Engineering and the Environment

Andrew Wheeler

Primary position:
Lecturer in Experimental Aerodynamics

Background

Andrew Wheeler obtained his PhD from Cambridge University at the Whittle Laboratory.  He has held positions at the University of Oxford as the Rolls-Royce Research Fellow, and prior to his current position he was a lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London.  His research interests are related to turbomachinery aerodynamics, unsteady flows, dense gas dynamics and heat transfer.  He is currently teaching the SESA2005 Propulsion course.

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Publications

The University of Southampton's electronic library (e-prints)

Article

Fawcett, Richard J., Wheeler, Andrew P.S., He, Li and Taylor, Rupert (2012) Experimental investigation into unsteady effects on film cooling. Journal of Turbomachinery, 134, (2), 021015-1-021015-9. (doi:10.1115/1.4003053).
Korakianitis, T., Hamakhan, I.A., Rezaienia, M.A., Wheeler, A.P.S., Avital, E.J. and Williams, J.J.R. (2012) Design of high-efficiency turbomachinery blades for energy conversion devices with the three-dimensional prescribed surface curvature distribution blade design (CIRCLE) method. Applied Energy, 89, (1), 215-227. (doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.07.004).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S., Morad, Samir, Buchholz, Noor and Knight, Martin M. (2012) The shape of the urine stream — from biophysics to diagnostics. PLoS ONE, 7, (10), e47133-[7pp]. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047133). (PMID:23091609).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S. (2012) Tip-leakage losses in subsonic and transonic blade rows. Journal of Turbomachinery (In Press).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S. (2012) Physics on tap. Physics Education, 47, (4), 403-408. (doi:10.1088/0031-9120/47/4/403).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S., Atkins, Nicholas R. and He, Li (2011) Turbine blade tip heat transfer in low speed and high speed flows. Journal of Turbomachinery, 133, (4), 041025-1-041025-9. (doi:10.1115/1.4002424).
Zhang, Q., O’Dowd, D. O., He, L., Wheeler, A. P. S., Ligrani, P. M. and Cheong, B. C. Y. (2011) Overtip shock wave structure and its impact on turbine blade tip heat transfer. Journal of Turbomachinery, 133, (4), 041001. (doi:10.1115/1.4002949).
Wheeler, Andrew P. S., Sofia, Alessandro and Miller, Robert J. (2009) The effect of leading-edge geometry on wake interactions in compressors. Journal of Turbomachinery, 131, (4), 041013-1-041013-8. (doi:10.1115/1.3104617).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S., Miller, Robert J. and Hodson, Howard P. (2007) The effect of wake induced structures on compressor boundary-layers. Journal of Turbomachinery, 129, (4), 705-712. (doi:10.1115/1.2720499).

Book Section

Fawcett, Richard J., Wheeler, Andrew P. S., He, Li and Taylor, Rupert (2010) Experimental investigation into unsteady effects on film cooling. In, ASME Conference Proceedings: Heat Transfer, Parts A and B. ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air , ASME, 1491-1502. (doi:10.1115/GT2010-22603).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S., Atkins, Nicholas R. and He, Li (2009) Turbine blade tip heat transfer in low speed and high speed flows. In, ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2009). Heat Transfer, Parts A and B. ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2009) New York, US, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 349-359. (doi:10.1115/GT2009-59404).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S. and Miller, Robert J. (2008) Compressor wake/leading-edge interactions at off design incidences. In, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2008). Turbomachinery, Parts A, B, and C. ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2008) New York, US, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1795-1806. (doi:10.1115/GT2008-50177).
Wheeler, Andrew P. S., Sofia, Alessandro and Miller, Robert J. (2007) The effect of leading-edge geometry on wake interactions in compressors. In, ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. Volume 6: Turbo Expo 2007, Parts A and B. ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air , American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1769-1779. (Asme Conference Proceedings). (doi:10.1115/GT2007-27802).
Wheeler, Andrew P.S., Miller, Robert J. and Hodson, Howard P. (2006) The effect of wake induced structures on compressor boundary-layers. In, ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. Volume 6: Turbomachinery, Parts A and B. ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea and Air , American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1875-1885. (Asme Conference Proceedings). (doi:10.1115/GT2006-90892).
 

Research

Research Interests

  • Turbomachinery aerodynamics
  • Unsteady flows
  • Heat transfer

Primary research group:  Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics

Contact

Dr Andrew Wheeler
Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton
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Southampton
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