James Cartlidge DPhil MEng

Dr James Cartlidge is a Project Engineer working on the Engine Component Aerothermal (ECAT) facility within the High Speed Turbomachinery group. He completed his MEng in Engineering Science at University College, Oxford, followed by a DPhil at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute under the supervision of Professor Thomas Povey.

He is currently leading a Rolls-Royce funded project to assess the impact of several repair routes on nozzle guide vane (NGV) overall cooling effectiveness using combined experimental and numerical techniques. James specialises in transient facility operation, advanced infrared data processing, and conjugate aerothermal modelling.

• Film cooling and heat transfer phenomena in high-pressure turbine stages.
• High-accuracy in-situ infrared calibration techniques.
• Scaling of overall cooling effectiveness measured in laboratory experiments to engine operating temperatures and fluid properties.
• Conjugate aerothermal modelling with calibration against experimental data.
• High-precision, low-uncertainty experimental measurement of NGV overall cooling effectiveness.

ECAT Leading Edge (LE) Repair Validation Testing: In partnership with Rolls-Royce, this project combines experimental and numerical research within the ECAT facility to assess the impact of various LE repair methods on NGV overall cooling effectiveness.

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0017931021015957?__cf_chl_f_tk=X_chKVPfMrI0GywRAiSLsIXuFd_v._GQi6FR2NycaOA-1783268810-1.0.1.1-6upx6E6AQ4cdKUdMOSHRCZVnTaqWXJHDdb8xFoOEvds
• https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/GT/proceedings/GT2023/87097/V13BT30A023/1168459
• https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/turbomachinery/article/146/1/011008/1169240/Fundamentals-of-Scaling-of-Overall-Cooling
• https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/turbomachinery/article/148/1/011001/1215330/Impact-of-Temperature-Ratio-on-Overall-Cooling