Biography
After obtaining my PhD on unsteady flows in compressors at Cambridge in 2007, I worked as the Rolls-Royce Research fellow at the Osney Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Following this post, I’ve worked at Queen Mary, University of London and Southampton University as a lecturer. I moved back to Cambridge University and the Whittle Laboratory in December 2014. As well as my role as a lecturer at the Engineering Department, I was an EPSRC Fellow from 2014-2019, and I am Fellow of St. John’s College.
Research topics
My research interests are focused on the thermofluid dynamics of turbomachines used in both aero-engine propulsion and land-based power.
I have published articles on a wide range of topics such as: unsteady flows in compressors; transonic turbine aerodynamics and heat transfer; Direct Numerical Simulation of turbomachinery flows; real-gas flows in Organic Rankine Cycle turbines.
I am studying how real-gas behaviour affects turbine performance, with application to the use of turbines for heat-recovery systems (such as Organic Rankine Cycles). The work is both experimental and computational. See here for more details.
I have developed a high-order code (3DNS), which is written specifically for time-accurate high-fidelity simulations (DNS/LES) of turbomachinery flows. The code is a 4th order accurate compressible Navier-Stokes solver which can also solve for real-gas (such as for Organic Rankine Cycles turbines).
Publications & updates
The Effect of Isentropic Exponent on Transonic Turbine Performance
Authors:
David Baumgartner, John J. Otter, Andrew P. S. Wheeler
Publication:
Journal of Turbomachinery
DOI:
DOI: 10.1115/1.4046528
The Effect of Non-Equilibrium Boundary Layers on Compressor Performance
Authors:
Andrew P. S. Wheeler, Anthony M. J. Dickens, Robert J. Miller
Publication:
Journal of Turbomachinery
DOI:
10.1115/1.4040094
The Effect of Rotor Casing on Low-Pressure Steam Turbine and Diffuser Interactions
Authors:
Gursharanjit Singh, Andrew P. S. Wheeler and Gurnam Singh
Publication:
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
DOI:
10.1115/1.4034417