Professor Mark Savill

Prof. of Computational Aerodydnamics Design

Centre for Propulsion Engineering

Contact Professor Mark Savill

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754752
Email: mark.savill@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise

Computing, Simulation & Modelling
Gas Turbines & Propulsion
Power Systems & Turbines

Background

Anthony Mark Savill MA (Hons), PhD (Cantab), FHEA, FRAeS, C.Eng

Mark Savill is currently a Professor of Computational Aerodynamics Design and Head of the Power & Propulsion Sciences group within the Department of Power & Propulsion of the School of Engineering at Cranfield University, where he has been a Member of Council 2010-2013. He joined Cranfield in 2003 from Cambridge University, where he was formerly Manager of their Engineering Department CFD Laboratory. He remaiins a Felllow and Member of the Governing Body for Girton College, Cambridge. Professor Savill is on the Management team for three internationally respected EPSRC High Performance Computing Consortia (UK Turbulence, UK Applied Aerodynamics and the UK Consortium for Mesoscale Engineering Science), He Chairs the EPSRC Steering Committee for Computational Science and Engineering Support nationally, and also sits of the Collabortaive Computational Projects Steering Panel. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a Liveryman of the Fan Makers Company within the City of London, of which he is a Freeman. His academic standing is widely regarded as first class throughout the UK and world-wide.

Current activities

Professor Savill's latest work has been focused on a range of multi-objective optimisation developments, and virtual test bed simulations for aircraft design and control for which he was awarded (with two Cambridge colleagues) the Royal Aeronautical Society Busk Prize for the Best Aerodynamics Paper on the Centenary of Powered Flight in the UK.. He collaborates closely with others at Cranfield on multi-disciplinary computational engineering design optimisation for minimising the impact of aviation on the environment; embracing emission studies, alternative combustor technologies, and biofuels. He also continues to work in cooperation with colleagues at a number of other UK and international institutions; currently with a main focus on aircraft/engine performance and integration, high-lift and novel configurations, aerodynamic noise, flow control, and combustion/pollutant mixing processes.

Clients

Airbus
Rolls-Royce
Siemens
Nordex

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Crescenti F, Kipouros T & Savill AM (2018) Loading and planform shape influence on the wing structural layout through topology optimization. In: 2018 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference: AIAA AVIATION Forum, Atlanta, 25-29 June 2018.
Di Pasquale D, Gore D, Savill M & Kipouros T (2017) Multi-disciplinary integrated aircraft cost suite for optimisation study. In: 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2017), Greenwich, London, 5-7 September 2017.
Di Pasquale D, Cross M, Savill M & Kipouros T (2017) Automated multi-objective surrogate based optimisation for high lift airfoil under kinematic constraint. In: 19th International Conference on Computational Optimization, Modelling and Optimization, Cape Town, 2-3 November 2017.
Kontogiannis SG, Savill AM & Kipouros T (2017) A multi-objective multi-fidelity framework for global optimization. In: 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Grapevine, Texas, 9-13 January 2017.
Chiereghin N, Guglielmi L, Savill M, Kipouros T, Manca E, Rigobello A, Barison M & Benin E (2017) Shape optimization of a curved duct with free form deformations. In: 23rd AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference: AIAA AVIATION Forum 2017, Denver, 5-9 June 2017.
Georgiades A, Sharma S, Kipouros T & Savill M (2017) Predicting and visualizing cost propagation due to engineering design changes. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17), Vancouver, 21-25 August 2017.
Di Pasquale D, Gore D, Savill M, Kipouros T & Holden C (2016) Cost modelling for aircraft in a multi-disciplinary design context. In: 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2016), Loughborough, 6-8 September 2016.
Azami M & Savill M (2016) Comparative analysis of alternative fuels in detonation combustion. In: 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah, 25-27 July 2016.
Demange J, Savill MA & Kipouros T (2016) A multifidelity multiobjective optimization framework for high-lift airfoils. In: 17th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 2016, Washington DC, 13-17 June 2016.
Di Pasquale D, Zhu F, Cross M, Savill M & Kipouros T (2016) Integrated system to perform surrogate based aerodynamic optimisation for high-lift airfoil. In: 5th International Conference on Engineering Optimization - EngOpt 2016, Iguassu Falls, 19-23 June 2016.
Chiereghin N, MacManus D, Savill M & Dupuis R (2015) Dynamic distortion simulations for curved aeronautical intakes. In: Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014 (RAeS): Advanced Aero Concepts, Design and Operations, Bristol, 22-24 July 2014.
Monge B, Sánchez D, Savill M, Pilidis P & Sánchez T. (2015) Influence of design parameters on the performance of a multistage centrifugal compressor for supercritical carbon dioxide applications. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2015), Montreal, Québec, 15-19 June 2015.
Di Pasquale D, Holden C, Kipouros T & Savill M. (2014) An automatic aerodynamic design process in an industrial multi-disciplinary context. In: Joint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014, Barcelona, 20-25 July 2014.
Ferraro G, Kipouros T, Savill AM, Rampurawala A & Agostinelli C. (2014) Propeller-Wing Interaction Prediction for Early Design. In: 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, SciTech 2014, National Harbor, Maryland, 13-17 January 2014.
Ferraro G., Kipouros T., Mark Savill A. & Rampurawala A. (2014) Multi-objective genetic design optimisation for early design. In: 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, SciTech 2014, National Harbor, Maryland, 13-17 January 2014.
Monje B, Sánchez D, Savill M, Pilidis P & Sánchez T (2014) A design strategy for supercritical CO2 compressors. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2014), Dusseldorf, 16-20 June 2014.
Spanelis A, Savill AM & Garry KP (2013) Large eddy simulations of tubofan engine exhaust plume dispersion on a take-off runway. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, (GT2013), San Antonio, TX, 3-7 June 2013.
Sibilli T, Savill M, Sethi V, MacManus D & Rolt A (2012) Numerical simulation of propulsion system integration for very high bypass ratio engines. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Mahmood T, Jackson A, Rizvi SH, Pilidis P, Savill AM & Sethi V (2012) Thrust reverser for a mixed exhaust high bypass ratio turbofan engine and its effect on aircraft and engine performance. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Monje B, Sanchez D, Chacartegui R, Sanchez T, Savill M & Pilidis P (2012) Comparing the pressure rise of air and supercritical carbon dioxide in conical diffusers. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Copenhagen, 11 June 2012.
Saddawi SD, Kipouros T & Savill M (2012) Computational engineering design for micro-scale combustors. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Mazlan NM, Savill M, Kipouros T & Li YG (2012) A numerical study Into the effects of bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosine blends with Jet-A fuel for civil aircraft engine. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Sibilli T & Savill M (2011) Computational fluid dynamics drag prediction and decomposition for propulsive system integration. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2011: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2011), Vancouver, BC, 6-10 June 2011.
Li Q, Peake N & Savill AM (2009) Grid-refined LES predictions for Fan-OGV broadband noise. In: 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (30th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Miami, Florida, 11 May 2009.
Li Q, Peake N & Savill AM (2008) Large eddy simulations for fan-OGV broadband noise prediction. In: 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, 5 May 2008.
Kipouros T, Molinari M, Dawes WN, Parks GT, Savill AM & Jenkins KW (2007) An investigation of the potential for enhancing the computational turbomachinery design cycle using surrogate models and high performance parallelisation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2007), Montreal, Québec, 14-17 May 2007.
Richardson GA, Dawes WN & Savill AM (2006) CFD analysis of hot gas ingestion mechanisms for the vertical descent phase of a harrier aircraft. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Vicedo J, Vilmin S, Dawes WN, Hodson HP & Savill AM (2000) The extension of CFD-friendly turbulence modelling to include transition. In: 8th European Turbulence Conference (ETC-8), 2000, Barcelona, 27-30 June 2000.
Birkby P, Cant RS, Dawes WN, Demargne AAJ, Dhanasekaran PC, Kellar WP, Rycroft NC, Savill AM, Eggels RLGM & Jennions IK (2000) CFD analysis of a complete industrial lean premixed gas turbine combustor. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2000: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2000), Munich, 8-11 May 2000.

Books

Oliver JM, Kipouros T & Savill AM (2017) Multi-objective optimisation by self-adaptive evolutionary algorithm. In: EVOLVE – a bridge between probability, set oriented numerics and evolutionary computation VII, Cham: Springer, p. 111-134.
Hunt JCR & Savill AM (2005) Guidelines and criteria for the use of turbulence models in complex flows.. In: Prediction of Turbulent Flows. Hewitt GF, Vassilicos JC (ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 291-343.
Savill AM (2002) By-pass transition using conventional closures. In: Closure Strategies for Turbulent and Transitional Flows, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 464-492.
Savill AM (2002) New strategies in modelling by-pass transition. In: Closure Strategies for Turbulent and Transitional Flows, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 493-521.
Coustols E & Savill AM (1992) Turbulent Skin Friction Reduction By Active and Passive Means, Parts 1 & 2. In: AGARD Special Course Report on Skin Friction Drag Reduction, Von Karmann Institute.

Contact Professor Mark Savill

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754752
Email: mark.savill@cranfield.ac.uk
ORCID