Conference programme
Wednesday 2nd April
| Time | Session | Presenter | Topic |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Conference Registration and Refreshments | Poster Session | |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Welcome | Mike Jesson University of Birmingham | |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | About the NWTF | Jonathan Morrison Imperial College, London | |
| 10:50 - 11:45 | Session 1: NWTF Initiatives Chair: Adrian Gaylard | Paul White Airbus Dan Butcher Loughborough University Gary Page Loughborough University Claire Mc Namara NWTF Chetan Jagadeesh City, University of London Mark Quinn The University of Manchester Raul Vazquez-Diaz Rolls-Royce | NWTF Tunnel Managers Forum (5 minutes) NWTF Design of New Wind tunnels Subgroup (5 minutes) NWTF Experimental Database (5 minutes) NWTF Training Workshops (5 minutes) NWTF Researcher Mobility & Open Access Schemes (12 minutes) NWTF Optical Measurements Subgroup (12 minutes) NWTF Strategy Subgroup for TRL5+ Wind Tunnels (12 minutes) |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Coffee Break | Poster Session | |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Keynote Speaker | Carsten Lenfers DNW Intro: Jonathan Morrison | Challenges, capabilities and future developments at the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels DNW |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Poster Session | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Keynote Speaker | Christopher Sheaf Rolls-Royce Intro: Raul Vazquez-Diaz | Propulsion integration future challenges - role of wind tunnel testing |
| 14:30 - 15:40 | Session 2: New NWTF+ Facilities Chair: Jonathan Morrison | Gary Page Loughborough University Olivier Cadot University of Liverpool Shan Zhong The University of Manchester Murilo Cicolin University of Southampton Mahdi Azarpeyvand University of Bristol Matt McGilvray University of Oxford Liam Parker University of Oxford Nick Evans University of Oxford Morgan van Hoffen University of Oxford | Spray Facility (ADAS) (7 minutes) Laminar Flow Facility (7 minutes) Human-Flow Interactions Wind Tunnel (7 minutes) MIR Facility (7 minutes) Bristol Facilities: Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, Propeller Testbed, Pressure Neutral Wind Tunnel (14 minutes) Hypersonic Quiet Tunnel (7 minutes) NWTF+ Icing at Altitude Tunnel – A Test Facility for SLW and Glaciated Icing Testing at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute (7 minutes) A Novel Wind Tunnel for Testing Heat Exchangers for Cryogenic Hydrogen Applications in Aviation (7 minutes) Magnetic Suspension Balance System (MSBS) (7 minutes) |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | Poster Session | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Keynote Speaker | Adrian Gaylard JLR Intro: Gary Page | Integrating simulation and test in automotive aerodynamics |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Session 3: Joint Experimental and CFD Research/Impact & Exploitation of Wind Tunnel Data Chair: Gary Page | Olivier Cadot University of Liverpool Kevin Gouder Imperial College Matteo Carpentieri University of Surrey Dhamotharan Veerasamy Loughborough University Will Dixon Loughborough University | A complementary study of simulations and experiments to characterize the mean structure of the recirculatory flow at the rear of a 3D blunt body at different attitudes (12 minutes) Integrated Wind Farm Control Interacting with Digital Twins (12 minutes) Urban Tall Building Clusters: Influence on Flow and Pollutant Dispersion (12 minutes) Standardizing Metadata for Experimental Aerodynamic Databases: Enhancing Accessibility, Usability, and Research Impact (12 minutes) Aerodynamic Analysis of Racing Wheelchair Athletes: Integrating Full-Scale and Scale Model Wind Tunnel Testing (12 minutes) |
| 17:30 | Close | Mike Jesson University of Birmingham | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Drinks Reception (Assembly Room Lounge) | ||
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Hot Buffet Bar (Banking Hall) | ||
Thursday 3rd April
| Time | Session | Presenter | Topic | |
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Conference Registration & Refreshments | |||
| 09:30 - 09:35 | Welcome | Mike Jesson University of Birmingham | ||
| 09:35 - 10:35 | Session 4: Novel Experimental Techniques Chair: Mark Quinn | David Birch University of Surrey Doug Greenwell Cranfield and AerodynamiQ David Soper University of Birmingham Dimitrios Tsioumanis The University of Manchester Oscar Jones University of Oxford | New developments and applications in flow instrumentation technology (12 minutes) Adaptive Test Management – Moving on from OFAT and DOE (12 minutes) Unlocking future high-speed rail freight transportation capability through aerodynamics (12 minutes) Testing of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Cameras for pressure-sensitive paint measurements (12 minutes) Development of binary pressure-sensitive paint for short duration hypersonic wind tunnels (12 minutes) | |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | Poster Session | ||
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Keynote Speaker | Benjamin Leclaire ONERA Intro: Olivier Cadot | Wind tunnels and metrologies at ONERA/DAAA: an overview through recent research projects | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Session 5: Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Chair: Dan Butcher | Chetan Jagadeesh City, University of London Sung Tyaek Go University of Bristol Esmaeel Masoudi University of Bristol Nurul Asyikin Abu Bakar University of Bristol | The influence of gaps on boundary layer transition (12 minutes) Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel experiments on propeller noise at the University of Bristol (12 minutes) Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel experiments on static and dynamically oscillation aerofoils at the University of Bristol (12 minutes) Simulation of atmospheric boundary layer and pollutant dispersion in the wind tunnel facility at University of Bristol (12 minutes) | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | Poster Session | ||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Keynote Speaker | Matt McGilvray University of Oxford Intro: Jonathan Morrison | High speed wind tunnel scoping at Oxford | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Session 6: High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Chair: Shan Zhong | Muhammet Tayyip Gurbuz The University of Manchester Ramachandra Kannan University of Cambridge | Investigation of Aerodynamic Flow Structures in Mach 5 Inlet Buzz Bi-Stability (12 minutes) Influence of Downstream Waves on Impinging Shock-Induced Separation (12 minutes) | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break | Poster Session | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Keynote Speaker | Isabella Fumarola Imperial College Intro: Jonathan Morrison | AI and Machine Learning in Wind tunnels. Reinforcement learning for drag reduction of heavy road vehicles with autonomous dynamic flaps | |
| 15:30 - 16:05 | Session 7: Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Chair: Chetan Jagadeesh | Alan Robins University of Surrey Alexander Croke University of Glasgow William McArdle Imperial College | Mapping the effects of ozone pollution and mixing on floral odour plumes and their impact on plant-pollinator interactions (12 minutes) Measurements of Propeller Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Behaviour Under Stalled Conditions (12 minutes) Development of Aircraft Half-Model Testing at the 10x5 Wind Tunnel (12 minutes) | |
| 16:05 - 16:15 | Close | Jonathan Morrison Imperial College | ||