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- Email: A.Proenca@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Flight Physics
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Vehicle Aerodynamics
Background
Dr Anderson Proenca joined Cranfield University in 2021 to work on experimental aerodynamics. He is primarily responsible for the operation and development of the Applied Aerodynamics Wind Tunnel Laboratory, which consists of low-speed and high-speed wind tunnels used for industry contracts, academic research projects, and postgraduate courses. Dr Proenca has extensive teaching experience and he is currently involved in the delivery of several modules of the MSc in Aerospace Dynamics programme.
Anderson graduated from the University of Uberlandia with first-class honours in BEng Mechanical Engineering in 2012, before obtaining an MSc in Transport Phenomena with distinction in 2014. He was then awarded a PhD in Engineering from the University of Southampton in 2018, having his thesis on aerodynamics and acoustics of turbulent jet flows defended with no corrections. Dr Proenca was a research fellow in aeroacoustics in the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research for three years. In Southampton, he developed experimental and analytical studies on aircraft noise, whilst co-leading numerous UK and EU research projects.
Research opportunities
Anderson is interested in flow control, unsteady aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, aerodynamic measurement technology, and aeroacoustics.
Current activities
Dr Proenca research activities span a range of applied aerodynamics subjects, including passive and active flow control of turbulent flows; fluid sensor technology; aerospace ground test and flight test design; atmospheric turbulence and air pollution; wind turbine performance and noise; and advanced air mobility propulsion aerodynamics. Experimental investigations are conducted in the AAWTL, at Cranfield University, and in collaboration with colleagues from academia and industry.
Clients
- Airbus SE
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
Publications
Articles In Journals
- da Silva GE, Dias RR, de Almeida O & Proença AR. (2025). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Scale Effects on the Flow Over a Sedan Vehicle. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 114(4)
- Rijns S, Teschner T-R, Blackburn K, Ramos Proenca A & Brighton J. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of high-performance vehicle configurations under yaw conditions. Physics of Fluids, 36(4)
- Gryazev V, Markesteijn AP, Karabasov SA, Lawrence JLT & Proença AR. (2023). Jet flow and noise predictions for the Doak laboratory experiment. AIAA Journal, 61(7)
- Amargianitakis DC, Self RH, Synodinos AP, Proença AR & Torija Martinez AJ. (2023). Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources. AIAA Journal, 61(4)
- Amargianitakis DC, Self R, Torija AJ, Proença AR & Synodinos AP. (2023). Toward estimating noise–power–distance curves for propeller-powered zero-emission hydrogen aircraft. Journal of Aircraft, 61(2)
- Proença AR & Lawrence JLT. (2022). Experimental Flowfield Analyses of Installed Subsonic Jet–Pylon Interaction. AIAA Journal, 60(3)
- Proenca A & Meloni S. (2022). Evaluation of turbulent jet characteristic scales using joint statistical moments and an adaptive time-frequency analysis. Fluids, 7(4)
- Meloni S, Proença AR, Lawrence JLT & Camussi R. (2021). An experimental investigation into model-scale installed jet–pylon–wing noise. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 929
- Proença A, Lawrence J & Self R. (2020). Investigation into the turbulence statistics of installed jets using hot-wire anemometry. Experiments in Fluids, 61(10)
- Meloni S, Lawrence JLT, Proença AR, Self RH & Camussi R. (2020). Wall pressure fluctuations induced by a single stream jet over a semi-finite plate. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 19(3-5)
- Proença A, Lawrence J & Self R. (2019). Measurements of the single-point and joint turbulence statistics of high subsonic jets using hot-wire anemometry. Experiments in Fluids, 60(4)
- de Almeida O, Proença AR & Self RH. (2017). Experimental characterization of velocity and acoustic fields of single-stream subsonic jets. Applied Acoustics, 127
- Souza PRC, Proença AR, de Almeida O & Self RH. (2017). Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics Investigation of a Low Speed Subsonic Jet. The International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, 22(1)
- Proença AR, De almeida O & Self RH. AERODYNAMICS AND AEROACOUSTICS SURVEY FOR A LOW SPEED SUBSONIC JET OPERATING AT MACH 0.25. Revista de Engenharia Térmica, 13(2)
Conference Papers
- Lhopiteau C, Proença AR & Garry KP. (2025). Leading Edge Bluntness Influence on Delta Wing Vortex Flow
- de Souza FJ, Lawrence J, Cruz RH & Proenca A. (2024). Prediction of far-field noise from installed corrugated nozzles
- Murari PK, Proenca A & Garry KP. (2023). Upstream turbulence effects on the self-similarity of wakes: vortex pair dynamics
- Cardona J, Proenca A & Garry KP. (2023). Use of an Aerodynamic Wake Emulator to Assess the Impact on a High-Performance Ground Vehicle in Close Proximity
- Francannet A, Prince SA, Di Pasquale D & Proenca A. (2023). Feasibility of a spinning cylinder on the leading and trailing edges of a flap for high lift
- Lindblad D, Sherwin SJ, Cantwell C, Lawrence J, Proenca A, .... (2023). Large eddy simulations of isolated and installed jet noise using the high-order discontinuous Galerkin method
- Carbini E, Lawrence J, Proença A, Meloni S & Camussi R. (2023). An experimental investigation into the influence of installed passively controlled jet flows on wall-pressure fluctuations
- Rallapalli A, Proenca A & Garry K. (2023). Upstream disturbance effects on self-similarity in the wake of a DrivAer model
- Bourny Q, Proenca A, Di Pasquale D & Prince SA. (2023). Analysis of triangular cross-section slender bodies in supersonic regime using RANS simulations
- Lindblad D, Sherwin SJ, Cantwell CD, Lawrence J, Proenca A, .... (2023). Aeroacoustic analysis of a closely installed chevron nozzle jet using the high-order discontinuous Galerkin method
- de Souza FJ, Lawrence J & Proenca A. (2023). Reduced-order model prediction of far-field mixing noise from internally-notched nozzles - WITHDRAWN duplicate see: https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22553
- Ramos Proenca A & Lawrence JLT. (2022). Far-field pressure measurements of elliptic jets discharged close to a wing
- Proenca A & Lawrence J. (2022). Installed jet noise reduction using a zigzag vortex generator
- Wang Z-N, Proenca A, Lawrence J, Tucker P & Self R. (2022). LES study of noise and its sources of closely installed jets
- Lindblad D, Sherwin S, Cantwell C, Lawrence J, Proenca A, .... (2022). Aeroacoustic Analysis of a Subsonic Jet using the Discontinuous Galerkin Method
- Amargianitakis DC, Self R, Proenca A, Boyd C, Westcott O, .... (2022). Measurement and modelling of noise-power-distance curves of a fixed-wing UAV
- Amargianitakis DC, Self R, Proenca A, Torija Martinez A & Synodinos A. (2022). Generation of noise exposure contours for eVTOL aircraft including transition
- Wellman M, Proenca A, Lawrence J & Self R. (2022). The effects of internal nozzle blockage in a single stream jet on far-field jet mixing noise
- Proenca A, Gerhard K, Prince S, Garry KP & Tragin T. (2022). Roughness effects on the aerodynamic forces and wake flowfield of spinning cylinders
- Gryazev V, Markesteijn AP, Karabasov SA, Lawrence J & Proenca A. (2022). Flow and noise predictions of the isolated subsonic jets from the Doak Laboratory experiment
- Carbini E, Meloni S, Camussi R, Lawrence J & Proença A. (2022). An experimental investigation into the influence of installed chevron jet flows on wall-pressure fluctuations
- Proenca AR, Prince SA, Banks-Davies L & Garry KP. (2022). Experimental evaluation of a passive flow-control device for a tiltrotor aircraft
- Proenca A & Lawrence J. (2021). Blockage Effects on the Pressure Field of 3D-Printed Small-Scale Jet Nozzles
- Amargianitakis DC, Self RH, Torija AJ, Proenca A & Synodinos AP. (2021). Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources
- Amargianitakis D, Self RH, Torija AJ & Proença AR. (2021). Towards predicting noise-power-distance curves for propeller and rotor powered aircraft
- Wang Z-N, Proenca A, Lawrence J, Tucker PG & Self R. (2020). Large-Eddy-Simulation Prediction of an Installed Jet Flow and Noise with Experimental Validation
- Proença AR, Lawrence JLT & Self RH. (2020). Experimental Investigation into the Turbulence Flowfield of In-Flight Round Jets
- Wang Z-N & Tucker PG. (2019). Large-Eddy Simulation of Installed Jet Flows and Acoustics
- Proenca A. (2019). SCALING OF THE FAR FIELD PRESSURE OF IN-FLIGHT JETS SIMULATED WITH A OPEN JET WIND TUNNEL
- Proenca A, Lawrence J & Self R. (2019). Experimental Investigation into the Turbulence Flow Field of In-Flight Jets
- Proenca A, Lawrence J & Self R. (2017). A Survey of the Turbulence Statistics of a Model-Scale Installed Jet at Low and Moderate Mach Numbers
- Rosa V, Proenca A, Self R, Ilario C, Wang Z-N, .... (2017). Sound of transverse momentum fluxes in circular subsonic jets
- De Almeida O, Silva TDA, Proença AR, Duarte MAV, Duarte JB, .... (2011). Experimental and numerical investigation of a single jet interacting with a flat plate
- Anderson Proença , Jack Lawrence & Rod Self . Experimental study on the aerodynamics of a high subsonic jet interacting with a flat plate