About
Dr Rodney Self is Professor of Aeroacoustics within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Research
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Research interests
- Rod Self carries out research into how aircraft noise is produced, predicted and assessed. In particular he is interested in developing robust methods that can be used by industry to predict the noise produced by turbo-fan engine exhausts and other engine components. He also studies methods to predict noise around airports and how people who live nearby react to it.
- Rod is a member of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Propulsion Systems Noise where he leads the jet noise team and leads the UTC's involvement in a number collaborative aircraft noise research projects with both UK and European partners. Current work being undertaken focusses on developing a prediction methodology for the noise produced when the exhaust jet flow mixes with the ambient air and how the noise varies depending on the design of the engine nozzle and the engine's mounting in close proximity to the wing (jet-wing interaction noise). These studies involve experimental investigations at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research's Doak Laboratory as well as theoretical studies.
- The main aim of aircraft noise research is to find ways of reducing the noise burden experienced by communities living around airports. To this end Rod has led a research team in developing methods to predict the noise from likely future novel aircraft designs -- including electric aircraft. This involves understanding how such aircraft produce noise and predicting how it is distributed over the ground around airports.
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Sponsor: European Union
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Sponsor: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Publications
71 publications
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Anderson R. Proença, Jack L.T. Lawrence & Rod H. Self,
2019
DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-2545
Type: conference
Zhong Nan Wang, Anderson Proenca, Jack Lawrence, Paul G. Tucker & Rod Self,
2019
DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-2453
Type: conference
Anderson Proença, Jack Lawrence & Rod Self,
2019, Experiments in Fluids, 60(4), 1-17
Type: article
Antonio J. Torija, Seth Roberts, Robin Woodward, Ian Flindell, Andrew McKenzie & Rod H. Self,
2019, Applied Acoustics, 146, 190-203
Type: article
Andreas Schafer, Steven R.H. Barrett, Khan Doyme, Lynnette M. Dray, Albert R. Gnadt, Rod Self, Aidan O'Sullivan, Athanasios Synodinos & Antonio J. Torija,
2018, Nature Energy
Type: article
J.T. Stone, R.H. Self & C.J. Howls,
2018, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 853, 37-71
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2018.544
Type: article
Athanasios P. Synodinos, Rod H. Self & Antonio J. Torija,
2018
DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-2817
Type: conference
Athanasios Synodinos, Rodney Self & Antonio Torija Martinez,
2018
Type: conference
Antonio Torija Martinez & Rodney Self,
2018, Journal of Air Transport Management, 67, 157-168
Type: article
Antonio Torija Martinez, Rodney Self & Ian Flindell,
2018, Applied Acoustics, 132, 49-57
Type: article
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External roles and responsibilities
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Invited Keynote Speaker 2010 ENCIT Conference
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Keynote speaker
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2010
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Invited Speaker 2009 CEAS European Air & Space Conference
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Invited speaker
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2009
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House of Commons Transport Select Committee (External organisation)
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Member
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2009
Biography
Rod Self graduated with a first-class honours in Mathematical Physics from Sussex University before joining the Royal Navy. After completing his commission he returned to academia and obtained an MSc followed by a PhD in Industrial Applied Mathematics at the Mathematics department of the University of Southampton. On completion he moved to the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research to take up a Research Fellow position.