NWTF Conference 2025 Presentations

Thank you to everyone who took part in the NWTF Conference at the University of Birmingham on the 2nd and 3rd April.

Downloadable presentations are highlighted on the programme below.

Day 1: 2nd April 2025

Session	Presenter / Topic
About the NWTF	Jonathan Morrison, Imperial College
Session 1: NWTF Initiatives Chair: Adrian Gaylard	Paul White, Airbus – NWTF Tunnel Managers Forum   Gary Page, Loughborough University – NWTF Experimental Database   Claire Mc Namara, NWTF – Training Workshops   Chetan Jagadeesh, City University – NWTF Researcher Mobility & Open Access Schemes Mark Quinn, University of Manchester – NWTF Optical Measurements Subgroup Raul Vazquez-Diaz, Rolls-Royce – NWTF Strategy Subgroup for TRL5+ Wind Tunnels
Keynote Speaker Chair: Jonathan Morrison	Carsten Lenfers, DNW – Challenges, capabilities and future developments at the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels DNW
Keynote Speaker Chair: Raul Vazquez-Diaz	Christopher Sheaf, Rolls-Royce – Propulsion integration future challenges – role of wind tunnel testing
Session 2: New NWTF+ Facilities Chair: Jonathan Morrison	Gary Page, Loughborough University – Spray Facilitiy (ADAS) Olivier Cadot, University of Liverpool – Laminar Flow Facility Shan Zhong, The University of Manchester – Human-Flow Interactions Wind Tunnel Murilo Cicolin, University of Southampton – MIR Facility Mahdi Azarpeyvand, University of Bristol – Bristol Facilities: Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, Propeller Testbed, Pressure Neutral Wind Tunnel Liam Parker, University of Oxford – NWTF+ Icing at Altitude Tunnel – A Test Facility for SLW and Glaciated Icing Testing at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute Nick Evans, University of Oxford – A Novel Wind Tunnel for Testing Heat Exchangers for Cryogenic Hydrogen Applications in Aviation Morgan van Hoffen, University of Oxford – Magnetic Suspension Balance System (MSBS)
Keynote Speaker Chair: Gary Page	Adrian Gaylard, JLR – Integrating simulation and test in automotive aerodynamics
Session 3: Joint experimental and CFD Research/Impact & Exploitation of Wind Tunnel Data Chair: Gary Page	Olivier Cadot, University of Liverpool –  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   Kevin Gouder, Imperial College – Integrated Wind Farm Control Interacting with Digital Twins   Matteo Carpentieri, University of Surrey –  Urban Tall Building Clusters: Influence on Flow and Pollutant Dispersion    Dhamotharan Veerasamy, Loughborough University – Standardizing Metadata for Experimental Aerodynamic Databases: Enhancing Accessibility, Usability, and Research Impact   Will Dixon, Loughborough University – Aerodynamic Analysis of Racing Wheelchair Athletes: Integrating Full-Scale and Scale Model Wind Tunnel Testing

Day 2: 3rd April 2025

Session 4: Novel Experimental Techniques Chair: Mark Quinn	David Birch, University of Surrey – New developments and applications in flow instrumentation technology    Doug Greenwell, Cranfield and AerodynamiQ – Adaptive Test Management – Moving on from OFAT and DOE   David Soper, University of Birmingham- Unlocking future high-speed rail freight transportation capability through aerodynamics Dimitrios Tsioumanis, The University of Manchester – Testing of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Cameras for pressure-sensitive paint measurements Oscar Jones, University of Oxford – Development of binary pressure-sensitive paint for short duration hypersonic wind tunnels
Keynote Speaker Intro: Olivier Cadot	Benjamin Leclaire, ONERA – Wind tunnels and metrologies at ONERA/DAAA: an overview through recent research projects
Session 5: Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing  Chair: Dan Butcher	Chetan Jagadeesh, City, University of London – The influence of gaps on boundary layer transition    Sung Tyaek Go, University of Bristol – Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel experiments on propeller noise at the University of Bristol   Esmaeel Masoudi, University of Bristol – Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel experiments on static and dynamically oscillation aerofoils at the University of Bristol   Nurul Asyikin Abu Bakar, University of Bristol – Simulation of atmospheric boundary layer and pollutant dispersion in the wind tunnel facility at University of Bristol
Keynote Speaker  Intro: Jonathan Morrison	Matt McGilvray, University of Oxford – High speed wind tunnel scoping at Oxford
Session 6: High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Chair: Shan Zhong	Muhammet Tayyip Gurbuz, The University of Manchester – Investigation of Aerodynamic Flow Structures in Mach 5 Inlet Buzz Bi-Stability  Ramachandra Kannan, University of Cambridge – Influence of Downstream Waves on Impinging Shock-Induced Separation
Keynote Speaker  Intro: Jonathan Morrison	Isabella Fumarola, Imperial College – AI and Machine Learning in Wind tunnels. Reinforcement learning for drag reduction of heavy road vehicles with autonomous dynamic flaps
Session 7: Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Chair: Chetan Jagadeesh	Alan Robins, University of Surrey – Mapping the effects of ozone pollution and mixing on floral odour plumes and their impact on plant-pollinator interactions    Alexander Croke, University of Glasgow – Measurements of Propeller Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Behaviour Under Stalled Conditions   William McArdle, Imperial College – Development of Aircraft Half-Model Testing at the 10×5 Wind Tunnel