Dr Djamel Rezgui
MEng, PhD
Current positions
Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
- Nonlinear dynamics of coupled rotating-stationary structures and highly flexible wings
- Application of bifurcation and continuation methods to engineering problems
- Experimental control-based continuation techniques
- Aeroacoustics of propellers andnovel electric distributed propulsion
- Flight dynamics and control of autogyros, Rotary UAVs, MAVs and eVTOL vehicles
- Energy harvesting using nonlinear design and control concepts
- Bio-inspired rotor design for efficient MAVs
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
EPSRC - MENtOR - EP/S010378/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
10/12/2018 to 09/06/2022
VLN - Methods and Experiments for NOvel Rotorcraft
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
10/12/2018 to 09/12/2021
VLN - Methods and Experiments for Novel Rotorcraft (MENtOR) - Bristol
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
10/12/2018 to 09/06/2022
Thesis supervisions
The Impact of Geometric Nonlinearities on the Behaviour of Floating Wingtips
Supervisors
Wind-induced dynamic behaviour of slender structures
Supervisors
Experimental Aeroacoustics Investigation of Propellers with Turbulence for UAM Application
Supervisors
Investigation into the flight performance of an autorotating Samara with varying flight conditions
Supervisors
Stability Analysis of Whirl Flutter in Rotor-Nacelle Systems with Structural Nonlinearities
Supervisors
Aircraft active inceptor dynamics under vibration loads
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
05/03/2025Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Analysis of Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) Systems
Characterizing the noise patterns of overlapping propellers in forward flight
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Acoustic Performance of Co- and Counter-Rotating Synchronized Propellers
30th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, 2024
Aeroelastic scaling of a high aspect ratio wing incorporating semi aeroelastic hinge
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum
Effect of Rotational Speed Mismatch on a Twin Propeller System
30th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2024)
Thesis
Investigation into Rotor Blade Stability in Autorotation Using Bifurcation and Continuation Methods
Supervisors
Award date
01/10/2009
Related people
Professor Jonathan Cooper
RAEng Airbus Sir George White Professor of Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Mahdi Azarpeyvand
Professor of Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Hasan Kamliya Jawahar
Senior Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Buda Turhan
Research Associate in Aerodynamics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Fintan Healy
Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering