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Dr Clare Bonham MEng, PhD
Lecturer in Gas Turbine Aerothermal Engineering
- +44 (0)1509 227287
- C.Bonham@lboro.ac.uk
- 2.11 NCCAT Building
- Research publications
Research Group:
Applied Aerodynamics
Research interests:
General interest in internal aerodynamics and heat transfer relating to gas turbine aero engines, including; Heat transfer and cooling strategies, gas-path performance instrumentation, and measurement traceability and uncertainty analysis
Background
Lecturer in Gas Turbine Aerothermal Engineering
Member of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes since 2009.
Specialities:
- Experimental study of gas turbine aerodynamics and combustion system aerothermal processes.
Education:
- MEng (hons) Aeronautical Engineering, Loughborough University, 2009
- PhD, ‘The Development of Accurate Stagnation Temperature Probes for Gas Turbine Engines’, Loughborough University, 2015
Past Positions:
- Engineering Technologist, Rolls-Royce, 2009-2010
- Visiting Academic, Loughborough University, 2010
- Research Student, Loughborough University, 2010-2014
- Research Associate, Loughborough University, 2014
- Lecturer in Gas Turbine Aerothermal Engineering, Loughborough University, 2014-present.
Research
The experimental investigation of heat transfer problems related to the flows within gas turbine engines. This includes the study of gas-path performance instrumentation and combustor cooling systems.
Selected research projects:
- SILOET - Development of advanced gas-path stagnation temperature probes, TSB, 2010-2012
- STARGATE - Impact of unsteadiness on gas-path pressure and temperature measurments, EU FP7, 2012-2015
- CDT Project - Internal heat transfer in combustor cooling systems, 2015-present
Teaching
Aeronautical Engineering, Loughborough University:
- Engineering Thermodynamics (TT005)
- Part C and D Individual Projects
- DIS Tutor
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics:
- Combustion Cooling
External Activities
- Member of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics
- Member if the Rolls-Royce UTC in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes
- Member of the Institution of Mechnical Engineering
Publications and Awards
View Publications for Clare Bonham
Patents:
- “Dual Skin Total Temperature and Pressure Probe Invention”, Ref: 5113 VJA (pending)
