The aim of my research is to improve the efficiency of turbomachinery used for power generation and aircraft propulsion, reducing both economic and environmental costs. Investigation of the physics involved in such turbomachinery brings new understanding, which is then used to guide the design of future, more efficient machines.

What makes this field appealing to me is the rigorous thermodynamic and fluid-mechanic analysis of realistic, industrial problems.

My primary interest is in turbine heat transfer, aerodynamics, and aeroacoustics. I am also interested methods used to model these phenomena for design purposes, both ‘sledgehammer’ high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics and more elegant analytical models.

Peer-reviewed publications

• Torres-Gomez, A., Brind, J., and Pullan, G. “Cryogenic Radial Turbine Design for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Liquefaction Plants”. In preparation for ASME Turbo Expo 2025

• Brind, J., 2024. “Data-driven radial compressor design space mapping”.
  J. Turbomach.; Proc. ASME GT2024

• Brind, J., 2023. “Acoustic Boundary Conditions for Can-Annular Combustors”.
  Int. J. Turbomach. Propuls. Power; Proc. Euroturbo ETC15.

• Brind, J., 2022. “The acoustic impedance of three-dimensional turbines”.
  J. Sound Vib.; preprint.

• Brind, J., and Pullan, G., 2021. “Modelling Turbine Acoustic Impedance”. Int. J. Turbomach. Propuls. Power; Proc. Euroturbo ETC14.

  • Winner of European Turbomachinery Society Best Paper Award

• Brind, J., and Pullan, G., 2020. “Effect of Blade Row Interaction on Rotor Film Cooling”. J. Turbomach.; Proc. ASME GT2019.

  • Nominated for IGTI Heat Transfer Committee Best Paper Award

• Grimshaw, S.D., Brind, J., Pullan, G., and Seki, R., 2020. “Loss in Axial Compressor Bleed Systems”. J. Turbomach.; Proc. ASME GT2019.

PhD thesis

• Brind, J., 2019. “The Effect of Blade Row Interaction on Rotor Film Cooling”. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, UK. Apollo Repository.
  • Non-technical summary of my thesis.