11:30am - 12:00pm

Effects of streamwise oriented riblets on a LPT blade: a numerical study

Sebastian Schulze, Federico Lo Presti, Wojciech Sadowski, Francesca Di Mare

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

Matteo Russo1, Matteo Dellacasagrande1, Francesca Satta1, Davide Lengani1, Daniele Simoni1, Juri Bellucci2, Matteo Giovannini2, Angelo Alberto Granata2, Monica Gily3

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

Francesco De Vanna, Ernesto Benini

University of Padova, Italy

2:30pm
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4:00pm
Session A-02: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulations (II)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Francesco Montomoli, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom
 
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Study on Aerodynamic Loss of HP Turbine Blade Coolant Ejection

Shota Moriguchi, Hiroki Sato, Masaaki Hamabe

IHI, Japan



3:00pm - 3:30pm

Experimental and numerical investigation of suction side fences for turbine NGVs

Virginia Bologna1, Daniele Petronio1, Francesca Satta1, Luca De Vincentiis2, Matteo Giovannini2, Gabriele Cattoli1,2, Monica Gily3, Andrea Notaristefano3

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

Junjie Ye1, Guglielmo Vivarelli1, João Isler1, David Moxey2, Spencer Sherwin1, Chris Cantwell1

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
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6:00pm
Session A-03: Axial Turbines - Design, Analysis and performance
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Tony Arts, von Karman Institute, Belgium
 
4:30pm - 5:00pm

Aerodynamic scaling of a high-speed low-pressure turbine cascade, optimized for boundary layer similarity in a low-speed test rig

Giacomo Pastorino1,2, Elissavet Boufidi1, Koen Hillewaert2, Fabrizio Fontaneto1

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

Lorenzo Orsini1, Alessio Picchi1, Bruno Facchini1, Dario Barsi2

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

Jan Donndorf, Federico Lo Presti, Francesca di Mare

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Date: Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025
8:30am
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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
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12:30pm
Session A-04: Heat Transfer (I)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Giovanna Barigozzi, Università di Bergamo, Italy
 
10:00am - 10:30am

An experimental and numerical investigation into compressor casing heat shield effectiveness

Andrew Pilkington1, Vinod Gopalkrishna2, Chris Barnes2, Leo Lewis1, Marko Bacic1,2

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

Andrea Pinardi, Noraiz Mushtaq, Paolo Gaetani

Politecnico di Milano, Italy



11:00am - 11:30am

Topology Optimization for Internal Cooling of Gas Turbine Guide Vanes - A Conjugate Heat Transfer Study

Hossein Nadali Najafabadi1, Sadegh Fatahi1, Jonas Lundgren2, Carl-Johan Thore1

1: Linköping University, Sweden; 2: SAAB



11:30am - 12:00pm

Fluid Topology Optimization of Film Cooling: a Design Exploration

Francesco Montomoli1,2, Thomas Rees2, Stefano Furino2, Ruben Tomlin2

1: Imperial College of London, United Kingdom; 2: ToffeeX, United Kingdom

2:00pm
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4:00pm
Session A-05: Axial Turbines - Numerical Simulation (III)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Guillermo Paniagua, Purdue University, United States of America
 
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Influence of Radial Pressure Gradient on Secondary Flows: Numerical Study and Design Optimization for High-Speed Annular Sector Cascades

Moritz Klappenberger1, Christian Landfester2, Robert Krewinkel3, Martin Böhle1

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

Federico Lo Presti, Francesca di Mare

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany



3:00pm - 3:30pm

Assessment of Large-Eddy Simulations to simulate a high-speed low-pressure turbine cascade

Florent Duchaine, Xavier Delon

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

Jakob Voigt1, Felix M. Möller2, Patrick Bechlars3, Lars Wein1

1: Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics; 2: German Aerospace Center (DLR); 3: MTU Aero Engines

4:30pm
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6:00pm
Session A-06: Combustor-Turbine Interaction
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Franz Heitmeir, Graz University of Technology, Austria
 
4:30pm - 5:00pm

Numerical performance analysis of a turbine operated by a rotating detonation combustor

Majid Asli1, Mosaab Mhgoub2, Klaus Höschler1

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

Kevin Boes, Lukas Inhestern, Guillermo Paniagua

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

Christopher Wingel1, Nicolas Binder1, Yannick Bousquet1, Jean-François Boussuge2, Nicolas Buffaz3, Sébastien Le Guyader3

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
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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
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12:30pm
Session A-07: Heat Transfer (II)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Sergio Lavagnoli, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
 
10:00am - 10:30am

On the impact of Off-Design Condition on the Thermal Performance of Rotor Platform Cooling

Giovanna Barigozzi, Giovanni Brumana, Nicoletta Franchina, Elisa Ghirardi

Università di Bergamo, Italy



10:30am - 11:00am

On the impact of Reynolds number on the performance of a trenched shaped hole

Giovanna Barigozzi1, Ali Zamiri2, Giovanni Brumana1, Nicoletta Franchina1, Jin Taek Chung2

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

Manuela Sisti1, Richard S. Adoua2, Chiara Falsetti3, Haidong Li2, Paul F. Beard1

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

Bernhard V. Weigel1, Robert Krewinkel2, Gunter Eschmann1, Stefan Odenbach1, Wieland Uffrecht1

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

Ute Israel, Francois Cottier

MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany

2:00pm
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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
 
2:00pm - 2:30pm

The effect of purge-mainstream density ratio on rim seal fluid mechanics

Jason S. Boldero, Simon Vella, Hui Tang, James A. Scobie, Gary D. Lock, Carl M. Sangan

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

Kacper Palkus1,2

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

Daniele Biassoni1, Dario Barsi1, Lorenzo Orsini2, Davide Lengani1

1: University of Genova; 2: University of Florence



3:30pm - 4:00pm

Overview of the influence of parameters and failures on Dry Gas Seals

Till Martin Brockmann, Sebastian Schuster, Dieter Brillert

Chair of Turbomachinery at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

4:30pm
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6:00pm
Session A-09: Axial Turbine - Unsteady flows and interactions (I)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Felix Fischer, MTU Aero Engines, Germany
 
4:30pm - 5:00pm

Impact of tip clearance on the performance of a highly loaded unshrouded gas turbine rotor

Nitikorn Chanahan, Jens Fridh

KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden



5:00pm - 5:30pm

Analysis of interactions among loss-generating mechanisms in axial flow turbines

Greta Raina1,2, Yannick Bousquet2, David Luquet1, Eric Lippinois1, Nicolas Binder2

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

Maximilian Hartmann1, Marcel Oettinger1, Daniel Schluess1, Georg Geiser2, Florian Herbst2

1: MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany; 2: Institute of Propulsion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Date: Thursday, 27/Mar/2025
8:30am
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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
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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
 
10:00am - 10:30am

RANS Turbulence Modeling of Multistage Compressors using a Combination of Recent Model Extensions

Dominik Anton Suchla1, Alexander Führing2, Pascal Franke1, Dajan Mimic1, Lars Wein1

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

Dajan Mimic1,3, Tim Kluge1, Marcel Oettinger2

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

Francois Cottier, Oliver Beck, Silke Wanzek, Bernhard Jäppelt

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

Geist Silvio, Markus Schatz

Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Validation of a Dual-Mesh method for hybrid URANS-LES

Dario Amirante1, Ilias Vasilopoulos2, Marcus Meyer2, Nick Hills1

1: University of Surrey, United Kingdom; 2: Rolls-Royce Deutschland

2:00pm
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4:00pm
Session A-11: Axial Turbine - Unsteady flows and interactions (II)
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Francesco Martelli, University Florence, Italy
 
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Trailing edge loss of choked organic vapor turbine blades

Leander Hake, Stefan aus der Wiesche

Muenster University of Applied Sciences, Germany



2:30pm - 3:00pm

Annular high pressure turbine cascade test rig for the investigation of secondary flow structures

Hans Alexander Hager1, Anna-Lisa Laufer2, Marios Patinios2, Martin Lange1, Ronald Mailach1

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

Lorenzo Da Valle1,2, Sergio Lavagnoli1

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

Alex Trafford1, Sergio Lavagnoli2, Sina Stapelfeldt1, Gustavo Lopes2

1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Von Karman Institute, Belgium

4:30pm
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6:00pm
Session A-12: Design and Optimisation methods
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Raul Vazquez, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom
 
4:30pm - 5:00pm

Multi-objective optimization of an S-type compressor cascade at low transonic inlet conditions

Marco Casoni, Andrea Magrini, Ernesto Benini

Università di Padova, Italy



5:00pm - 5:30pm

On the Effectiveness of Low-Fidelity Optimization Methods for Propeller Design

Manuel Casablanca, Francesco De Vanna, Andrea Magrini, Ernesto Benini

Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Date: Friday, 28/Mar/2025
8:30am
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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
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12:30pm
Session A-13: Transition and turbulence Modeling
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030
Chair: Edmund Kügeler, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
 
10:00am - 10:30am

Validation of an Eddy-viscosity-based Roughness Model using High-fidelity Simulations

Kenan Cengiz, Hendrik Seehausen, Lars Wein

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

Alice Fischer, Frank Eulitz

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

João Isler1, Guglielmo Vivarelli1, Chris Cantwell1, Francesco Montomoli1, Spencer Sherwin1, Yuri Frey2, Marcus Meyer3, Raul Vazquez2

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

Andrea Carlucci, Daniele Petronio, Matteo Dellacasagrande, Daniele Simoni, Francesca Satta

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

Maxime Borbouse1, Nathan Deneffe1, Mars Thys1, Margaux Boxho1,2, Michel Rasquin2, Gustavo Lopes3, Sergio Lavagnoli3, Koen Hillewaert1,2,3

1: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2: Cenaero, Belgium; 3: von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

12:30pm
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12:45pm
Closing Ceremony
Location: Bldg. 8130 / Rm. 030

 
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