
Dr Thomas Rendall
M.Eng., PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Associate Professor
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
Dr Rendall is a member of fluid and aerodynamics research group, working in the field of numerical simulation (CFD - computational fluid dynamics).
Dr Rendall's research is focussed on unsteady CFD (with moving objects), optimisation and interdisciplinary numerical modeling.
- The goal of work on unsteady CFD is to advance current methods to the point where it will be possible to easily model flows around moving, sliding or rotating objects, so that problems such as pistons, valves and propellers may be dealt with simply. Eventually, this will lead to full-flight aerodynamic simulation of aircraft.
- He is also collaborating on work aimed at optimising aerodynamic designs computationally, which will give designers greater insight into how to improve aircraft efficiency in the future.
- Interdisciplinary work is across a range of themes, including composites, aerial refuelling and icing simulation
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Sloshing Wing Dynamics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/09/2019 to 31/08/2022
8034 - Dr T Rendall - EPSRC EP/S016996/1 - Investigation of fine-scale flows in composites processing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
04/04/2019 to 31/03/2022
8034 - Dr T Rendall - EPSRC EP/S016996/1 - Investigation of fine-scale flows in composites processing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/04/2019 to 31/03/2023
Investigation of fine-scale flows in composites processing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/04/2019 to 31/03/2023
Thesis supervisions
Shape and Topology Optimisation of External Flows
Supervisors
Gust Loads Reconstruction for In-Service Support
Supervisors
Feasibility of FishBAC Morphing Camber Technology in Fixed Wing UAV applications
Supervisors
Automating “design for manufacture” of aerospace composite components
Supervisors
A spacetime framework for aerodynamics of complex motions
Supervisors
Development of artificial compressibility for smoothed particle hydrodynamics with application to intense fuel sloshing in aircraft wings
Supervisors
Modelling Aircraft Fuel Jettison Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)
Supervisors
Efficient numerical geometry handling for gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimisation
Supervisors
Efficient Optimisation Methods for Generic Aerodynamic Shape Optimisation
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
24/10/2025Topology-Inclusive Aerodynamic Shape Optimisation using a Cellular Automata Parameterisation
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Experimental analysis of liquid vertical slosh damping at vacuum and atmospheric pressures
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Incompressible δ-SPH via artificial compressibility
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Modeling Aircraft Fuel Jettison Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics on Finite-Volume Meshes
Journal of Aircraft