Contact Professor Simon Prince
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: simon.prince@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Flight Physics
Background
Graduated from University of Sheffield with a MEng(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 before graduating from the MSc Aerodynamics course at Cranfield University the year later. Completed a PhD in high speed aerodynamics at Cranfield while working for the Defence Research Agency, where Simon worked on experimental and CFD projects ranging from missile, civil and combat aircraft aerodynamics and propulsion integration. Was at City University of London from 2004-2014, completing a MA in Academic Practice in 2010. Simon helped establish and was seconded to the UK Aerospace Technology Institute until 2017. He is secretary of the Association of Aerospace Universities, a member of the ESDU Transonics committee and the UK Vertical Lift Network.
Current activities
Experimental and Computational high speed (transonic, supersonic and hypersonic) aerodynamics.
Aerodynamic flow control.
Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Clients
- Airbus SE
- Aircraft Research Association
- Aerospace Technology Institute
- Reaction Engines Ltd
- ACCURIS (ESDU)
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Barrington JH, James SW, Kissinger T, Staines SE, Prince S, .... (2023). Optical fibre pressure sensing using a frequency modulated laser-based signal processing technique. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(7)
- Di Pasquale D & Prince S. (2023). Passive Transonic Shock Control on Bump Flow for Wing Buffet Suppression. Aerospace, 10(6)
- Tsentis S, Goulos I, Prince S, Pachidis V & Zmijanovic V. (2023). Propulsion Aerodynamics for a Novel High-Speed Exhaust System. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 145(12)
- Prince SA, Badalamenti C & Georgiev D. (2021). Experimental investigation of a variable geometry vertical axis wind turbine. Wind Engineering, 45(4)
- Kshitij A, Prince SA, Stollery JL & Ricón FDLP. (2021). A simple method for drag estimation for wedge-like fairings in hypersonic flow. The Aeronautical Journal, 125(1288)
- Prince S, Green R, Coton F & Wang Y. (2019). The Effect of Steady and Pulsed Air Jet Vortex Generator Blowing on an Airfoil Section Model Undergoing Sinusoidal Pitching. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 64(3)
- Green RB, Prince SA, Wang Y, Khodagolian V & Coton FN. (2018). Delay of Dynamic Stall Using Pulsed Air-Jet Vortex Generators. AIAA Journal, 56(5)
- Prince SA, Badalamenti C & Regas C. (2017). The application of passive air jet vortex-generators to stall suppression on wind turbine blades. Wind Energy, 20(1)
- Prince S, Yemets V & Wilkinson R. (2015). Investigations of a Combustible Inertial Launch Vehicle Design. JBIS. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 67(7)
- Thouault N, Breitsamter C, Adams NA, Seifert J, Badalamenti C, .... (2012). Numerical Analysis of a Rotating Cylinder with Spanwise Disks. AIAA Journal, 50(2)
- Prince SA & Khodagolian V. (2011). Low-Speed Static Stall Suppression Using Steady and Pulsed Air-Jet Vortex Generators. AIAA Journal, 49(3)
- Prince SA & Williams MJ. (2009). Parabolized navter-stokes investigations of hypersonic intake flows. JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 62(3)
- Prince SA, Khodagolian V, Singh C & Kokkalis T. (2009). Aerodynamic Stall Suppression on Aerofoil Sections Using Passive Air-Jet Vortex Generators. AIAA Journal, 47(9)
- Khalid M, Dujardin A, Hennig P, Leavitt L, Leopold F, .... (2005). Turbulence Model Studies to Investigate the Aerodynamic Performance of a NASA Dual Control Missile at Supersonic Mach Numbers. Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, 51(4)
- Prince SA, Vannahme M & Stollery JL. (2005). Experiments on the hypersonic turbulent shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction and the effects of surface roughness. The Aeronautical Journal, 109(1094)
- Princet SA & Qin N. (2002). Mechanism of windward vortex shocks about supersonic slender bodies. The Aeronautical Journal, 106(1063)
Conference Papers
- Tsentis S, Goulos I, Prince S, Pachidis V, Zmijanovic V, .... (2024). Wind Tunnel Installation Effects on the Base Flow for a High-Speed Exhaust System
- Burrows S, Rana ZA & Prince S. (2024). Hypersonic Boundary Layer Reduction with Optimisation of the Hyshot II Intake using Numerical Methods
- Di Pasquale D. (2024). CFD study of the effect of distributed wall roughness as a Passive Transonic Shock Control technique on Bump Flow for Wing Buffet Alleviation
- Francannet A, Prince S, Di Pasquale D & Proenca A. (2023). Feasibility of a Spinning Cylinder on the Leading and Trailing Edges of a Flap for High Lift
- Huynh D, Di Pasquale D, Prince S & Ahuja V. (2023). Application of a Semi-Empirical Method to Model Subsonic Vortex Lift over Sharp Leading-Edge Delta Wings
- Bourny Q, Proenca A, Di Pasquale D & Prince SA. (2023). Analysis of Triangular Cross-Section Slender Bodies in Supersonic Regime using RANS simulations
- Barrington JH, James SW, Kissinger T, Staines SE, Prince S, .... (2023). The use of range-resolved interferometry for multi-parameter sensing in a wind tunnel
- Tsentis S, Goulos I, Prince S, Pachidis V & Zmijanovic V. (2023). Propulsion Aerodynamics for a Novel High-Speed Exhaust System
- Tsentis S, Goulos I, Prince S, Pachidis V & Zmijanovic V. (2023). PROPULSION AERODYNAMICS FOR A NOVEL HIGH-SPEED EXHAUST SYSTEM
- Proenca A, Gerhard K, Prince S, Garry KP & Tragin T. (2022). Roughness effects on the aerodynamic forces and wake flowfield of spinning cylinders
- Proença AR, Prince SA, Banks-Davies L & Garry KP. (2022). EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A PASSIVE FLOW-CONTROL DEVICE FOR A TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT
- Carias EKT & Prince SA. (2022). VALIDATION STUDY OF BLUNTED AND SHARP CONES AT HYPERSONIC SPEED
- Ma K & Prince S. (2021). Estimation of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Velocity Profiles on Swept Wings and Blended Wing Bodies
- Gonzalez R & Prince SA. (2021). On the assessment of CFD methods for vortical flows
- Bonnici M, Prince S & Garry K. (2021). TURBULENCE MODEL ASSESSMENT OF THE SEPARATED FLOW IN THE STANFORD DIFFUSER
- Kshitij A, Prince SA & Stollery JL. (2020). Drag Estimation on Wedge-Shaped Protuberances in High-Speed Flows
- Prince SA, Di Pasquale D & Garry KP. (2020). Progress towards a Rapid Method for Conceptual Aerodynamic Design for Transonic Cruise
- Garry KP, Barzic J-B & Prince S. (2019). A study of an aero-elastic twisted inverted wing in close ground proximity
- Dakoju N, Prince SA & Lawson NJ. (2019). Design and development of fiber optic based force balance for supersonic wind tunnel
- Garry K, Di Pasquale D, Prince S & Lawson NJ. (2018). The influence of high-speed SPIV data processing parameters on aircraft wing vortex wake assessment
- Prince S, Di Pasquale D, Garry K & Nuzzo C. (2018). A rapid aerodynamic prediction method for unconventional transonic aircraft configurations
- Garry K, Di Pasquale D, Prince S & Lawson N. (2018). The influence of high-speed SPIV data processing parameters on aircraft wing vortex wake assessment
- Alcusa-Saez E, James SW, Prince S, Chehura E, Lawson NJ, .... (2018). 7.3 - Application of Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors to a Stalled High Lift Wing
- Roussel A, Prince S, Viguer M, Kshitij A, Stollery J, .... (2016). The development of a simple method for drag estimation for wedge-like fairings in hypersonic flow
- Garry KP, Holt JC, Tanguy G & Prince SA. (2016). The influence of a local change in wing dihedral on the low speed flow characteristics of rectangular planform wings
- Prince S, Holt J & Episkopou P. (2016). Geometric roughness effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of a spinning cylinder in crossflow
- Yadav A, Prince S & Holt J. (2016). An experimental and computational study of the aerodynamic characteristics an oscillatory pitching NACA0012 aerofoil
- McCartney B, Prince S & Qin N. (2016). The effect of leading edge rounding on a caret waverider configuration at Mach 8.2
- Yemets V, Prince S & Wilkinson R. (2015). Investigations of a combustible inertial: Launch vehicle design
- Principi M & Prince S. (2014). Feasibility assessment of spinning cylinder lift for remote flight in mars and titan atmospheres
- Prince SA, Williams MJ & Edwards JA. (2012). The application of a parabolized Navier-Stokes solver for hypersonic propulsion
- Prince SA & Goizueta NG. (2012). An experimental and computational study of the effect of nose blunting on a conical nosed body at transonic speed
- Gowree ER & Prince SA. (2012). A computational study of the aerodynamics of a spinning cylinder in a crossflow of high Reynolds number
- Prince SA, Khodagolian V & Gaind R. (2012). An experimental study of a pulsed air jet and an acoustic synthetic jet on a low speed turbulent boundary layer
- Thouault N, Breitsamter C, Seifert J, Badalamenti C, Prince SA, .... (2010). Numerical analysis of a rotating cylinderwith spanwise discs
- Prince SA & Khodagolian V. (2009). Experimental study of low speed static stalll suppression using steady and pulsed air jet vortex generator flow control
- Musaj M, Prince S & Cheung C-W. (2008). Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Aerodynamics of Unconventional W Wings
- Badalamenti C & Prince S. (2008). Effects of Endplates on a Rotating Cylinder in Crossflow
- Prince SA & Bhatti J. (2008). Low speed aerodynamics of slender square cross section bodies
- Musaj M & Prince SA. (2008). Numerical and experimental investigation of the aerodynamics of unconventional W-wings in ground effect
- Badalamenti C & Prince SA. (2008). Vortex shedding from a rotating circular cylinder at moderate sub-critical reynolds numbers and high velocity ratio
- Khodagolian V & Prince SA. (2008). Innovative aerodynamic flow control technology with potential applications from ground vehicles to rotary and stationary wings
- Prince SA & Bhatti J. (2008). An experimental and computational comparison of the low speed aerodynamics of square and circular sectioned bodies
- Musaj M & Prince SA. (2008). Numerical and experimental investigation of the aerodynamics of an unconventional W-Leading edge reversed delta wing in ground effect
- Prince SA, Khodagolian V, Singh C, Moir S & Kokkalis A. (2008). Aerodynamic stall suppression on aerofoil sections using passive air jet vortex generators
- Urquhart SR, Prince SA & Khodagolian V. (2006). Vortex interaction of delta wing surface craft in ground effect
- Urquhart S, Prince S & Khodagolian V. (2006). Aerodynamic study of reversed-delta wing surface craft in ground effect
- Khalid M, Dujardin A, Hennig P, Leavitt L, Leopold F, .... (2004). Application of Various Turbulence Models to Investigate the Aerodynamic Performance of a NASA Dual Control Missile
- Birch TJ, Wrisdale IE & Prince SA. (2002). Navier-Stokes calculations of a body-wing configuration at M=2.5: Some results from GARTEUR AG24
- Birch T, Prince S, Simpson G & Ludlow D. (2002). IMPNS: A Space-Marching Solver for Predicting the Aerodynamic Characteristics of High-Speed Missiles
- Birch TJ, Prince SA & Simpson GM. (2001). An experimental and computational study of the aerodynamics of a square cross-section body at supersonic speeds
- Birch T, Prince S, Ludlow D & Qin N. (2001). The application of a parabolized Navier-Stokes solver to some hypersonic flow problems
- Prince SA, Williams MJ & Edwards JA. (2001). Application of a parabolized navier-stokes solver to some problems in hypersonic propulsion aerodynamics
- Birch T, Wrisdale I & Prince S. (2000). CFD predictions of missile flowfields
- Prince SA, Ludlow DK & Qin N. (2000). Phantom vorticity in Euler solutions on highly stretched grids
- Prince S, Vannahme M & Stollery J. (1999). Experiments on the hypersonic turbulent shock-wave/boundary layer interaction and the effects of surface roughness
Books
- Mendenhall MR, Birch T & Prince SA. (2005). Alternate prediction methods In Khalid M(ed.), Assessment of turbulence modeling for high-speed vehicles. NATO.
- Prince SA, Birch T & Moule IA. (2005). Application and validation of the parabolized Navier-Stokes method for the investigation of the NASA dual control missile configuration in supersonic flow In Khalid M(ed.), Assessment of turbulence modeling for high-speed vehicles. NATO.
