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Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Volker
Gümmer
Contact
Phone +49.89.289.16164
Management
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Gümmer, Ordinarius
Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Erhard, Consultant
Retired Professors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Günter Kappler
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Rick
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dieter Rist
Adjunct Professors/Lecturers
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Jürgen Lichtfuß
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Henne, MTU Aero Engines
Administrative Staff
Karin Engels (Accounting)
Andrea Bauer (Secretary)
Research Scientists
Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Paukner
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Kerler
Dipl.-Ing. Marcel Schmieder
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Feierabend
André Inzenhofer, M.Sc.
Christofer Kendall-Torry, M.Sc.
Fabian Fuchs, M.Sc.
Chengyu Zhang, M.Sc.
Anna Zimmermann, M.Sc.
Korbinian Schachtner, M.Sc.
Michael Hopfinger, M.Sc.
Tobias Schmidt, M.Sc.
Mattia Straccia, M.Sc.
Jannik Eckel, M.Sc.
Ilaria de Dominicis, M.Sc.
External Ph.D. Candidates
Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger (GEA)
Dominik Schlüter (Siemens PG)
Technical Staff
Ralf Priller (Werkstattmeister)
Christian Mörlein
Research Focus
■■Turbomachinery aerodynamics
■■Propulsor technologies
■■Advanced engine component design
and make concepts
■■Gas turbine systems and cycles
Competence
■■Fluiddynamic simulation of
turbomachinery
■■Structural simulation of gas turbine
components
■■Thermo-structural simulation of gas
turbine components
■■Axial and centrifugal compressor
aerodynamic design
■■Unsteady multidisciplinary simulations
■■Performance cycle modelling
■■Axial and radial compressors testing
■■Helicopter engine testing
Infrastructure
■■Multi-stage axial high-speed research
compressor test facility
■■Centrifugal high-speed compressor
test facility
■■Axial blower test facility
■■Allison 250 and PW206 helicopter
engine test facilities
■■Multi-stage axial low-speed research
compressor rig (under development)
■■2-stage medium-speed research
turbine rig (to be re-built)
■■Internal compute cluster
■■Shop floor (machining, assembly,
purpose-built items)
Courses
■■Basics of Turbomachinery
■■Flight Propulsion 1
■■Flight Propulsion 2
■■Aerodynamic Design of
Turbomachinery
■■Fluid Machinery
■■Turbomachinery
■■Design Aspects on Aero Engines
■■Numerical Methods in Turbomachinery
■■Measurement and Experimental
Techniques
■■CFD Hands-on Block Course
■■FEM Hands-on Block Course
■■Fluid Machinery and Flight Propulsion
Laboratory
Selected Publications 2017
■■Inzenhofer, André; Haikonen, Joona;
Hupfer, Andreas (2017): Multi-objective
topology optimization with the sko-
method 6 (14), p. 387. DOI: 10.1007/
s00158-017-1757-6
■■Tobias Schmidt, Sina Eisenmann,
Velislav Velikov, Andreas Hupfer,
Volker Gümmer: Analysis of an Auxetic
Casing Structure for Tip Clearance
Control under Various Temperature
and Pressure Conditions. ISABE
Conference 2017
■■Zimmermann, A.-L., Giepman, R. H.
M., Nguyen Tran, Q. T., Aalburg, C.,
Gümmer, V.: Design of a static test rig
for advanced seals and air bearing
testing. ISROMAC Conference 2017
■■D. Paukner, J. Nowak, V. Gümmer,
O. Haidn: Improved flammability
for hydrogen fuelled scramjets with
preinjection catalytic radical farming.
ISABE Conference 2017
■■André Inzenhofer, Thomas Lahni,
Volker Gümmer, Bernd Becker, Patrick
Grothe, Frank Heinichen: Using
Annulus Contouring to Compensate
Compressor Mis-Matching Effects in
the Presence of Casing Treatments.
ISABE Conference 2017