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Brian Tang

Dr

Brian Tang DPhil MEng FHEA CEng MIMechE

Senior Research Associate

TEL: 01865 (2)83641
COLLEGE: Balliol, Worcester, Jesus College

Biography

Dr Tang read for an MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 2006 with a first class degree having also been awarded the Edgell Sheppee prize, Lubbock prize and Lubbock scholarship. He subsequently remained at Balliol for my DPhil, performing research into turbine blade tip cooling in civil aerospace jet engines for Rolls-Royce. Following a brief stint at Lotus F1 Team in as a computational aerodynamicist, he returned to the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, joining the Active Flow Control group as a post-doctoral researcher at the end of 2013.

Research Interests

  • Fluidic device development and control
  • Liquid crystal thermography

Current Projects

Powerplant Integration of Novel Engine Systems (PINES) - a £28.2 million project funded by Innovate UK, combining expertise from academic partners the University of Oxford, Cranfield University, the University of Nottingham, and the University of Sheffield, as well as industrial partners Rolls-Royce and Parker Meggitt. In this project, a next-generation, fluidically controlled modulated air system is being developed at Oxford for civil aerospace turbofan engines, which will significantly reduce fuel burn and emitted pollution.

Liquid Hydrogen Gas Turbine (LH2GT) - a £31.4 million project funded by Innovate UK, combining expertise from academic partners the University of Oxford, Cranfield University, and University College London, as well as industrial partners Rolls-Royce, Heathrow Airport, Easyjet, Manufacturing Technology Centre and Reaction Engines. In this project, development of crucial new technologies needed for zero-carbon, hydrogen-fuelled aviation engines is being developed at Oxford, including a novel fuel pump, the hydrogen-air heat exchanger and fuel flow control and metering valves.

Publications

An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets

Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M (2023), Physics of Fluids, 35(11)

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@article{ananalyticalmod-2023/11,
  title={An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets},
  author={Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M},
  journal={Physics of Fluids},
  volume={35},
  year = "2023"
}

An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets

Nicholls C, Tang B, Turner J & Bacic M (2023), Physics of Fluids, 35(11), 115134

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@article{ananalyticalmod-2023/11,
  title={An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets},
  author={Nicholls C, Tang B, Turner J & Bacic M},
  journal={Physics of Fluids},
  volume={35},
  pages={115134},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  year = "2023"
}

Investigations of Switched Vortex Valves with Ideal Gases

Proudfoot J, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M (2023), AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum

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@inproceedings{investigationso-2023/6,
  title={Investigations of Switched Vortex Valves with Ideal Gases},
  author={Proudfoot J, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M},
  booktitle={AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum},
  year = "2023"
}

Reattaching jet response to transverse acoustic excitation

Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams BA & Bacic M (2023), AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum

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@inproceedings{reattachingjetr-2023/6,
  title={Reattaching jet response to transverse acoustic excitation},
  author={Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams BA & Bacic M},
  booktitle={AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum},
  year = "2023"
}

Shear layer response to overmodulated acoustic perturbations

Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams B & Bacic M (2023), Physics of Fluids, 35(1)

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@article{shearlayerrespo-2023/1,
  title={Shear layer response to overmodulated acoustic perturbations},
  author={Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams B & Bacic M},
  journal={Physics of Fluids},
  volume={35},
  number={015113},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  year = "2023"
}

On acoustically modulated jet shear layers and the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem

Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams B & Bacic M (2022), Physics of Fluids, 34(11)

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@article{onacousticallym-2022/10,
  title={On acoustically modulated jet shear layers and the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem},
  author={Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams B & Bacic M},
  journal={Physics of Fluids},
  volume={34},
  number={115106},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  year = "2022"
}

Novel operating mode of a fluidic oscillator

Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M (2022), Journal of Fluids Engineering, 144(7)

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@article{noveloperatingm-2022/2,
  title={Novel operating mode of a fluidic oscillator},
  author={Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M},
  journal={Journal of Fluids Engineering},
  volume={144},
  number={71501},
  publisher={American Society of Mechanical Engineers},
  year = "2022"
}

Identification and Closed-Loop Control of a Backwards Facing Step by Opposite Side Acoustic Excitation

Sinclair O, Turner J, Nicholls C, Tang B & Bacic M (2022), AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

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@inproceedings{identificationa-2022/1,
  title={Identification and Closed-Loop Control of a Backwards Facing Step by Opposite Side Acoustic Excitation},
  author={Sinclair O, Turner J, Nicholls C, Tang B & Bacic M},
  booktitle={AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum},
  year = "2022"
}

Experimental and numerical studies of physical mechanisms in fluidic oscillators

Nicholls C, Tang B, Turner J & Bacic M (2019), AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum, 1-18

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@inproceedings{experimentaland-2019/1,
  title={Experimental and numerical studies of physical mechanisms in fluidic oscillators},
  author={Nicholls C, Tang B, Turner J & Bacic M},
  pages={1-18},
  year = "2019"
}

Effect of active modulation of through-casing coolant injection on turbine efficiency

Tang B, Bacic M & Ireland P (2017), ASME Proceedings, 2A

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@inproceedings{effectofactivem-2017/6,
  title={Effect of active modulation of through-casing coolant injection on turbine efficiency},
  author={Tang B, Bacic M & Ireland P},
  year = "2017"
}
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