Contact Professor Matthew Harrison
- Email: m.f.harrison@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Engines, Powertrains & Alternative Fuels
Background
Matthew Harrison is an engineer and academic specialising in engineering dynamics applied across automotive, motorsport and built environment sectors. He has taught powertrain topics at Cranfield University since 1999 and has supervised a large number of PhD and MSc by Research students on automotive topics over that time. Away from Cranfield, Matthew runs engineering consultancy projects working with global clients.
Matthew received an MBE for services to engineering and education in 2017
Research opportunities
Engineering dynamics, vibration and acoustics. Motorsport. Powertrain design and performance simulation. Hybrid powertrains used in motorsport. Direct injection spark ignited engines. Turbocharging and supercharging. Optimising intake, exhaust and variable valve timing systems. Hydrogen used as a motorsport fuel. Fuel spray morphology. Optical dagnostic assessment of fuel sprays. Gas dynamics and internal flow CFD.
Current activities
Matthew teaches powertrain topics on both the Motorsport and Automotive MSc programmes at Cranfield as well as giving short courses on vehicle refinement, vibration and noise.
His research interests are: performance simulation of ultra-high specific output hybrid powertrains for use in Motorsport. Novel approaches to in-cylinder CFD for fuek spray dynamics. Hydrogen as a motorsport fuel. The noise from vertical take off vehicles.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Xu W, de Bretagne OLR, Grasso M, Harrison MF, Carless O, .... (2023). On a numerical methodology to assess the fatigue life of connecting rods. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Available online 18 June 2023
- Brayshaw DL & Harrison MF. (2005). Use of numerical optimization to determine the effect of the roll stiffness distribution on race car performance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 219(10)
- Brayshaw DL & Harrison MF. (2005). A quasi steady state approach to race car lap simulation in order to understand the effects of racing line and centre of gravity location. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 219(6)
- Harrison MF, De Soto I & Rubio Unzueta PL. (2004). A linear acoustic model for multi-cylinder IC engine intake manifolds including the effects of the intake throttle. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 278(4-5)
- Harrison MF & Dunkley A. (2004). The acoustics of racing engine intake systems. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 271(3-5)
- Harrison MF & Arenas RP. (2004). A hybrid boundary for the prediction of intake wave dynamics in IC engines. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 270(1-2)
- Harrison MF & Stanev PT. (2004). Measuring wave dynamics in IC engine intake systems. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 269(1-2)
- Harrison MF. (2001). Calculating speech intelligibility for the design of public address systems at railway stations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 215(4)
- Harrison MF, Thompson DJ & Jones CJC. (2000). The calculation of noise from railway viaducts and bridges. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 214(3)