Defended Ph.D. Theses in the Turbomachinery and Propulsion Department

2020

On the aerodynamics and heat transfer of a high-speed turbine with advanced rotor tip geometries
Bogdan Cernat, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, October 2020

Advanced experimental aero-thermal investigations of differently enhanced tubular reactors
Marco Virgilio
Universiteit Gent, Belgium, 12 May 2020

Adjoint shape optimization based on large eddy simulations through an adaptation of the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
Alessi Giacomo
KUL Leuven, Belgium, January 2020

2019

Efficient CAD based adjoint optimization of turbomachinery using an adaptive shape parametrization
Ismael Sanchez Torreguitart
Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, 23 May 2019

Adjoint-Based Optimization of Turbomachinery with Application to Axial and Radial Turbines
Lasse Müller
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 7 January 2019

2018

Multidisciplinary design optimization of aero-engine fan blades
Christopher Chahine
University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 17 December 2018

2017

GPU-accelerated CFD simulations for turbomachinery design optimization
Mohamed Hassanine Aissa
TU Delft, 2 October 2017, ISBN 978-2-87516-123-9

Experimental characterization of instability onsets in a high speed axial compressor
Giulia Dell'Era
Université catholique de Louvain, 25 April 2017, ISBN 978-2-87516-119-2

Design, analysis, optimization and control of rotor tip flows
Cis De Maesschalck
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 17 January 2017

2016

Supersonic turbine design and analysis for advanced thermal cycles
Jorge Fernandes Lopes Sousa
Université d'Orléans, 25 April 2016

Assessment of advanced numerical methods for the aero-thermal investigation of combustor-turbine interactions
Stefano Vagnoli, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, April 2016, ISBN 978-2-87516-104-8

2015-2014

Heat transfer in high subsonic velocity environments behind the fan of a gas turbine
Francesco Baldani, Royal Military Academy, Belgium / Université de Valenciennes, France, December 10th,  2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-101-7  

The effect of solidity on compressor performance and stability
Jérôme Sans
Université Catholique de Louvain, December 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-090-4

Benefits of flow control on compressor blade aerodynamics
Fatma Ceyhun  Sahin
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, June 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-080-5     

Development of a High Temperature Cooled Fast Response Probe for Gas Turbine Applications
Mehmet Mersinligil
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, May 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-071-3    

Aero-thermal performance of a film-cooled high pressure turbine blade/vane: a test case for numerical codes validation
Fabrizio  Fontaneto
University of Bergamo, Italy, 22 May 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-083-6
 
Multi-fidelity, multi-disciplinary optimization of turbomachines with shock interaction
Michael Joly
Texas A&M University, USA, 22 May 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-085-0

Experimental investigation of induced supersonic boundary layer transition
Henny Bottini
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), March 2014, ISBN 978-2-87516-069-0

2013

Experimental aerothermal performance of turbofan bypass flow heat exchangers
Laura Villafãne
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain, 12 December 2013, ISBN 978-2-87516-070-6 

Simulation, Design and Analysis of Air-Breathing Combined-Cycle Engines for High Speed Propulsion
Víctor Fernández Villacé  
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, December 2013

Detailed Numerical Characterization of the Separation-Induced Transition, Including Bursting, in a Low-Pressure Turbine Environment
Jayson Babajee
Ecole Centrale de Lyon (ECL) in Lyon, France, November 8, 2013   

2012

Experimental study of the performance and stability of a low pressure axial compressor for a contra-rotating turbofan engine architecture
Nicolas Van de Wyer
Université catholique de Louvain, 21 December 2012

On the Aerothermal Flow Field in a Transonic HP Turbine Stage with a Multi-Pro le LP Stator Vane
Sergio Lavagnoli
Universitat Politécnica De Valéncia, Spain, October 1, 2012, ISBN 978-2-87516-042-3

Turbine base pressure active control through trailing edge blowing
Bayindir Saracoglu   
Wright State University, USA, June 23, 2012

Numerical investigation of the tip leakage flow in different high pressure turbine tip configurations   
Peter Vass
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 14 June 2012

Conjugate Heat transfer investigation of a fixed rib roughened cooling passage  
Beni Cukurel 
Purdue University, IN, USA, May 2012

2010

Coupled flow field and heat transfer in an advanced internal cooling scheme
Coletti Filippo
Stuttgart University, Germany, 21 October 2010

Before 2010

Marco Pau: Film cooling and hub disk leakage flow experiments in a fully rotating transonic turbine stage
Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy, March 2009

Tom Verstraete: Heat transfer and multi disciplinary optimization applied on micro gasturbines
Universiteit Gent, Belgium, June 2008

Yasa Tolga: Efficiency of a HP turbine tested in a compression tube facility
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, May 2008

Alberto Di Sante: Low Reynolds number flow with heat transfer in rotating channels
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, January 2008

Nicolas Billiard: Blade row interference and clocking effects in a one and a half stage turbine
Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, October 2006

Vasiliki Iliopoulou: High frequency gas temperature and surface heat flux measurementsUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, September 2005

Thomas Coton: Unsteady Wake-Boundary Layer Interaction on Advanced High Lift Low Pressure Turbine Airfoils
Université de Liège, Belgium, December 2003 

Luca Casarsa: Aerodynamic performance investigation of fixed rib-roughened cooling passages
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy, June 2003 

Christophe Diette: Measurement and analysis of forced convection phenomena in turbine cooling channel
University of Valenciennes, France, January 2003 

Jean -François Brouckaert: Development of Fast Response Aerodynamic Probes for Time-Resolved Measurements in Turbomachines
Octobre 2002 

Guillermo Paniagua: Investigation of the steady and unsteady performance of a transonic HP turbine 
ULB - Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, September 2002, 162 pgs

Murat Çakan: Aero-thermal Investigation of Fixed Rib-roughened Internal Cooling Passages
Université Catholique de Louvain, July 2000 

Stéphane Pierret: Designing turbomachinery blades by means of the function approximation concept based on artificial neural network, genetic algorithm, and the Navier-Stokes equations
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, December 1999

G. Rau: Einfluss der Rippenanordung auf das Strömungsfeld und den Wärmeübergang in einem Kühlkanal mit quadratischem Querschnitt
Technischen Universität Darmstadt, December 1999 

G. Cicatelli: Time varying wake flow characteristics behind turbine blade wakes.
Université Libre de Bruxelles, June 1998


E. Fabry: Development of 3D stereoscopic holographic Particle Image Velocimetry with a view to applications in turbomachinery flows
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, March 1998  

A. Demeulenaere : Conception et développement d'une méthode inverse pour la génération d'aubes de turbomachines
Université de Liège, September 97  

C. Palomba: L'analisi sperimentale dello stallo rotante secondo le techniche della teoria del caos deterministo.
Universita Degli Studi Di Cagliari,July 1997  

R. Dénos: Etude aerodynamique et thermique de l'écoulement instationnaire dans un rotor de turbine transsonique.
Université de Poitiers, Decembre 1996  

M.J. Costa: Simulaçao fisica do escoamento atmosférico e dispersao sobre colinas bidimensionais
Universidade de Aveiro, 1996