Matthias Rolfes

CURRICULUM VITAE

Year of birth: 1986

KNOWLEDGE

Compressor aerodynamics, flow measurement technology, computational fluid dynamics

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

LEMCOTEC “Robustes Verdichter Design”- Robust compressor design

AG Turbo 2020 – „Untersuchung von Gehäusestrukturierungen zur Strömungsbeeinflussung am Niedergeschwindigkeits-Axialverdichter (NGV)“ - Investigation of housing structures for influencing the flow in the low-speed axial compressor

CAREER

10/2005-1/2012	Study of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen, Aerospace Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
9/2009-3/2010	Semester abroad at the SUPAERO in Toulouse, France
11/2010-3/2011	Internship at MTU Maintenance in Hannover
3/2012 - 5/2019	Research associate at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics, TU Dresden

PUBLICATION

Lange, M., Rolfes, M., Mailach, R. and Schrapp, H. "Periodic Unsteady Tip Clearance Vortex Development in a Low-Speed Axial Research Compressor at Different Tip Clearances". ASME Journal Turbomachinery, 140(3), p.031005, doi: 10.1115/1.4038319, 2018.

Rolfes, M., Lange, M., Vogeler, K., Mailach, R. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Circumferential Groove Casing Treatment in a Low Speed Axial Research Compressor at Different Tip Clearances". ASME Journal Turbomachinery, 139(12), p.121009, doi: 10.1115/1.4037822, 2017.

Rolfes, M., Lange, M., Mailach, R. "Investigation of Performance and Rotor Tip Flow Field in a Low Speed Research Compressor with Circumferential Groove Casing Treatment at Varying Tip Clearance". International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 2017, Article ID 4631751, 2017.

Lange, M., Rolfes, M., Mailach, R., Schrapp, H. "Periodic Unsteady Tip Clearance Vortex Development in a Low Speed Axial Research Compressor at different Tip Clearances". ASME Turbo Expo, GT2017-64256, 2017

Rolfes, M., Lange, M., Vogeler, K.
"Experimental Investigation of Circumferential Groove Casing Treatments for Large Tip Clearances in a Low Speed Axial Research Compressor".
ASME Turbo Expo, GT2015-42646, Montréal, 2015.