Engine Measurement Systems
Dr. Christian Willert

Objectives:

Development and application of laser optical measurement techniques for the aerothermodynamic investigation of aero engine components

• development of measurement systems with special design to application demands to achieve best possible measurement accuracy
• development of new measurement systems to contribute to the desired progress in turbomachinery research
• application of the mobile measurement system in home and on customers site
• design and adaptation of test rigs for measurement application.

Applications:

statonary and periodically instationary reacting and non reacting flows in:

axial and centrifugal compressors, axial and radial turbines (rotor and stator), cascades, flames, combustion chambers, nozzles, tubeflows, windtunnels and in-flight applications

Qualifications:

Engineers and physicists with special knowledge in:

optics, electronics, spectroscopy, lasers, particle generation and sizing, light guide fibers, experimental thermodynamics, photodetectors, CCD-cameras, data processing, process control, digital image processing etc.