Background:
Bjorn received his B.ASc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Inholland University of Applied Science, Delft, Netherlands in 2011. After completion, he went into industry to work as a piping engineer on projects for Shell as well as Total designing oil rigs. Subsequently, he went on to work as Jr. Project Engineer solving problems related to incorrectly designed piping structures in the Rotterdam harbour. In 2013 he completed an MSc. in Thermal Power (option Aerospace) at Cranfield University. Following the completion of his MSc. he started a PhD in aerospace at the same university. During his PhD he also worked on an experimental project for Rolls-Royce as well as helping to organise multiple gas turbines weeks at Cranfield University. Upon completion of his PhD in 2017 he started working at the University of Bath as a Research Associate on an ESPRC funded experimental project before joining Loughborough University in April 2019. From academic year 24/25 Bjorn has been made Programme Leader for the Aeronautical Engineering course.
Qualifications:
- 2021 FHEA (Fellowship in Higher Education Associate)
- 2017 PhD. in Aerospace, Cranfield University
- “Variable geometry exhaust system for low specific thrust turbofans”
- 2013 MSc. Thermal Power (Options Aerospace Propulsion), Cranfield University
- 2011 B.ASc. Aeronautical Engineering, Inholland University of applied science, Delft
Outline of main research interests
Aerospace gas turbines: CFD, experimental testing, analytical:
- Performance
- Optimisation
- Preliminary design cycle
- Low-specific thrust turbofans
- Mixed exhaust turbofans
- Unsteady flow aerodynamic (in relationship with gas turbines)
- Blended wing body
- Aircraft design
- Novel technologies
- Wind tunnel design
- Flight simulation
- Virtual reality
Computer-Aided Design/Engineering:
- Novel technologies
- Integration of different technologies
- Product design
- Virtual reality
Current teaching responsibilities:
- MPA222 – Computer aided design
- CGA004 – VBA
- CGA006 – Engineering drawing for Chemical engineering
- CGB052 – Reaction engineering (MATLAB)
- CGC050 – Data analysis (MATLAB)
- TTA210 – Aircraft Systems, Performance, Design
- TTC010 – Aircraft Design
- TTC008 – Final year project Beng
- TTD004 – Final year project Meng
Current administrative responsibilities:
- UG Program Leader Aeronautical Engineering
- Aero / Auto simulation laboratory
Selected publications:
Oludamola P. Ayeni, Bjorn Cleton; Aspect ratio and combined installation in fluidic oscillator-crossflow interactions. Physics of Fluids 1 November 2022; 34 (11): 115124. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124033
Cleton, B., Anselmi, E., Pellegrini, A., Pachidis, V. and Laskaridis, P. (2019). Effect of mixing Mach number and mixing efficiency on the preliminary cycle design of mixed high-BPR turbofans. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 10, pp.299-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2019.03.001
Jones, R. R., Pountney, O. J., Cleton, B. L., Wood, L. E., Deneys J. Schreiner, B., Carvalho Figueiredo, A. J., Scobie, J. A., Cleaver, D. J., Lock, G. D., and Sangan, C. M. (November 11, 2019). "An Advanced Single-Stage Turbine Facility for Investigating Nonaxisymmetric Contoured Endwalls in the Presence of Purge Flow." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. December 2019; 141(12): 121008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045087
Jones, RR, Pountney, OJ, Cleton, BL, Wood, LE, Schreiner, BDJ, Figueiredo, AJC, Scobie, JA, Cleaver, DJ, Lock, GD, & Sangan, CM. "An Advanced Single-Stage Turbine Facility for Investigating Non-Axisymmetric Contoured Endwalls in the Presence of Purge Flow." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 2B: Turbomachinery. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. June 17–21, 2019. V02BT40A004. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2019-90377