Dr Marinos Manolesos

Honorary Appointment (Engineering), Science and Engineering

+44 (0) 1792 602377

marinos.manolesos@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Dr Manolesos is a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering and he is the Swansea University Wind Tunnel manager. His research interests include separated flows and separation control, drag reduction and flatback airfoils, wind turbine aerodynamics and aeroelasticity, aeroacoustics and atmospheric boundary layer flows.

He likes to use both experimental and numerical tools in a complementary manner, combining the strengths of the two approaches. Before he started his academic career, he worked as an aerodynamicist for Formula 1 teams (Red Bull Racing and Renault Formula 1 Team).

Areas Of Expertise

Experimental Aerodynamics
Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
Flow Control
3D Flow Separation
Wind Energy
Building Aerodynamics
Drag Reduction

Publications

Research Highlights

Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2020). Revisiting the assumptions and implementation details of the BAY model for vortex generator flows. Renewable Energy, 146, 1249-1261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.063, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51068
Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2018). On the Application of the Bay Model for Vortex Generator Flows. In ASME Proceedings: Wind Energy (pp. V009T48A002ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2018-75217, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44807
Manolesos, M., Gao, Z., & Bouris, D. (2018). Experimental investigation of the atmospheric boundary layer flow past a building model with openings. Building and Environment, 141, 166-181.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40301
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2016). Experimental Study of Drag-Reduction Devices on a Flatback Airfoil. AIAA Journal, 54(11), 3382-3396.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j054901, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38901
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2015). Experimental investigation of the flow past passive vortex generators on an airfoil experiencing three-dimensional separation. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 142, 130-148.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2015.03.020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38902
Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Experimental and computational analysis of stall cells on rectangular wings. Wind Energy, 17(6), 939-955.
https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1609, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38904
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Study of a stall cell using stereo particle image velocimetry. Physics of Fluids, 26(4)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4869726, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38903
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Geometrical characterization of stall cells on rectangular wings. Wind Energy, n/a-n/a.
https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1634, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/we.1634
Kallinderis, Y., Manolesos, M., & Menounou, P. (2007). A Flow/Acoustics Interaction Method for the Prediction of Sound Propagation. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 6(2), 171-197.
https://doi.org/10.1260/147547207781041840, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38906
Wiedmer, S., Manolesos, M., & Manolesos, M. (2006). An Experimental Study of the Pultrusion of Carbon Fiber-Polyamide 12 Yarn. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 19(1), 97-112.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0892705706055448, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38907
Papadakis, G. & Manolesos, M. (2020). The flow past a flatback airfoil with flow control devices: benchmarking numerical simulations against wind tunnel data. Wind Energy Science, 5(3), 911-927.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-911-2020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54391
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-911-2020
Alber, J., Soto-Valle, R., Manolesos, M., Bartholomay, S., Nayeri, C., Schönlau, M., Menzel, C., Paschereit, C., Twele, J., & Fortmann, J. (2020). Aerodynamic Effects of Gurney Flaps on the Rotor Blades of a Research Wind Turbine. Wind Energy Science, 5(4), 1645-1662.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2020-40, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55425
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-2020-40
Soto-Valle, R., Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Nayeri, C., & Paschereit, C. (2020). Wind Turbine Tip Vortices under the influence of Wind Tunnel Blockage Effects. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1618, 032045
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032045, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55452
Jiffri, S., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Manolesos, M., & Fichera, S. (2020). Active Control for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems. In International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2019), Savannah, Georgia, USA. 10-13 June 2019. (pp. 363-377). Curran Associates, Inc..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55474
http://www.proceedings.com/53726.html
Papadakis, G., Manolesos, M., Diakakis, K., & Riziotis, V. (2020). DES vs RANS: The flatback airfoil case. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1618, 052062
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052062, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55485
Soto-Valle, R., Bartholomay, S., Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Nayeri, C., & Paschereit, C. (2020). Determination of the angle of attack on a research wind turbine rotor blade using surface pressure measurements. Wind Energy Science, 5(4), 1771-1792.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1771-2020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55965
Rivero, A., Fournier, S., Manolesos, M., Cooper, J., & Woods, B. (2021). Experimental Aerodynamic Comparison of Active Camber Morphing and Trailing-Edge Flaps. AIAA Journal, 59(7), 2627-2640.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j059606, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56081
Arora, H., Mitchell, R., Johnston, R., Manolesos, M., Howells, D., Sherwood, J., Bodey, A., & Wanelik, K. (2021). Correlating Local Volumetric Tissue Strains with Global Lung Mechanics Measurements. Materials, 14(2), 439
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020439, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56090
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Amoozgar, M. (2022). The effect of folding wingtips on the worst-case gust loads of a simplified aircraft model. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 236(2), 219-237.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100211010915, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56647
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Castrichini, A. (2021). Aircraft turbulence and gust identification using simulated in-flight data. Aerospace Science and Technology, 115
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.106805, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56864
Manolesos, M. & Papadakis, G. (2021). Investigation of the three-dimensional flow past a flatback wind turbine airfoil at high angles of attack. Physics of Fluids, 33(8), 085106
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055822, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57298
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Amoozgar, M. (2020). THE EFFECT OF FOLDING WINGTIPS ON THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH ELASTIC WING. In XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics (pp. 631-639). EASD.
https://doi.org/10.47964/1120.9050.19773, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57476
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., & Manolesos, M. (2022). Improving Wind Tunnel “1-cos” Gust Profiles. Journal of Aircraft, 59(6), 1514-1528.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c036772, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60112
http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.c036772
Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Weinzierl-Dlugosch, G., Fischer, J., Schönmeier, A., Nayeri, C., Paschereit, C., Twele, J., Fortmann, J., Melani, P., & Bianchini, A. (2022). Experimental investigation of mini Gurney flaps in combination with vortex generators for improved wind turbine blade performance. Wind Energy Science, 7(3), 943-965.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-943-2022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60343

All Research

Journal Articles

Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., & Manolesos, M. (2022). Improving Wind Tunnel “1-cos” Gust Profiles. Journal of Aircraft, 59(6), 1514-1528.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c036772, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60112
http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.c036772
Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Weinzierl-Dlugosch, G., Fischer, J., Schönmeier, A., Nayeri, C., Paschereit, C., Twele, J., Fortmann, J., Melani, P., & Bianchini, A. (2022). Experimental investigation of mini Gurney flaps in combination with vortex generators for improved wind turbine blade performance. Wind Energy Science, 7(3), 943-965.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-943-2022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60343
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Amoozgar, M. (2022). The effect of folding wingtips on the worst-case gust loads of a simplified aircraft model. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 236(2), 219-237.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100211010915, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56647
Manolesos, M. & Papadakis, G. (2021). Investigation of the three-dimensional flow past a flatback wind turbine airfoil at high angles of attack. Physics of Fluids, 33(8), 085106
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055822, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57298
Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Castrichini, A. (2021). Aircraft turbulence and gust identification using simulated in-flight data. Aerospace Science and Technology, 115
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.106805, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56864
Rivero, A., Fournier, S., Manolesos, M., Cooper, J., & Woods, B. (2021). Experimental Aerodynamic Comparison of Active Camber Morphing and Trailing-Edge Flaps. AIAA Journal, 59(7), 2627-2640.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j059606, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56081
Arora, H., Mitchell, R., Johnston, R., Manolesos, M., Howells, D., Sherwood, J., Bodey, A., & Wanelik, K. (2021). Correlating Local Volumetric Tissue Strains with Global Lung Mechanics Measurements. Materials, 14(2), 439
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020439, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56090
Soto-Valle, R., Bartholomay, S., Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Nayeri, C., & Paschereit, C. (2020). Determination of the angle of attack on a research wind turbine rotor blade using surface pressure measurements. Wind Energy Science, 5(4), 1771-1792.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1771-2020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55965
Alber, J., Soto-Valle, R., Manolesos, M., Bartholomay, S., Nayeri, C., Schönlau, M., Menzel, C., Paschereit, C., Twele, J., & Fortmann, J. (2020). Aerodynamic Effects of Gurney Flaps on the Rotor Blades of a Research Wind Turbine. Wind Energy Science, 5(4), 1645-1662.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2020-40, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55425
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-2020-40
Soto-Valle, R., Alber, J., Manolesos, M., Nayeri, C., & Paschereit, C. (2020). Wind Turbine Tip Vortices under the influence of Wind Tunnel Blockage Effects. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1618, 032045
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032045, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55452
Papadakis, G., Manolesos, M., Diakakis, K., & Riziotis, V. (2020). DES vs RANS: The flatback airfoil case. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1618, 052062
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052062, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55485
Papadakis, G. & Manolesos, M. (2020). The flow past a flatback airfoil with flow control devices: benchmarking numerical simulations against wind tunnel data. Wind Energy Science, 5(3), 911-927.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-911-2020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54391
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-911-2020
Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2020). Revisiting the assumptions and implementation details of the BAY model for vortex generator flows. Renewable Energy, 146, 1249-1261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.063, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51068
Manolesos, M., Gao, Z., & Bouris, D. (2018). Experimental investigation of the atmospheric boundary layer flow past a building model with openings. Building and Environment, 141, 166-181.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40301
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2016). Experimental Study of Drag-Reduction Devices on a Flatback Airfoil. AIAA Journal, 54(11), 3382-3396.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j054901, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38901
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2015). Experimental investigation of the flow past passive vortex generators on an airfoil experiencing three-dimensional separation. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 142, 130-148.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2015.03.020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38902
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Geometrical characterization of stall cells on rectangular wings. Wind Energy, n/a-n/a.
https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1634, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/we.1634
Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Experimental and computational analysis of stall cells on rectangular wings. Wind Energy, 17(6), 939-955.
https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1609, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38904
Manolesos, M. & Voutsinas, S. (2014). Study of a stall cell using stereo particle image velocimetry. Physics of Fluids, 26(4)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4869726, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38903
Kallinderis, Y., Manolesos, M., & Menounou, P. (2007). A Flow/Acoustics Interaction Method for the Prediction of Sound Propagation. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 6(2), 171-197.
https://doi.org/10.1260/147547207781041840, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38906
Wiedmer, S., Manolesos, M., & Manolesos, M. (2006). An Experimental Study of the Pultrusion of Carbon Fiber-Polyamide 12 Yarn. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 19(1), 97-112.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0892705706055448, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38907

Conference Contributions

Balatti, D., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Friswell, M., Manolesos, M., & Amoozgar, M. (2020). THE EFFECT OF FOLDING WINGTIPS ON THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH ELASTIC WING. In XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics (pp. 631-639). EASD.
https://doi.org/10.47964/1120.9050.19773, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57476
Jiffri, S., Haddad Khodaparast, H., Manolesos, M., & Fichera, S. (2020). Active Control for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems. In International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2019), Savannah, Georgia, USA. 10-13 June 2019. (pp. 363-377). Curran Associates, Inc..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55474
http://www.proceedings.com/53726.html
Manolesos, M., Papadakis, G., & Voutsinas, S. (2018). On the Application of the Bay Model for Vortex Generator Flows. In ASME Proceedings: Wind Energy (pp. V009T48A002ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2018-75217, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44807

Supervision

Numerical and experimental studies of aeroelastic hinged wingtips (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Hamed Haddad Khodaparast
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation Of A Novel Ducted Winglet Design. (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Prof Ben Evans

Dr Marinos Manolesos

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