How research at the Whittle Laboratory is helping to deliver zero emission flight and uncover the mysteries of cricket ball swing.
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For the last 50 years, the Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge has helped to develop the efficient, reliable and safe power generation and aircraft propulsion systems we take for granted today. The next great challenge is to deliver zero carbon power and propulsion and we are working hard, alongside our industrial partners, government and other universities, to deliver the technologies needed to make this step. Dr Sam Grimshaw's talk will explain the potential and address some of the challenges associated with using zero emission, "Electric Jet Engines", for flight.
As well as tackling the climate change challenge, the Whittle Lab has a long history of investigating sports aerodynamics. In the second half of the talk, we will see how the science used to design and test jet engines has been used to understand the mysterious art of swing bowling in cricket.
Dr Sam Grimshaw, The Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Sam Grimshaw is the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Senior Research Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge. He is based at the Whittle Laboratory and researches new technologies for power and propulsion applications such as electricity generation and zero-carbon flight. The aim of his work with MHI is to make large compressors used in power generation more efficient, flexible and reliable so they can be used in the zero-carbon energy transition. This work involves studying the complex flow phenomena found in compressors using experimental tests and computational simulations run on the University’s supercomputer.
Alongside this work, Dr Grimshaw co-leads a group at the Whittle Laboratory working on “electric jet engines” for future, zero-carbon flight. This work is supported by the UK government and a British SME, called Green Jets, who they are collaborating with to commercialise this new, exciting technology. Away from power and propulsion, Dr Grimshaw is very interested in the aerodynamics found in sport and have recently finished supervising a PhD on “The Aerodynamics of Cricket Balls Swing”.
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