Dr Jack Wetherell

MRes, MEng, AMRAeS

Jack received his MEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Loughborough University in 2017. Following this, he joined the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics, completing a Master of Research degree at the University of Cambridge before returning to Loughborough for his PhD, which he completed in 2023. Since January 2022, he has worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre, where he has applied his expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to a wide range of industrially relevant problems, from fuel atomisation to novel hydrogen combustion system architectures.

PhD, ‘Large eddy simulation of primary atomisation in prefilming airblast atomisers’, Loughborough University, 2023
MRes, 2018, University of Cambridge
MEng, 2017, Loughborough University

The development and application of CFD methods for gas turbine combustion systems. This includes:

Two-Phase Flows
- Methods development for interface capturing simulations of atomisation.
- High-fidelity simulations of primary and secondary atomisation.
- Analysis and development of analytical/empirical models for the breakup process.
- Improvements to Lagrangian spray modelling
Reacting Flows
- Hydrocarbon-based combustion systems using flamelet-based chemistry and Lagrangian sprays.
- Development of methods for accurate simulation of hydrogen combustion
- Development of novel combustion system designs for hydrogen-fuelled gas turbines.

Wetherell, J and Garmory, A (2024) Air-film coupling in prefilming airblast atomisers and the implications for subsequent atomisation, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 113(4), pp.975-1002, ISSN: 1386-6184. DOI: 10.1007/s10494-024-00565-z.
Wetherell, J and Garmory, A (2024) The effect of film development on primary breakup in a prefilming airblast atomizer, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146(9), 091012, ISSN: 0742-4795. DOI: 10.1115/1.4064729.