Ben Luymes (MASc Candidate)

Ben graduated from the Engineering Physics program with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University in 2016. His research is in collaboration with the GE Global Research Center, and focuses on the flow field in high-pressure, high-speed turbomachinery. Using PIV, various regions of interest are being examined to study the development of flow phenomena such as the evolution of periodic wakes caused by an upstream blade row. The goal of this research is to characterize the causes of efficiency losses and to determine the influence of geometrical and operational parameters in these machines for future improvement.