Imperial College London
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Professor Mehdi Vahdati

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Principal Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7073m.vahdati

 
 
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Location

 

606City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Vahdati:2020:10.38036/JGPP.11.4_22,
author = {Vahdati, M and Lee, KB and Sureshkumar, P},
doi = {10.38036/JGPP.11.4_22},
journal = {International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems},
pages = {22--35},
title = {A review of computational aeroelasticity of civil fan blades},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.38036/JGPP.11.4_22},
volume = {11},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper presents a review of aeroelasticity research concerning fan blades in modern civil aircraft engines. It summarises the research carried out at the Rolls-Royce Vibration University Technology Centre (VUTC) at Imperial College over the past 25 years. The purpose of this paper is to gather information on all the aeroelastic issues observed for civil aero-engine fan blades into one document and provide a useful synopsis for other researchers in the field. The results presented here are based on numerical methods but wherever possible data from experiments are used to verify the numerical findings. For cases where such datasets do not exist fundamental principles, engine observations and engineering judgement are used to support the numerical results. Numerical methods offer a cheaper alternative to rig tests, especially in cases of blade failure, and can also provide more information about the nature of instabilities, which can be useful in the design of future civil aircraft engines. In fact, in cases such as crosswind testing that use smaller rig-scale blades, such results can even be more representative of real engine flows.
AU  - Vahdati,M
AU  - Lee,KB
AU  - Sureshkumar,P
DO  - 10.38036/JGPP.11.4_22
EP  - 35
PY  - 2020///
SP  - 22
TI  - A review of computational aeroelasticity of civil fan blades
T2  - International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.38036/JGPP.11.4_22
VL  - 11
ER  -
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