Greg Walker obtained his PhD at UTas. Has taught here since 1963 apart from brief assignments in industry and government establishments,research appointments at the Uni of Cambridge,UK and the US Naval Postgrad School. He is a Fellow of professional engineering societies in Australia and USA.
Research Interests
Main research interests are in the field of experimental fluid mechanics, particularly in the areas of aeronautical and marine propulsion, hydro-electric power generation and industrial fluid mechanics. This is gradually being complemented by computational fluid dynamics work. Major collaborative projects on laminar-turbulent transition in aircraft gas turbine engines have been carried out in collaboration with Rolls-Royce plc, UK and General Electric Aircraft Engines, USA.
Research Areas:Teaching
Fluid mechanics at all levels of the Bachelor of Engineering course, including both Civil and Mechanical Engineering specialisations. Mechanical Engineering design. Instrumentation and experimental methods. Honours and postgraduate project supervision.
UnitsSelected Publications:- Walker, GJ, Hughes, JD, Solomon, WJ, , 1999, '‘Periodic Transition on an Axial Compressor Stator: Incidence and Clocking Effects: Part I - Experimental Data’.', Journal of Turbomachinery - Transactions of the ASME, 121 (3, July 1999) , pgs. 398-407
- Hughes, JD, Walker, GJ, , 2000, '‘Natural Transition Phenomena on an Axial Compressor Blade’.', CD-Rom Proceedings of ASME TURBO EXPO 2000/Paper 2000-GT-264, Munich Germany, pgs. 1-15
- Solomon, WJ, Walker, GJ, , 2000, '‘Incidence Effects on Wake-Induced Transition on an Axial Compressor Blade’.', , Journal of Propulsion and Power, 16 (3) , pgs. 397-405
- Brandner, PA, Walker, GJ, , 2001, '‘Hydrodynamic Performance of a Vortex Generator’.', CD-Rom Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, Australia, pgs. 637-640
- Roberts, JL, Walker, GJ, , 2001, '‘Artificial Thickening of Wind Tunnel Boundary Layers via an Array of Cross-flaw Jets’.', , CD-Rom Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, Australia, pgs. 243-246
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