Dr Xu Zhang

Research fellow

Dr Xu Zhang is Research fellow within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Xu joined Rolls-Royce UTC and the Computational Engineering & Design Group (CEDG) in 2012 after obtaining MSc with Distinction in Computer Science at University of Warwick and PhD in Computer Science at University of Gloucestershire. Currently, he is working on the PROMETHEUS project as a Research Fellow.

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Research interests

Parametric Geometry
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Optimisation Algorithms
3D modelling
Image & Video Processing

Research group

Computational Engineering and Design

Affiliate research group

Rolls Royce UTC

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Articles

Toal, D., Zhang, X., Keane, A., Lee, C. Y., & Zedda, M. (2020). The potential of a multi-fidelity approach to gas turbine combustor design optimization. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, [GTP-20-1052]. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048654
Zhang, X., Toal, D., Keane, A., Witham, F., Gregory, J., Ravikanti, M., Aurifeille, E., Stow, S., Rogers, M., & Zedda, M. (2016). Isothermal combustor prediffuser and fuel injector feed arm design optimization using the Prometheus design system. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 138(6), [061504]. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031711

Conferences

Toal, D. J. J., Zhang, X., Keane, A. J., Stow, S., Zedda, M., Witham, F., & Gregory, J. (2017). Combustor design optimization using the Prometheus Design System. Paper presented at 23rd ISABE Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Nagabandi, K., Ferguson, R., Mills, S., Zhang, X., Toal, D., & Keane, A. (2017). Surrogate based design optimisation of combustor tile cooling. Paper presented at 2017 Gas Turbine India Conference, Bangalore, India.
Zhang, X., Toal, D. J. J., Bressloff, N. W., Keane, A. J., Witham, F., Gregory, J., Stow, S., Goddard, C., Zedda, M., & Rodgers, M. (2014). Prometheus: a geometry-centric optimisation system for combustor design. Paper presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Germany.
Chappell, S., Cai, Z., Zhang, X., & Angland, D. (2012). Slat noise feedback control with a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator. Paper presented at 6th AIAA Flow Control Conference, United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2012-2806

Dr Xu Zhang
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