Dr Antonio Filippone

BIOGRAPHY. Dr. Filippone has been at the University of Manchester since 2000. Before coming to Manchester, he was at the Technical University of Denmark and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr Filippone's expertise is on modelling and simulation of fluid flows, software engineering and integration, numerical optimisation, stochastic methods, data analysis. He has done extensive research in wind turbine aerodynamics, rotor aerodynamics, helicopter aerodynamics, car and vehicle aerodynamics, aircraft aerodynamics, intake aerodynamics, industrial flows, power plants (for oil, gas and steam energy), flight mechanics of a variety of flight platforms.

OUR RESEARCH GROUP. We study the multi-disciplinary aspects of the atmospheric flight. In particular, we study the problems related to getting a vehicle off the ground, keeping it safely airborne, and controlling it back to Earth. We analyse the perfomance of the vehicle at all flight conditions (design and off-design). Aerodynamics is a key factor in flight, but it is not the only one. We study the relationships between the aerodynamic loads on the aircraft and the inputs required to maintain a stable flight, perform a manoeuvre, avoid a collision, fly along a prescribed trajectory. Without a suitable propulsion system, no vehicle would be capable of performing airborne operations. We also deal with non conventional flight vehicles that use alternative means of propulsion and operate at the frontier of flight. At the frontier, vehicles fly without human pilots, at scales previously unimaginable. We continue to develop computer programs that simulate non linear aerodynamics, flight mechanics of atmospheric vehicles, aircraft noise, gas turbine propulsion, propeller and rotor design, numerical optimization, trajectory analysis, stochastic analysis. Some of our recent work is focussed on environmental emissions (noise, contrails, exhausts, carbon-dioxide, jet blasts, sustainability).

PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS. Your application should include a letter of introduction specifying your interests, a CV, and a research statement. Please note that selection is very competitive. Candidates should consider whether they have graduated with top marks, achieved some measurable advances in previous projects and have excellent references.

Specialisms:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Energy and Multiphysics

• Unsteady/Computational Aerodynamics
• Aircraft Noise and Acoustics
• Flight Mechanics of Aircraft and Rotorcraft
• Unconventional Flight Vehicles
• Flight, Power and Propulsion Systems
• Modelling and Simulation in Multi-disciplinary Context
• High-Performance Computing andSoftware Engineering

Research topics available

• Aero Flight Mechanics, Modelling and Simulation (PhD)
• Helicopter Wakes in Constrained Spaces (PhD)
• Wind Effects on Aircraft Noise Propagation (PhD)
• Jet Blast from Commercial Airplanes (PhD)
• Thermophysics of Aircraft Fuel Temperature in Flight (PhD)
• Aircraft Wakes Dispersion (PhD)
• The Counter Rotating Open Propeller (CROR) (PhD)
• Acoustic Liners for Fan Noise Reduction (Turbofan engines) (PhD)
• Airframe Noise from Commercial Aircraft (PhD)
• Propulsion Noise from Commercial Aircraft (PhD)

• High Speed Aerodynamics
• Aerospace Flight Mechanics
• Helicopter Flight (UG/PG)
• Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control

Teaching Unit(s):

• MACE20411 Aircraft Performance
• MACE31042 Design 3 (Mechanical)
• MACE41221 Helicopter Flight
• MACE61221 Helicopter Flight