Dr Mark Jabbal

Career

• 2011-present: Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University
• 2008-2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester

Qualifications

• 2008 – PhD Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester
• 2003 – MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester
• 2009 – Associate Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (AMRAeS)

Research Interests

Aerodynamic flow control can improve aircraft performance and efficiency by reducing drag associated with boundary layer transition and separation. These efficiency gains are critical towards reducing the environmental impact of air transport to meet industry targets such as ACARE 2020 Vision.

Research interests include:

• Fluid mechanics of synthetic jet actuators
• Actuator modelling and optimisation
• Active flow control systems architectures for existing/novel vehicle configurations

I’m interested to hear from potential Postgraduate (PhD/MPhil) and Postdoctoral researchers in these and related areas.

Current Research

• “Climate Change and Aviation”, funded by the EPSRC Vacation Grant Scheme, £2565 (2012)

Teaching

• ME1332 Introduction to Engineering Design (contributing tutor)
• ME1334 Aerospace Laboratories (contributing tutor)
• ME2605/ME3605 Principles of Aircraft Design (module leader)
• ME35310/ME5543 Advanced Aerodynamics, Propulsion Systems and Space Mechanics  (module leader)

Research Supervision

Undergraduate student research projects supervision

• “Evaluation of Flow Control Systems Applied to Novel Aircraft Configurations.” (2011)
• “Modelling the Energy Efficiency of a Synthetic Jet Actuator using Simscape.” (2011)
• “Design and Build of a Smoke Visualisation System for Wind Tunnel Experiments.” (2011)
• “An Investigation into the Use of Leading Edge Devices to Control Flow Separation.” (2011)
• “Wind Tunnel Investigation of Skyranger Microlight Stall Characteristics.” (2011)
• “Design and Simulation of a Gurney Flap System for Helicopter Rotor Blade Control.” (2011)
• “Flow Output of Synthetic Jet Actuators – Bench Test and Simulation.” (2011)

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Crowther, WJ., Jabbal, M. and Liddle, SC., Flow control fallacies: a review of common pitfalls in flow control research, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 225 (1) : 1- 11

(2010) Jabbal, M., Liddle, SC. and Crowther, WJ., Active flow control systems architectures for civil transport aircraft, Journal of Aircraft 47 (6) : 1966- 1981 Download publication

(2010) Jabbal, M. and Zhong, S., Particle image velocimetry measurements of the interaction of synthetic jets with a zero pressure gradient laminar boundary layer, Physics of Fluids 22063603 Download publication

(2009) Liddle, SC., Jabbal, M. and Crowther, WJ., Systems and certification issues for civil transport aircraft flow control systems, The Aeronautical Journal 1147 (113) : 575- 586 Download publication

(2008) Jabbal, M. and Zhong, S., The near wall effect of synthetic jets in a boundary layer, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 19 (1) : 119- 130 Download publication

(2007) Zhong, S., Jabbal, M., Tang, H., Garcillan, L., Guo, F., Wood, N. and Warsop, C., Towards the design of synthetic-jet actuators for full-scale flight conditions. Part 1: the fluid mechanics of synthetic-jet actuators, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 78 283- 307

(2007) Tang, H., Zhong, S., Jabbal, M., Garcillan, L., Guo, F., Wood, N. and Warsop, C., Towards the design of synthetic-jet actuators for full-scale flight conditions. Part 2: low-dimensional performance prediction models and actuator design method, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 78 309- 329

(2006) Jabbal, M., Wu, J. and Zhong, S., The performance of round synthetic jets in quiescent flow, The Aeronautical Journal 110 (1108) : 385- 393 Download publication

Book Chapters

(2008) Jabbal, M. and Zhong, S., Measurements of synthetic jets in a boundary layer. In: Morrison, JF., Birch, DM. and Lavoie, P. eds. IUTAM Symposium on Flow Control and MEMS. Springer Verlag (7, Part 2) : 119- 125