Publications
Peer-reviewed papers and manuscripts in preparation, the formal research record behind projects, notes, and thematic hubs on the engineering platform.
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Why visitors arrive: You may be checking credentials, hunting for a paper, or following a citation.
Your question: What has Lucas Rey published on turbomachinery, probes, or heat transfer?
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- Which project produced this data?
- Are there methods notes or calculators behind the paper?
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- Turbomachinery deterioration theme: HPT holing programme context
- Instrumentation theme: Oxford probe manuscript track
- Projects: Campaign evidence behind each paper
- Technical notes: Derivations supporting publications
- Author: Lucas Rey · ORCID 0000-0002-1547-8096 · Oxford profile
- Research themes: Turbomachinery deterioration · Instrumentation & measurement · Thermal & additive design · Aerothermal methods
- Methods: Transient thermography, RANS validation, multi-facility probe calibration, uncertainty propagation, see research methods
- Ecosystem: Papers ↔ projects ↔ notes ↔ articles ↔ calculators, how it connects · teaching · ventures (field validation)
Research ecosystem
How the research connects: 17 links across projects, notes and tools
Publications are not a standalone bibliography. On lucasrey.com they sit at the centre of an interconnected graph, each paper links outward to the evidence that supports it and inward from thematic hubs, projects, and methods content.
Formal outputs
Peer-reviewed papers and target-journal manuscripts listed below, each with a stable anchor for deep linking.
Thematic hubs
Editorial synthesis pages cluster related papers, projects, and tools without duplicating the full bibliography.
Turbomachinery deterioration · Instrumentation & measurement · Thermal & additive design · Aerothermal methods
Applied campaigns
Experimental and CFD project logs document how methods were executed before they appear in print.
Methods layer
Long-form articles and technical notes carry derivations, uncertainty workflows, and data-reduction practice.
Tools & curriculum
Calculators and curriculum modules implement correlations and first-principles methods cited in analysis.
Engagement
Research partnerships and technical review build on the same published evidence base.
How this fits the platform
Where publications sit in the wider platform, in 5 links
Publications are the research pillar, formal papers. Supporting evidence lives on projects, notes, articles, and calculators by design. See the Engineering hub content-type map for how asset types connect across the site.
Research methods & supporting content
The methods and supporting notes behind the papers, 6 of them
Readers approaching a paper cold should be able to find the methods narrative, facility context, and uncertainty practice without opening the PDF first.
- Experimental aerothermal measurement: traceability, similarity scaling, facility transfer
- CFD-experiment validation: closing RANS loops with aerothermal measurements
- 3-hole probe uncertainty note: bias propagation for pneumatic probes
- HPT transient thermography note: ECAT data-reduction and Biot checks
- Air properties calculator: thermophysical inputs for similarity and boundary conditions
- Dimensional analysis module: Pi groups and model testing foundations
Research themes
Four long-running themes, each with its hub, projects and notes
Publications cluster around four long-running threads, each with a thematic hub, matching projects, and supporting notes or tools.
Turbomachinery deterioration
Rolls-Royce-sponsored HPT aerothermal and thermal performance under leading-edge holing.
Instrumentation & measurement
Open-hardware pneumatic probes and rigorous uncertainty workflows.
Thermal & additive design
Low-order models guiding additive-manufactured heat-exchanger design.
Aerothermal methods
Cross-cutting experiment design, traceability, and CFD-experiment validation.
Field aerodynamics and venture operations extend the same measurement discipline outdoors, see applied aerodynamics and ventures (no formal publication thread yet).
Journal articles
Low-order-model-based design of additive-manufactured heat exchanger
Demonstrates how compact low-order models can guide the design of metal additive-manufactured heat exchangers, balancing pressure loss, effectiveness and manufacturability.
Related on this site: Thermal & additive design theme · Low-order models note · AM heat-exchanger project · air properties · engineering hub
Suggested citation (APA): Rey, L. (2024). Low-order-model-based design of additive-manufactured heat exchanger. Engineering Research Express. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ad7cc4
Manuscripts in preparation
2026
Target: Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME)
Impact of deterioration on the aerodynamic performance of high-pressure nozzle guide vanes: leading-edge holing
Experimental and numerical study of how in-service leading-edge cooling-hole damage alters vane aerodynamics, losses and flow structures in a high-pressure stage.
Related on this site: Turbomachinery deterioration theme · HPT deterioration project · CFD-experiment validation · HPT thermography note
2026
Target: Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME)
Impact of deterioration on the thermal performance of high-pressure nozzle guide vanes: leading-edge holing
Companion paper quantifying how leading-edge damage changes cooling effectiveness, metal temperatures and thermal margins under engine-representative conditions.
Related on this site: Turbomachinery deterioration theme · HPT deterioration project · thermography note · measurement article
2026
Target: Measurement Science and Technology
The open-access Oxford probe: calibration accuracy as measured in four European wind tunnels
Collaborative work benchmarking the performance of an open-hardware pneumatic probe across multiple facilities, with a focus on calibration methodology and uncertainty propagation.
Related on this site: Instrumentation theme · 5-hole probe project · probe uncertainty note · measurement article
Aerothermal work is what I read for pleasure, so a partnership, a co-authorship or a review is a conversation I welcome.
Part of
This page sits within the broader knowledge structure on lucasrey.com:
- Research - Peer-reviewed and technical publications in aerothermal and fluid engineering.
- Engineering - Central knowledge platform - tools, curriculum, notes, and research assets.
Connected work
Related content from the same research and engineering work:
- Applied in projects
- Methods and derivations
- Curriculum foundations
- Research tools
- Related publications - Referenced from Dimensional analysis
- Research methods - Referenced from Dimensional analysis - problems
- Publications - Referenced from Air properties calculator
Part of Engineering
This page is part of the engineering knowledge platform on lucasrey.com.
- Engineering hub - Full knowledge platform index
- Projects - Selected engineering projects and outcomes.
- Engineering notes - Reference material and methods documentation - instrumentation and turbomachinery clusters.
- Engineering calculators - Air properties and pipe flow (live); probe uncertainty and heat-exchanger screening (planned).
- teaching
- Fluid mechanics curriculum - Index and learning path across modules.
- Articles - Essays and technical articles (pilot).
- Ventures - Professional initiatives - innovation, entrepreneurship, field validation, and applied aerodynamics.
- Instrumentation & measurement - Pneumatic probing, calibration transfer, and uncertainty propagation.
- Turbomachinery deterioration - Rolls-Royce HPT leading-edge holing - aerothermal and thermal performance research.
- Experimental aerothermal measurement - Methods article on traceability, similarity, and facility transfer - links instrumentation, curriculum, and tools.
- CFD-experiment validation - Methods article on closing the loop between RANS simulations and transient aerothermal measurements.
- 3-hole probe uncertainty - Uncertainty propagation for multi-hole pneumatic probes.
- HPT transient thermography - Transient IR data-reduction and uncertainty workflow for ECAT turbine campaigns.
- collaborate
- Applied in projects
- Methods and derivations
- Curriculum foundations
Engineering knowledge platform
More tools, curriculum, notes, and research from the same body of work:
- Engineering - Central knowledge platform - tools, curriculum, notes, research, and applied engineering work.
- Collaborate - Industry advisory, aerothermal R&D collaboration, and venture partnerships.
Where to go from here
Ways to take this further, in the order they usually happen.
- The engineering work behind the papers - The tools, the rigs and the software the results came from
- How an engagement is scoped - Defined remit, timeline and deliverables, and which path suits which kind of work
- Discuss a piece of technical work - Scoped advisory, aerothermal review, instrumentation design and R and D roles
I take a small number of advisory engagements alongside the doctorate.