Current Position

Clark Equipment Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Prof. Corke's research is on the use of flow control to enhance the efficiency and annual energy production of wind turbines. This involves both computer simulations, wind tunnel experiments and full scale experiments on a pair of 25kW, pitch-regulated wind turbines. Prof. Corke has also authored a text book on "Wind Energy Design" that is published by Taylor-Francis CRC Press that is used in an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering elective course.

Other areas of research involve the use of flow control to improve the efficiency of aircraft and ground vehicles. This includes external flows aimed at reducing viscous drag on surfaces, and flow separations that result in pressure drag. Additionally, Prof. Corke works on controlling the internal flow in turbo machines to improve performance and fuel efficiency.

Key Words

Flow Control, Plasma, Wind Energy, Vehicle Aerodynamic Drag, Turbulent Boundary Layer, Transition Control

Relevant Energy Publications

1. McGowan, Ryan C., Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis, Richard W. Kaszeta, and Calman Gold. "Rotating stall control in an axial fan with pulsed-direct-current plasma actuation." Journal of Propulsion and Power 36, no. 2 (2020): 177-190.
2. Arndt, Alexander, Thomas Corke, Eric Matlis, and Michael Semper. "Controlled stationary/travelling cross-flow mode interaction in a Mach 6.0 boundary layer." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 887 (2020).
3. Jasinski, Christopher, and Thomas Corke. "Mechanism for increased viscous drag over porous sheet acoustic liners." AIAA Journal 58, no. 8 (2020): 3393-3404.
4. Coleman, Dustin G., Flint O. Thomas, Stanislav Gordeyev, and Thomas C. Corke. "Parametric Modal Decomposition of Dynamic Stall." AIAA Journal 57, no. 1 (2019): 176-190.
5. Thomas, F. O., T. C. Corke, A. Duong, S. Midya, and K. Yates. "Turbulent drag reduction using pulsed-DC plasma actuation." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52, no. 43 (2019): 434001.