Professorship Turbomachinery and Jet Propulsion

Professor

Technische Universität Dresden
D-01062 Dresden

Phone.: 0351 / 463 32063
Fax: 0351 / 463 38182

Email: kvogeler(at)tus.mw.tu-dresden.de 

Curriculum vitae

Date of Birth : 20.11.49
Citizenship : deutsch

Professional background

Design of high temperature Gasturbines,
Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics,
Heat Transfer, Cooling Technology,
Performance analysis,
Secondary Air and Sealing Systems,
Lifetime assessment of Gas Turbine Blades,
Design and Manufacturing of Gas Turbine Blades,
High temperature materials and coatings,
Failure analysis

Education and professional career:

(beginning to end of)

4/70-9/77	study of aeronautical engineering at Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen, Dipl.-Ing
10/77 - 9/78	Research Associate at Aeronautics Department of Naval Postgraduate School; Monterey, CA (USA) start of doctoral research work on theoretical investigation of flutter of compressor blades in supersonic flow supervisor: Prof. M. Platzer
10/78 - 12/78	traveling the US
1/79 - 3/83	research scientist at Institute for Jet Propulsion and Turbomachines RWTH Aachen Experimental and theoretical investigation of the aeroelastic behaviour of compressor blades in supersonic flow thesis advisor: Prof.H. Gallus and Prof.M. Platzer (NPGS Monterey)
7/84	Ph.D. at RWTH Aachen; Dr.-Ing.
5/83	BBC Brown Boveri AG, Baden / Switzerland since 1/ 88 ABB Asea Brown Boveri AG / Switzerland since 1/ 90 ABB Kraftwerke AG / Switzerland ( since 2000 Alstom Power Generation / Switzerland)
5/83 - 12/87	Development Engineer: Design of gas turbine blades aerodynamics, aeroelastic problems, cooling system, life cycle
1/88 - 2/95	Team Leader Turbine: Turbine Design, Aerodynamics, Cooling System, Life Cycle of Bladings, Power, Efficiency, Design Specification; Planning and Evaluation of Operating Tests at Turbines; Analysis of Blade Failures; Technology Development with
3/89 - 4/91	Head of Aero-Thermodynamic of the development project for the IGT GT11N2: turbine development; performance parameters of the GT- thermal block, blade aerodynamics, cooling systems, life cycle, secondary air system
5/91 - 2/97	Head of Turbine development in the project for the IGT GT24 / GT26: LP-Turbine, aerodynamics, cooling system, materials, life cycle power and efficiency, secondary air system, planning and evaluation prototype tests of the turbine, design of the turbine blades, development of the manufacturing process for the turbine blades: cooperation with manufacturers (Howmet, PCC e.a.) costs and schedules
2/97 - 1/99	Deputy Head of dept. "Integrated Turbine Development": post development and service support of all ABB IG-Turbines (GT24 / GT26, GT11N2, GT13E2, GT8C2) concepts for future turbines; aerodynamics, cooling system, material, life cycle, power and efficiency, secondary air system, planning and evaluation of turbine tests, design turbine blades, manufacturing support for turbine blades: cooperation with manufacturers (USA, UK, F, CH, D) (Quality, schedules, cost)
since 1.2.99	Professor of Turbomachinery and Jet Propulsion at Technische Universität Dresden Teaching and research projects

Responsibility for Research Projects

1/88 - 12/90	KWF Projekt Nr. 1684 / Head of ABB project Basic research for flutterfree blades in low pressure turbines; EPF Lausanne / Prof. Bölcs
4/88 - 12/89	COST501 2nd Round Workpackage 1 Coordinator of workgroup `ODS- Materials’
1/90 - 3/92	Coordinator of FVV Workgroup "Impingement Cooling 1" FVV Vorh. Nr. 604670 / AIF Nr 8100 TH Darmstadt / Prof. Hennecke
4/92 - 5/94	Coordinator FVV Workgroup "Impingement Cooling 2" FVV Vorh. Nr. 605350 / AIF Nr 8906 TH Darmstadt / Prof. Hennecke
6/92 - 6/94	Coordinator of FVV Working group "Transonic Flutter" FVV Vorh. Nr. 605530 / AIF Nr 9007 RWTH Aachen / Prof. Gallus

Publications until 1/99:

K.Vogeler	A Method of Characteristic Approach to the Problem of Supersonic Flow Past Oscillating Cascades with Finite Blade Thickness,  Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA USA Rep. No. NPS67-78-912; 10/78
K.Vogeler	A Method of Characteristic Solution for a Finite Oscillating Supersonic Cascade with Thickness Effects Proc. Symposium on Aeroelasticity in Turbomachines Lausanne (CH), 9/80, Editor P.Suter
H.E.Gallus, K.Vogeler	Berechnung und Messung der Druckverteilung an oszillierenden Schaufelprofilen in zweidimensionaler Überschallströmung Mitt.d. Inst.f. Strahlantriebe der RWTH Aachen 6/81 No. 81-04
K.Vogeler, H.E.Gallus	Bestimmung der Flatterstabilität von Schaufeln in einem Gitter bei Überschallströmung VDI Tagung, VDI-Ber. Nr.487, 1983
K.Vogeler	Gitter mit harmonisch schwingenden Schaufeln in Überschallströmung, Diss. RWTH Aachen 7/84
K.Vogeler	The Unsteady Pressure Distribution on Parabolic Profiles in a Finite Cascade Oscillating in Supersonic Flow Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Aerodynamics of Turbomachines and Propellers Cambridge (UK), 9/84, Editor D.Whitehead
P.Felix, K.Vogeler	Das Gasturbinenkraftwerk Riyadh 8 - unter schweizerischer Gesamtleitung gebaut Schweizer Journal, 3/86
S.Abassi, A.Bölcs, A.Cargill, T.Fransson, A.Suddhoo, K.Vogeler	Analysis of time-dependent model cascade turbine data and predictions in the transonic flow regions Proc. 6th International Conference on Aeroelasticity in Turbomachines and Propellers Notre Dame University, South Bend (USA), 9/91; Editor H.Atassi
K.Vogeler	The Potential of Sequential Combustion for High Bypass Jet Engines ASME Turbo Expo 1998, Stockholm; ASME 98-GT-311