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Journal Articles

A. P. S. Wheeler, N. R. Atkins , L. He, (Co-author) "Turbine blade tip heat transfer in low and high speed flows". Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME Paper No. ASME paper number GT2009-59404 - see below) .

N. R. Atkins, S. J. Thorpe, R. W. Ainsworth, "Unsteady effects on transonic turbine blade-tip heat transfer". Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME Paper No. GT2008-51177 - see below) .

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, "Turbine aerodynamic performance measurement under non-adiabatic conditions". Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME Paper No. GT2008-27143 - see below).

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, N. W. Harvey, "Turbine performance measurement in a fully scaled transient test facility". Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME Paper No. GT2007-27142 - see below).

G. A. Thomas, N. R. Atkins, S. J. Thorpe, R. W. Ainsworth, N. W. Harvey, "The effects of a casing step on the over-tip casing heat-transfer and static pressure in a transonic turbine stag.". Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME paper number GT2007-27780 - see below).

 

Peer reviewed Conference Papers

N. J. Regan, N. R. Atkins, K. Hart, P. Hutcheson, C. A. Long, P. R. N. Childs (Co-author), "An experimental study of sprays in cross flow representative of gas-turbine engine secondary air systems". Proceedings of the Turbo Expo 2009, Orlando, 8-12 June, Orlando, Florida USA.

A. P. S. Wheeler, N. R. Atkins, L. He, (Co-author) "Turbine blade tip heat transfer in low and high speed flows". ASME paper number GT2009-59404. Proceedings of the Turbo Expo 2009, Orlando, 8-12 June, Orlando, Florida USA.

N. R. Atkins, S. J. Thorpe, R. W. Ainsworth, "Unsteady effects on transonic turbine blade-tip heat transfer". ASME paper number GT2008-51177, Proceedings of Turbo Expo 2008, Berlin, Germany, 8-13 June 2008. 

G. A. Thomas, N. R. Atkins, S. J. Thorpe, R. W. Ainsworth, N. W. Harvey, "The effects of a casing step on the over-tip casing heat-transfer and static pressure in a Transonic turbine stage". ASME paper number GT2007-27780, Proceedings of Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, Canada, 14-17 May 2007.

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, N. W. Harvey, "Aerodynamic performance measurement in a fully scaled transient turbine test facility". ASME paper number GT2007-27142, Proceedings of Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, Canada, 14-17 May 2007. Received a nomination for the Turbomachinery Committee best paper.

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, "Turbine aerodynamic performance measurement under non-adiabatic conditions". ASME paper number GT2007-27143, in the Proceedings of Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, Canada, 14-17 May 2007. Received a nomination for the Turbomachinery Committee best paper.

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, "The measurement of shaft power in a fully scaled transient turbine test facility". ASME paper number GT2005-68998. Proceedings of GT2005, ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea and Air, June 6-9 2005, Reno-Tahoe, Nevada, USA.

N. R. Atkins, R. J. Miller, R. W. Ainsworth, "The development of aerodynamic performance measurement in a transient test facility". ASME paper number GT2004-53813. Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2004, Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Vienna, Austria, 14-17 June 2004.

 

Technical Reports

Compiled by N. R. Atkins, C. A. Long, "Annual Report - University of Sussex Rolls-Royce supported UTC in Aerothermal Systems", Rolls-Royce internal report, June 2009.

J. R. Turner, D. Eastwood, D.Coren, N.Atkins, "D1.5: Turbine Rig Set-up and Commissioning", Deliverable Report, MAGPI (Main Annulus Gas Path Interactions), European Union FP6, Project  AST5-CT-2006-030874

N. R. Atkins, Q. Zhang, G. Thomas, A. Wheeler, P. Ligrani, R. W. Ainsworth, "A Parametric Study of a Stepped Casing End-Wall on the Aerothermodynamics of a Transonic HP Turbine Stage - ATAP10 Programme Final Report". Rolls-Royce internal report, March 2007.

N. R. Atkins, G. A. Thomas, S. J. Thorpe, S Yoshino, R. W. Ainsworth, "An investigation of the Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer of an Unshrouded HP Rotor Tip Gap - Brochure B1D1-1493DC - Final Report". Rolls-Royce internal report, June 2005.

 

Conference/Symposium Papers

N. R. Atkins, R. J. Miller, R. W. Ainsworth, "Performance measurements in a transient turbine test facility: Preliminary instrumentation development". The 16th Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Transonic and Supersonic Flow in Cascades and Turbomachines, Cambridge, UK - September 2002

N. R. Atkins, R. W. Ainsworth, "Shaft power measurement in a transient turbine test facility". 17th Symposium of Measuring Techniques in Transonic and Supersonic Flow in Cascades and Turbomachines, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2004.