Department staff
Nicola Hughes
Research Associate
Tel +44 (0)1509 227 233
Fax +44 (0)1509 227 275
Email n.j.hughes@lboro.ac.uk
Research Groups
Applied Aerodynamics
Research Interests
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Computational modelling of aerodynamics of gas turbine combustion systems
Current Research
Implementation of a sub grid scale thermodynamic model to account for the effects of small scale features such as pedestals and effusion cooling holes without resolving them in the computational mesh.
Previous research
Computational and experimental modelling of a highly swirling flow (PhD thesis). Computational modelling of the flow downstream of a three stream swirler, representative of those used in the fuel injection system of a gas turbine engine. The flow was modelled in a steady state mode, using both k-epsilon and Reynolds stress turbulence models. A physical model was manufactured from perspex and the exact flow was measured using a three dimensional LDA (Laser Doppler anemometry) system.