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Pascal Franke, M.Sc.
Pascal Franke, M.Sc.
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Pascal Franke, M.Sc.
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Deputy Team Leader Multiphysics of Turbulent Flows
Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics
Research Staff
Deputy Team Leader Multiphysics of Turbulent Flows
Multiphysics of Turbulent Flows
Main Focus
- Multiphysics of Turbulent Flows
- Axial Compressors
Research Projects
Development of Design Methods for Low Pressure Turbines
In the light of an expected increase in air traffic and the foreseeable impact of climate change, the efficiency of aircraft engines and the related reduction in CO2 emissions are becoming increasingly important. The low-pressure turbine is of particular importance in this context, as it has a significant influence on the overall weight and propulsive efficiency of the engine through the number of stages and a coupling with the fan. Modern NDT design is widely carried out using RANS-based design tools, which use correlation-based turbulence and transition modeling. My research is therefore primarily concerned with improved prediction of turbulent and transitional effects in NDT flows through more accurate modeling in resource-efficient RANS simulations.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Work Experience
- 2018-2019
Student Assistant: Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics
- 2020-present
Research Assistant: Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics
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Studies
- 2014-2018
Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc.): Leibniz University Hannover
- 2018
Bachelor Thesis: Validation of the Numerical Prediction of the Effect of Isotropic, Homogenous Sand Grain Roughness on the Aerodynamics of a 3-Stage Axial Compressor, Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics (TFD), Hanover, Germany
- 2017-2020
Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.): Leibniz University Hannover,
- 2019
Study Thesis: Numerical Investigation of Low-Flow Conditions and NSV in a Low-Pressure Turbine, Duke University, NC, USA
- 2020
Master Thesis: Development of a Robust Transport Equation-Based Transition Model for Low-Pressure Turbine Applications, MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich, Germany
