Department staff
Dr Martin Passmore
Head of Department
Senior Lecturer
Tel +44 (0)1509 227 250
Fax +44 (0)1509 227 275
Email m.a.passmore@lboro.ac.uk
Background
- PhD Loughborough University 1990. The Measurement and analysis of road vehicle Drag Forces.
- Post-doctoral research 1990 (Loughborough University)
- Academic staff Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering in 1991, Senior lecturer in 2002.
Accomplishments
- Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Programme Director Automotive Engineering 2000-2010
- Design, build and commissioning of AAE large wind tunnel
- Development of the FIFA World Cup 2010 match ball in association with adidas
- Best paper in session award. 8th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) Vienna, 2010
Research Groups
Applied Aerodynamics
Also a member of the Sports Technology Research Group.
Research Interests and Activities
The aerodynamics of bluff bodies, with particular emphasis on road vehicles and football aerodynamics. Current and recent research projects include:
- Investigations of the effect of freestream turbulence on the aerodynamic optimisation of road vehicles.
- Investigations of bluff body transient aerodynamic loads
- The application of active flow control techniques to Automotive Wake flows
- Aerodynamic studies and in flight behaviour of footballs.
- The measurement and optimisation of road vehicle drag on the road.
Work is primarily experimental, using the approximately one-quarter scale low speed wind tunnel designed in house. The principle measurement techniques are low speed two component and three component planar PIV, Hot-wire, pressure and balance measurements.
External Activities
- Session chair 2004, 2006 and 2010 MIRA International conferences on Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Invited lectures: ECARA, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2004. (European carmakers Aerodynamics Research Association) World Conference on Science in Football, Nagoya, Japan 2011
- Advisory Roles: Advisory group of the Motorsport Academy.
- Referee for Journal of Fluids, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, (Parts C, D and P), International Journal of Vehicle Design and ASME., Experiments in Fluids.
- External examiner, Cranfield University, University of Manchester, Durham University, University of Southampton
Teaching Responsibilities
- Vehicle Design and Development
- Ground Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Part D MEng Group project