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Podcast Ep. #21 – Prof. Paul Withey on Single-Crystal Superalloys for Jet Engine Turbines

On November 27, 2018 · In Aerospace Engineering, Jet Engines, Manufacturing, Podcast, Propulsion, Superalloys

Paul Withey is the Professor of Casting at the School of Metallurgy and Materials of the University of Birmingham, UK. Before joining the University of Birmingham in 2018, Paul worked at Rolls Royce for 21 years developing new superalloys and manufacturing processes for gas turbine components. As an Engineering Associate Fellow, Paul was a […]

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Podcast Ep. #11 – Dr Priyanka Dhopade on Jet Engine Optimisation and Women in Engineering

On May 22, 2018 · In Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Jet Engines, Podcast

Priyanka Dhopade received her PhD from the University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia and was the recipient of the Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship award, awarded annually to the 35 most outstanding female aerospace PhD students worldwide. Since 2013 she has been researching the thermodynamics of jet engines in the Thermofluids Institute at […]

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Podcast Ep. #5 – Concorde Chief Engineer John Britton on Supersonic Flight

On February 11, 2018 · In Aerospace Engineering, Aircraft, Case Studies, History, Jet Engines, Podcast, Supersonic Flight

In this episode I am talking to John Britton. John was the chief engineer of Concorde on the British side of the enterprise from 1994 until Concorde’s demise in 2003. John possesses a wealth of knowledge regarding the engineering behind Concorde, and its heritage in Bristol, UK. Because he was the chief engineer at […]

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Jet Engine Design: Afterburning

On May 17, 2017 · In Engineering, Jet Engines, Technology

A very important parameter when designing jet engines is specific power – the amount of power output divided by the mass of the engine. In general, a good heuristic to keep in mind when designing anything that moves is that maximising the power output per unit mass leads to a more efficient design. Afterburning is […]

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