Contact Dr Soheil Jafari
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- Email: S.Jafari@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
Background
Dr Jafari joint the Centre for propulsion and thermal power engineering at Cranfield University in December 2017 to focus on ultra high bypass ratio (UHBR) turbofan engines performance and optimization.
Before joining Cranfield, he was working with the Dynamic, Control, and Vehicle Research (DCVR) Group at the University of Sussex, where he spent three years working on an industry-linked project with Ford, Ricardo, and Denso. The project involved the design, modelling, control, and optimisation of advanced thermal management systems for internal combustion engines.
Prior to that, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Sharif University of Technology from 2013 to 2015. Alongside his teaching activities his research focused on the control and multidisciplinary design optimisation of gas turbine engines. Soheil gained his PhD at the Iran University of Science and Technology in 2011. His work resulted in the first national electronic control unit (ECU) for aeroengines in Iran.
Current activities
Dr Jafari's current research is focused on control and thermal management systems for disruptive propulsion systems.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Hosseini E, Jafari S, Milani KT, Miran Fashandi SA & Nikolaidis T (2023) Thematic clusters in the field of gas turbine thermal management: a co-word analysis during a century, International Journal of Information Science and Management, 12 (1) 37-72.
- Nekoonam A, Naseb RF, Jafari S, Nikolaidis T, Ale Ebrahim N & Miran Fashandi SA (2023) A scientometric methodology based on co-word analysis in gas turbine maintenance, Tehnicki Vjesnik/Technical Gazette, 30 (1) 361-372.
- Wei Z, Zhang S, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2022) Self-enhancing model-based control for active transient protection and thrust response improvement of gas turbine aero-engines, Energy, 242 (March) Article No. 123030.
- van Heerden ASJ, Judt DM, Jafari S, Lawson CP, Nikolaidis T & Bosak D (2022) Aircraft thermal management: practices, technology, system architectures, future challenges, and opportunities, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 128 (January) Article No. 100767.
- Rafiee R, Shahzadi R & Jafari S (2022) Filament wound pipes optimization platform development: a methodological approach, Composite Structures, 297 (October) Article No. 115972.
- Aghasharifian Esfahani M, Namazi M, Nikolaidis T & Jafari S (2022) Advanced control algorithm for FADEC systems in the next generation of turbofan engines to minimize emission levels, Mathematics, 10 (10) Article No. 1780.
- Nag Srinath A, Pena López A, Fashandi SAM, Lechat S, di Legge G, Nabavi SA, Nikolaidis T & Jafari S (2022) Thermal management system architecture for hydrogen-powered propulsion technologies: practices, thematic clusters, system architectures, future challenges, and opportunities, Energies, 15 (1) Article No. 304.
- Alrashed M, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P, Jafari S & Alrashed W (2022) Key performance indicators for turboelectric distributed propulsion, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71 (5) 1989-2008.
- Gad-Briggs A, Osigwe E, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2022) Analysis of control-system strategy and design of a small modular reactor with different working fluids for electricity and hydrogen production as part of a decentralised mini grid, Energies, 15 (6) Article No. 2224.
- Pang S, Jafari S, Nikolaidis T & Li Q (2022) Reduced-dimensional MPC controller for direct thrust control, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 33 (4) 66-81.
- Wei Z, Jafari S, Zhang S & Nikolaidis T (2021) Hybrid Wiener model: an on-board approach using post-flight data for gas turbine aero-engines modelling, Applied Thermal Engineering, 184 (February) Article No. 116350.
- Soroudi A & Jafari S (2021) Power to air transportation via hydrogen, IET Renewable Power Generation, 14 (7) 3384-3392.
- Liu Y, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2021) Advanced optimization of gas turbine aero-engine transient performance using linkage-learning genetic algorithm: Part Ⅱ, Optimization in flight mission and controller gains correlation development, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34 (4) 568-588.
- Pang S, Jafari S, Nikolaidis T & Li Q (2021) A novel model-based multivariable framework for aircraft gas turbine engine limit protection control, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34 (12) 57-72.
- Alrashed M, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P & Jafari S (2021) Utilisation of turboelectric distribution propulsion in commercial aviation: A review on NASA’s TeDP concept, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34 (11) 48-65.
- Sun X, Jafari S, Fashandi SAM & Nikolaidis T (2021) Compressor degradation management strategies for gas turbine aero-engine controller design, Energies, 14 (18) Article No. 5711.
- Mohammadi SJ, Miran Fashandi SA, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2021) A scientometric analysis and critical review of gas turbine aero-engines control: From Whittle engine to more-electric propulsion, Measurement and Control, 54 (5-6) 935-966.
- Osigwe EO, Gad-Briggs A, Nikolaidis T, Jafari S, Sethi B & Pilidis P (2021) Thermodynamic performance and creep life assessment comparing hydrogen- and jet-fueled turbofan aero engine, Applied Sciences, 11 (9) Article No. 3873.
- Mohammadi DF SJ & Jafari S (2021) Fuzzy controller structures investigation for future gas turbine aero-engines, International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, 6 (1) Article No. 2.
- Jafari S, Bouchareb A & Nikolaidis T (2020) Thermal performance evaluation in gas turbine aero engines accessory gearbox, International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, 5 (3) Article No. 21.
- Alrashed M, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P & Jafari S (2020) Turboelectric uncertainty quantification and error estimation in numerical modelling, Applied Sciences, 10 (5) Article No. 1805.
- Alrashed M, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P, Alrashed W & Jafari S (2020) Economic and environmental viability assessment of NASA’s turboelectric distribution propulsion, Energy Reports, 6 (November) 1685-1695.
- Liu Y, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2020) Advanced optimization of gas turbine aero-engine transient performance using linkage-learning genetic algorithm: Part Ⅰ, Building blocks detection and optimization in runway, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34 (4) 526-539.
- Wei Z, Zhang S, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2020) Gas turbine aero-engines real time on-board modelling: a review, research challenges, and exploring the future, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 121 (February) Article No. 100693.
- Nikolaidis T, Jafari S, Bosak D & Pilidis P (2020) Exchange rate analysis for ultra high bypass ratio geared turbofan engines, Applied Sciences, 10 (21) Article No. 7945.
- Jafari S, Pishkenari MM, Sohrabi S & Feizarefi M (2019) Advanced modelling and control of 5 MW wind turbine using global optimization algorithms, Wind Engineering, 43 (5) 488-505.
- Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2019) Meta-heuristic global optimization algorithms for aircraft engines modelling and controller design; A review, research challenges, and exploring the future, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 104 (January) 40-53.
- Jafari S, Feizarefi M & Majidi Pishkenari M (2019) Control surface freeplay effects investigation on airfoil's aero-elastic behavior in the sub-sonic regime, Aerospace, 6 (10) Article No. 115.
- Nikolaidis T, Li Z & Jafari S (2019) Advanced constraints management strategy for real-time optimization of gas turbine engine transient performance, Applied Sciences, 9 (24) Article No. 5333.
- Sadooghi A, Kibert C, Sadeghi FM & Jafari S (2019) Thermal performance analysis of a traditional passive cooling system in Dezful, Iran, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 83 (January) 291-302.
- Jafari S, Miran Fashandi SA & Nikolaidis T (2019) Modeling and control of the starter motor and start-up phase for gas turbines, Electronics, 8 (3) Article No. 363.
- Jarafi S, Dunne JF, Langari M, Yang Z, Pirault J-P, Long CA & Thalackottore Jose J (2018) Control of spray evaporative cooling in automotive internal combustion engines, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 10 (4) 041011-1-041011-11.
- Langari M, Yang Z, Dunne JF, Jafari S, Pirault J-P, Long CA & Thalackottore Jose J (2018) Conjugate heat transfer predictions for subcooled boiling flow in a horizontal channel using a volume-of-fluid framework, Journal of Heat Transfer, 140 (10) Article No. HT-17-1318.
- Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2018) Thermal management systems for civil aircraft engines: review, challenges and exploring the future, Applied Sciences, 8 (11) Article No. 2044.
- Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2018) Turbojet engine industrial min-max controller performance improvement using fuzzy norms, Electronics, 7 (11) Article No. 314.
- Jafari S, Miran Fashandi SA & Nikolaidis T (2018) Control requirements for future gas turbine-powered unmanned drones: JetQuads, Applied Sciences, 8 (12) Article No. 2675.
- Langari M, Yang Z, Dunne JF, Jafari S, Pirault J-P, Long CA & Jose JT (2018) Multiphase computational fluid dynamics–conjugate heat transfer for spray cooling in the non-boiling regime, Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, 10 (1) 33-42.
- Lotfi M, Yousefi A & Jafari S (2018) The effect of emerging green market on green entrepreneurship and sustainable development in knowledge-based companies, Sustainability, 10 (7) Article No. 2308.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Fashandi SAM & Jafari S (2018) Theoretical and experimental study of a micro jet engine start-up behaviour, Tehnicki Vjesnik/Technical Gazette, 25 (3) 839-845.
- Jafari S & Karbasaf MM (2017) A geometrical method for sound-hole size and location enhancement in lute family musical instruments: the Golden Method, Arts, 6 (4).
- Jafari S, Dunne JF, Langari M, Yang Z, Pirault J-P, Long CA & Thalackottore-Jose J (2016) A review of evaporative cooling system concepts for engine thermal management in motor vehicles, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 231 (8) 1126-1143.
- Jafari S, Khalaf P & Montazeri-Gh M (2014) Multi-objective meta heuristic optimization algorithm with multi criteria decision making strategy for aero-engine controller design, International Journal of Aerospace Sciences, 3 (1) 6-17.
- Safari A, Lemu HG, Jafari S & Assadi M (2013) A comparative analysis of nature-inspired optimization approaches to 2d geometric modelling for turbomachinery applications, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2013 Article No. 716237.
- Jafari S & Montazeri-Gh M (2013) Invasive weed optimization for turbojet engine fuel controller gain tuning, International Journal of Aerospace Sciences, 2 (3) 138-147.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Jafari S & Ilkhani MR (2012) Application of particle swarm optimization in gas turbine engine fuel controller gain tuning, Engineering Optimization, 44 (2) 225-240.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Mohammadi E & Jafari S (2012) Fuzzy-based gas turbine engine fuel controller design using particle swarm optimization, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 110-116 3215-3222.
- Montazeri-Gh M & Jafari S (2012) Application of particle swarm optimization in gain tuning of integrated flight and propulsion control, International Journal of Aerospace Sciences, 2 (3) 55-70.
- Jafari S & Montazeri-Gh M (2011) Evolutionary optimization for gain tuning of jet engine min-max fuel controller, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 27 (5) 1015-1023.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Nasiri M & Jafari S (2011) Real-time multi-rate HIL simulation platform for evaluation of a jet engine fuel controller, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 19 (3) 996-1006.
- Langari M, Yang Z, Dunne JF, Jafari S, Pirault J-P, Long CA & Jose JT Multiphase computational fluid dynamics–conjugate heat transfer for spray cooling in the non-boiling regime, Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows.
Conference Papers
- Jafari S, Nikolaidis T & Sureddi RC (2021) Physics-based thermal management system components design for all-electric propulsion systems. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Virtual event, 7-11 June 2021.
- Jafari S, Nikolaidis T, van Heerden ASJ, Lawson CP & Bosak D (2021) Physics-based thermal model for power gearboxes in geared turbofan engines. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- Roumeliotis I, Castro L, Jafari S, Pachidis V, De Riberolles L, Broca O & Unlu D (2021) Integrated systems simulation for assessing fuel thermal management capabilities for hybrid-electric rotorcraft. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- Khajouei MHSH, Lotfi M, Ebrahimi A & Jafari S (2021) Water truck routing optimization in open pit mines using the general algebraic modelling system approach. In: LSCM 2020: 7th International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Tehran, 23-24 December 2020.
- van Heerden ASJ, Judt DM, Lawson CP, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2020) Framework for integrated dynamic thermal simulation of future civil transport aircraft. In: AIAA SciTech Forum 2020, Orlando, Florida, 6-10 January 2020.
- Thuraganur Venkategowda Y, Jafari S & Nikolaidis T (2020) Thermal management system for more electric aircraft avionics using evaporative spray cooling. In: GPPS Chania20, Online, 7-9 September 2020.
- Langari M, JF Dunne, Jafari S, Pirault J-P, Yang Z, Long CA & Thalackatottore Jose J (2017) A benchmark analysis of subcooled heat transfer in a novel half-unit-cylinder-head for verifying in-vehicle engine evaporative cooling under dynamic conditions. In: Vehicle Thermal Management Systems (VTMS13), London, 17-18 May 2017.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Yousefpour H & Jafari S (2010) Fuzzy logic computing for design of gas turbine engine fuel control system. In: Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), Singapore, 26-28 February 2010.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Safari A & Jafari S (2008) Optimization of turbojet engine fuel control system for safety consideration. In: 7th Conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society (Aero2008), Tehran, 19-21 February 2008.
Books
- Jafari S (2018) Engineering applications of carbon nanotubes. In: • Carbon nanotube-reinforced polymers: from nanoscale to macroscale, Elsevier.
- Safari A, Jafari S & Assadi M (2018) Role of gas-fuelled solutions in support of future sustainable energy world; part I: stimuluses, enablers, and barriers. In: Sustainable energy technology and policies: a transformational journey, Singapore: Springer, p. 1-33.
- Safari A, Das N, Jafari S, Langhelle O, Roy J & Assadi M (2018) Role of gas-fuelled solutions in support of future sustainable energy world: part II: case studies. In: Sustainable energy technology and policies: a transformational journey, Singapore: Springer, p. 35-86.
- Jafari S & Montazeri-Gh M (2012) Min-max algorithm for turbojet engine fuel controller design. Tehran: Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology.
- Montazeri-Gh M & Jafari S (2012) Design and optimization of min-max fuel controller for turbojet engine [in Persian]. Tehran: IUST Publication Center.
- Montazeri-Gh S, Jafari S & Kian Mehr M (2011) ECU manufacturing for turbojet engine using AVR micro controller. Tehran: Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Nasiri S & Jafari S (2010) HIL simulation for turbojet electronic control unit test. Tehran: Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology.
- Jafari S & Montazeri-Gh M (2009) Fuzzy algorithm for turbojet engine fuel controller design. Tehran: Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology.
- Montazeri-Gh M, Jafari S & Yousefpour H (2009) ECU manufacturing for turbojet engine based on fuzzy logic. Tehran: Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology.