Contact Henry Lushington
Background
Henry is a PhD candidate in the Rolls-Royce UTC at Cranfield University. He holds a masters degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Bristol. His project is focused around the application of adjoint methods to facilitate gradient-based shape optimisation for installed powerplants. The scope of the project includes work around geometric parameterisation and constraints, and the calculation of geometric gradients, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and adjoint methods for calculation of overall design gradients and gradient-based optimisation algorithms. The aim of the project is to apply adjoint shape optimisation to improve overall aircraft Net Vehicle Force (NVF), which is closely correlated to overall aircraft fuel burn, and quantify the benefit in terms of both the final design and the computational cost relative to previous methods.
Project title: "Adjoint aerodynamic design for aero-engine nacelles"
Research opportunities
Computational Fluid Dyamics
Powerplant integration
Optimisation methods
Adjoint methods
Geometry parameterisation