Contact Dr Joao Amaral Teixeira
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754679
- Email: j.a.amaral.teixeira@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Power Systems & Turbines
- Renewable Energy
Background
Education
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield University, 2001.
BEng Mechanical engineering (1st class honours) Warwick University, 1997
Career History
Lecturer, Cranfield University (2003 to date)
Research Officer, Cranfield University (2000 to 2003)
Current activities
Joao's research is centred primarily on the design and numerical characterisation of turbomachinery components including gas turbine compressors, industrial fans, centrifugal pumps and wet renewable turbines.
In both the areas of turbines for Oscillating Water Column applications and for tidal power extraction, this work has been carried out in collaboration with industrial partners for whom the Turbomachinery and Icing Group has carried out extensive design projects. Joao has supervised a number of MSc and Doctoral students whose work has made significant contributions towards the design of OWC turbines leading to the development of novel, patented, configurations. Other work in this area involved the computation, employing free-surface transient simulations, of the interaction of the sea with OWC buoys.
Joao has been involved with the TEL tidal turbine programme which has extended over several years covering early conceptual design and leading to a patented turbine design. Ongoing work in this area is looking at advancing the modelling and performance of the current and future developments of the DeltaStream concept.
He is the Course Director of the Rotating Machinery, Engineering and Management option - MSc in Thermal Power which focuses on the mechanical aspects of the design and health monitoring of a range of rotating machines, from electrical generators to various turbomachines. Other teaching activities include leading the 'Introduction to CFD for Gas Turbines' module on the popular Thermal Power MSc course. He has supervised a number of Doctoral candidates in a wide variety of areas including:
Purge Systems for Radiation Pyrometers
Modelling of Bi-directional Dry Gas Face Seals
Modelling of Transition in Axial Compressors
Effects of Wear on Honeycomb Labyrinth Seals
ptimisation of Bidirectional Impulse Turbines for Wave Power Generation
CFD Analyses of Pressure Pulsations in Centrifugal Pumps
Investigation of the Closed Valve Head of Centrifugal Pumps.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Alqallaf J & Teixeira JA. (2022). Quantifying the Economic Benefits of Using Erosion Protective Coatings in a Low-Pressure Compressor (Aero-Engine): A Case Study Evaluation. Processes, 10(2)
- Alqallaf J & Teixeira JA. (2022). Numerical study of effects of solid particle erosion on compressor and engine performance. Results in Engineering, 15(September)
- Althubaiti A, Elasha F & Teixeira JA. (2022). Fault diagnosis and health management of bearings in rotating equipment based on vibration analysis – a review. Journal of Vibroengineering, 24(1)
- Almurtaji S, Ali N, Teixeira JA & Addali A. (2021). Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Based Nanofluids on Marine Gas Turbine Intercooler Performance. Nanomaterials, 11(9)
- Almurtaji S, Ali N, Teixeira JA & Addali A. (2021). Effect of Preparation Temperature, Surfactant, and Nanoparticles Concentration on the Effective Thermophysical Properties of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes’ Nanofluids. International Journal of Thermophysics, 42(12)
- Alqallaf J & Teixeira JA. (2021). Blade Roughness Effects on Compressor and Engine Performance—A CFD and Thermodynamic Study. Aerospace, 8(11)
Conference Papers
- Gamil AAA, Nikolaidis T, Teixeira JA, Madani SH & Izadi A. (2020). Assessment of Surface Roughness Effects on Micro Axial Turbines
- Gamil AA, Teixeira JT, A. A, Alhajeri HM & Elasha F. (2017). Demonstration of Leakage Flow Distribution of an Axial Fan inside the Tip Clearance Gap
- Alhajeri HM, Amaral Teixeira J, Addali A. A, Gamil A. A. A & Alenezi AH. (2016). Mist cooling ratios analysis in rectangular passage with 45-deg angled rib
- Farman JR, Teixeira JA, Whidborne JF, Mba D & Natanzi S. (2013). Development of polychormatic irregular waves for testing OWC bidirectional turbines at a land-based test facility
- Khaleghi H & Teixeira JA. (2010). Numerical study of discrete tip injection in a transonic axial compressor
- Dyson G & Teixeira J. (2009). Investigation of Closed Valve Operation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Freeman C, Amaral Teixeira J, Trarieux F & Ayre R. (2009). Design of a gravity stabilised fixed pitch tidal turbine of 400kW
- Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P, Teixeira JA & Pachidis V. (2008). Water Film Formation on an Axial Flow Compressor Rotor Blade
- Collins D, Teixeira J & Crudgington P. (2008). Insight into the performance degradation of abradable honeycomb labyrinth seals due to wear
- Beevers AD, Amaral-Teixeira J & Wells R. (2008). Modelling Unsteady Transition Effects in an Axial Compressor
