Contact Dr Artur Szymański
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758259
- Email: A.W.Szymanski@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
Background
Dr Szymański is a research fellow in turbomachinery aerodynamics in the Propulsion Engineering Centre, School
of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing [SATM].
Dr Szymański obtained his PhD in Turbomachinery Design and Exploitation from Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland)
in 2017. Prior to that, he obtained his MSc (Hons) and BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland), in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
Current activities
His research interests include:
- Secondary flow system design in gas turbines
- Computational fluid dynamic methods for turbomachinery
- Axial compressor bleeding solutions
- Gas turbine design and design methods
His expertise is in
process simulation and modelling of flow phenomena, and analysis of engineering data.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Szymanski A, Igie U & Hamilton R (2022) Aerodynamic limits air injection for heavy-duty gas turbine: compressor aerodynamic limits for power augmentation and ramp-up capabilities, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 236 (7) 1257-1270.
- Igie U, Abbondanza M, Szymański A & Nikolaidis T (2021) Impact of compressed air energy storage demands on gas turbine performance, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 235 (4) 850-865.
- Szymanski A, Igie U, Abudu K & Hamilton R (2021) Aerodynamic limits of gas turbine compressor during high air offtakes for minimum load extension, Applied Thermal Engineering, 189 (May) Article No. 116697.
- Abudu K, Igie U, Roumeliotis I, Szymanski A & Di Lorenzo G (2020) Aeroderivative gas turbine back-up capability with compressed air injection, Applied Thermal Engineering, 180 (November) Article No. 115844. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.12813296
- Block Novelo DA, Igie U, Prakash V & Szymanski A (2019) Experimental investigation of gas turbine compressor water injection for NOx emission reductions, Energy, 176 (June) 235-248.
- Szymanski A & Dykas S (2019) Evaluation of leakage through labyrinth seals with analytical models, TASK Quarterly, 23 (1) 61-79.
- Szymański A, Wróblewski W, Frączek D, Bochon K, Dykas S & Marugi K (2018) Optimization of the straight-through labyrinth seal with a smooth land, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 140 (12) Article No. GTP-18-1338.
- Dykas S, Szymański A & Majkut M (2017) Liquid phase evaporation on the normal shock wave in moist air transonic flows in nozzles, Journal of Thermal Science, 26 (3) 214-222.
- Slawomir D, Szymański A & Cai X (2017) Real prospects for the development of power technologies based on renewable energy sources in Poland, Frontiers in Energy, 11 (2) 168-174.
- Szymański A, Dykas S, Wróblewski W, Majkut M & Strozik M (2016) Experimental and numerical study on the performance of the smooth-land labyrinth seal, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 760 (1) Article No. 12033.
- Szymański A & Dykas S (2016) Unsteady flow field evaluation in labyrinth seals by means of computational fluid dynamics methods // Ocena niestacjonarnego pola przepływowego w uszczelnieniu labiryntowym przy użyciu metod numerycznej mechaniki płynów, Modelowanie Inżynierskie, 59 76-85.
- Szymański A, Dykas S, Wroblewski W & Rulik S (2014) Numerical analysis of a tip labyrinth seal of high rotating rotor, Cieplne Maszyny Przepływowe: Turbomachinery, 146.
- Szymański A, Dykas S, Wróblewski W, Rulik & S (2014) Investigation of the tip-leakage losses in turbine axial stages, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 530 Article No. 12033.
- Szymański A, Dykas S, Majkut M & Strozik M The assessment of the calculation method for determining characteristics of one straight fin labyrinth seal, Transactions of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, 134 89-107.
- Szymański A, Dykas S & Majkut M The effect of the liquid phase evaporation on the shock wave in moist air transonic condensing flows // Efekt odparowania fazy ciekłej na fali uderzeniowej w przepływach okołodźwiękowych powietrza wilgotnego z kondensacją pary wodnej, Modelowanie Inżynierskie, 57 54-62.
- Dykas S, Machalica D & Szymański A Numerical modelling of the losses in gas turbine stage // Modelowanie numeryczne strat w stopniu turbinowym, Modelowanie Inżynierskie, 51 15-22.
Conference Papers
- Migliorini M, Szymanski A, Zachos PK, MacManus D & Martin PG (2023) Design of a high-speed intake distortion simulator for propulsion integration research. In: AIAA SciTech Forum 2023, National Harbor, 23-27 January 2023.
- Zawadzki N, Szymanski A, Block Novelo DA & Igie U (2020) Entropy generation and efficiency of a transonic rotor with water injection - a numerical study. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- Szymański A (2017) Experimental and numerical validation study of the labyrinth seal configurations. In: 12th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, ETC 2017, Stockholm, 3-7 April 2017.
- Dykas S, Majkut M, Smolka K, Strozik M, Szymański A, (2017) Interphase processes analysis in moist air transonic flows in nozzles. In: 12th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, ETC 2017, Stockholm, 3-7 April 2017.
- Szymański A, Wroblewski W, Dykas S, Majkut M, Strozik M & Marugi K Labyrinth seals flow field evaluation with optical methods. In: 13th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Portoroz, 17-19 July 2017.
- Szymański A, Dykas S, Wroblewski W & Majkut M Aeroacoustic performance of a labyrinth seal with smooth or honeycomb land. In: 12th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows, Lerici, 13-16 July 2015.
- Szymański A, Dykas S & Wroblewski Flow analysis of the turbine rotor tip seal on a highly rotary test rig. In: 11th European Turbomachinery Conference, Madrid, 23-27 March 2015.