Tony Arts
Honorary Professor since June 2022
von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Waterloosesteenweg 72
1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode
Phone: +32 2 359 96 05
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Biography
Biography
On 6 May 2026, the Royal Military Academy, Belgium (ERM) awarded an honorary doctorate for 2026 to Professor Tony Arts, Honorary Professor at the VKI, during a solemn ceremony held on the Renaissance Campus in Brussels, in the presence of academic and military authorities.
This distinction was conferred upon Professor Tony Arts, recipient of the honorary doctorate awarded by the Faculty of Engineering (POL), in recognition of the excellence of his academic and scientific career, as well as his long-standing collaboration with the Royal Military Academy.
Education
Docteur en Sciences Appliquées (PhD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1982
Post-Graduate Diploma Course, von Karman Institute, Belgium, 1979
Ingénieur Civil Mécanicien, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium, 1978
Career
2022 – present: Honorary Professor, von Karman Institute
2005 - 2022: Full Professor, von Karman Institute, Belgium
1999 - present: Chargé de cours invité (Invited Associate Professor), University of Louvain, Belgium
2003 - November 2020: Head of the Turbomachinery and Propulsion Department, von Karman Institute, Belgium
2008 - 2012: Special appointment to Graduate Faculty at Purdue University, USA
1994 - 2005: Professor, von Karman Institute
1988 - 1993: Associate Professor, von Karman Institute
1982 - 1987: Assistant Professor, von Karman Institute
1980 - 1981: Military service, research assistant, Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Awards and memberships
Dr. Ernst Zimmerman Memorial Award 1986
ASME IGTI Gas Turbine conference 2008, Heat transfer Committee “Best Paper award”
Arthur Charles Main Prize 2011 (Institution of Mechanical Engineers – United Kingdom)
ASME IGTI Gas Turbine conference 2015, Heat transfer Committee “Best Paper award”
Lifetime Achievement Award (Measurement technique symposium – Larnaca – Cyprus - 2024)
Doctor Honoris Causa - Royal Military Academy – Belgium – May 2026
ASME IGTI Gas Turbine conference 2026, Heat transfer Committee “Best Paper award”
Member of the ‘Haut Conseil Scientifique’ of ONERA (France) (2017-2023)
ASME Member (1996-2022)
EUROTURBO member since 1995 (foundation date)
Member at Large, NATO STO/CSO, Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (2005-2018)
Member of the Scientific Experts Committee of the Royal Higher Institute for Defense (domain MSP) (2015-2020)
Observer, Board of Directors, CENAERO Belgium (2008-2022)
International Committee member Japanese Gas Turbine Society
Services to society
Main evaluations
Associate Editor Journal of Turbomachinery (ASME) (2003 – 2011)
Associate Editor International Journal for Turbomachinery and Power Propulsion (EUROTURBO)
Secretary of the European Turbomachinery Conference, now EUROTURBO (until 2015)
Reviewer for ASME, ImechE, Euroturbo, EUCASS, Eurotherm and many other international journals
EU expert
IWT (B) expert: evaluation for industrial projects and PhD fellowships
Electoral Board member at University of Oxford (UK), University of Cambridge (UK), and Ecole Centrale de Lyon (F
Organizer and chairman of sessions on:
Review and session organisor/chairman European Turbomachinery Conference (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Session organisor/chairman ASME-IGTI
Session organisor at EUCASS (2013)
Co-chairman Eurotherm seminar (2013)
Teaching
Teaching
Courses and Supervisions
Turbomachines (MECA 2780) (University of Louvain)
Turbomachines réceptrices (MECA 2700) (University of Louvain) until 2006
Measurement Techniques (co-titular VKI), until 2019
Flow in Turbomachines (co-titular VKI)
Advanced course in turbines (co-titular VKI), until 2018
Boundary layers and heat transfer in turbomachines (titular VKI)
Direct supervision of 2 to 4 VKI Diploma Course (now official Research Master) students per year, until 2019
Indirect supervision (Evaluation committee member) of »12 VKI Diploma Course (now official Research Master) students per year
Direct supervision of 1 to 2 “Engineering/Master thesis” per year, until 2019
Direct supervision of 4 to 8 “Short Training program students (2 to 5 months)” per year, until 2019
Direct supervision of » 20 Ph.D. students since 1990
Indirect supervision (Evaluation committee member) of » 10 Ph.D. students per year
Lecturer at special courses
Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, Cadarache, France, “Design of compressors and turbines”, June 31-July 4, 2003
ASME Lecture Series on “Aerodynamics of Film Cooling”, IGTI Conference 2009 and 2010
Invited lecture at
Seminaries at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (invited by Ch. Mc Arthur)
Seminaries at Texas University at Austin (invited by Prof. Mike Crawford)
Seminaries at Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, IHI, Mitsui, Toshiba
National Aerospace Laboratory, Japan (Dr Yoshida)
Seminaries at ETH Zurich
Seminaries at ECL – Lyon
Seminaries at Université de Madrid (invited by Prof. Jimenez) and ITP (Wind tunnel review)
Seminaries at Louvain La Neuve (invited by Profs. Bolle, Wauters & Martin)
Experimental determination of the aero-thermal performance of high pressure gas turbine blades. Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Heat Transfer in Gas Turbine Systems, Antalya, Turkey, August 2009
Aerothermal Rotor/Stator Interaction, at Colloquium Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2005
Séminaire Miltos Papalexandris’ at Louvain La Neuve, Novembre 2005
Seminaries at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Osaka, Technology Research Center, KHI, Osaka, Astronautics & Aeronautics Department, Students seminar, Tokyo
University, Astronautics & Aeronautics Department, Faculty seminar, Tokyo University
Giornata Nazionale di Studio MIS-MAC IX, Metodi di Sperimentazione nelle Macchine, 24 March 2006 – Universita di Trieste – Italy
Internal Cooling Channels, University of Stuttgart – Germany (Prof. B. Weigand), 10 April 2006)
Les techniques de mesure en laboratoire – Les projets européens TATEF & TATEF2. Centre de Compétences Métier Thermique (CCMT) – Journée « Mesures Aérothermiques » du 16 juin 2006, Amphi St Exupéry – Snecma – Site de Villaroche – France
High speed, low Reynolds number flows in the turbine cascade T106C, Workshop on LES, Transition modeling and Turbulent combustion, Belgian ERCOFTAC Pilot Center Annual Meeting Gent, Belgium, November 29-30, 2007
Recent research on aero-thermal performance of gas turbine blades, EU AeroChina2 Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, September 2009
Heat Transfer Measurements, 2nd EUREKA International Symposium on Environmental Testing Engineering "Towards an information exchange between Academy and Industry", Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium, November 2009
Experimental determination of the aero-thermal performance of high pressure gas turbine blades, Symposium – University of Florence – 29 April 2011
Recent research on aero-thermal performance of gas turbine blades, Second Aircraft Engine World China Summit 2012, Shanghai, China, October 18-19, 2012
Invited member / Rapporteur / Opponent of PhD juries at
Ecole Centrale de Lyon (F), Lille (F), Paris VI (F), Toulouse (F), UCL (B), KUL (B), ULB (B), ULG (B), Poitiers (F), EPFL (CH), Udine (I), Valenciennes (F), Chalmers (S), Darmstadt (D), Barcelona (Sp), Stockholm (S), Budapest (H), Purdue (USA)
Research
Research
Principal investigator on founded research:
European Commission, Techspace Aero (B), Snecma (F), Turbomeca (F), ITP (ESP), Volvo (S), MTU (D), Rolls-Royce UK (UK), Rolls-Royce Deutschland (D), Alstom Power (UK, F), Siemens (UK, D), Mitsubishi (Jp), GE Oil & Gas, (I), Kawasaki (Jp), Avio (I), Anecom (D), Teledyne (USA), Cenaero (B), Numeca Intl (B), Qinetiq (UK) …
High speed turbine aero-thermodynamics (blades and endwalls)
Heat transfer on endwalls and blades
Aerodynamic and broadband noise measurements in an industrial fan
Unsteady transition in LP turbines – roughness effects and compressor aerodynamics
Advanced actuators and control systems
Tip heat transfer, tip flows
Shaped holes film cooling
Internal cooling (heat transfer and aerodynamics)
Main research interest
Numerical research on 2D and 3D inviscid and 2D viscous flows in turbomachines
Experimental and numerical research on aerodynamics and heat transfer of transonic, cooled HP turbines
Fundamental research on turbulence and boundary layer stability and transition
Experimental research on jet/mainstream interaction
Development of fast response instrumentation (temperature, heat flux and pressure)
Experimental and numerical research on the aerodynamics and heat transfer in internal cooling channels
Experimental research on unsteady LP turbine aerodynamics
Experimental research on compressors
Design of wind tunnels
Publications
Publications
Journal Publications (last ten years)
- DUPUY, D.; GICQUEL, L.; ODIER, N.; DUCHAINE, F.; ARTS, T.: Analysis of the effect of intermittency in a high-pressure turbine blade, Physics of Fluids, September 2020, Vol. 32, Paper 095101, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0018679, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 3.514
- VIRGILIO, M.; DEDEYNE, J.N.; VAN GEEM, K.M.; MARIN, G.B.; ARTS, T.: Dimples in turbulent pipe flows: experimental aero-thermal investigation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, August 2020, Vol. 157, Paper 119925, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119925, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 4.947
- VIRGILIO, M.; MAYO YAGUE, I.; DEDEYNE, J.; VAN GEEM, K.M.; MARIN, G.B.; ARTS, T.: Influence of obstacles on the wall heat transfer for 2D and 3D helically ribbed pipes, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, February 2020, Vol. 148, Paper 119087, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119087, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 4.947
- VIRGILIO, M.; MAYO YAGUE, I.; DEDEYNE, J.; VAN GEEM, K.M.; MARIN, G.B.; ARTS, T.: Effects of 2-D and 3-D helical inserts on the turbulent flow in pipes, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, January 2020, Vol. 110, Paper 109923, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2019.109923, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 3.444
- CACÃO FERREIRA, T.; ARTS, T.; CRONER, E.: On the influence of high turbulence on the convective heat flux on the high-pressure turbine vane LS89, International Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and Power, November 2019, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Paper 37, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp4040037, Impact Factor 2019/2020: -
- CLINCKEMAILLIE, J. & ARTS, T.: Characterization of periodic incoming wakes in a low-pressure turbine cascade test section by means of a fast-response single sensor virtual three-hole probe, Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and Power, June 2019, Vol. 4, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp4030026, Impact Factor 2019/2020: -
- CACÃO FERREIRA, T.; VASILAKOPOULOS, N.; ARTS, T.: Investigation of thermal effect on bypass transition on a high-pressure turbine guide vane, Journal of Turbomachinery, January 2019, Vol. 141, Issue 5, Paper 051006, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041909, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- MAYO YAGUE, I.; ARTS, T.; GICQUEL, L.Y.M.: The three-dimensional flow field and heat transfer in a rib-roughened channel at large rotation numbers, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, August 2018, Vol.123, pp 848-866, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.009, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 4.947
- MAYO YAGUE, I.; CERNAT, B.C.; VIRGILIO, M.; PAPPA, A.; ARTS, T.: Experimental investigation of the flow and heat transfer in a helically corrugated cooling channel, Journal of Heat Transfer, July 2018, Vol. 140, Paper 071702, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039419, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.787
- MESBAH, M.; GEUZAINE, P.; ARTS, T.; SIMON, J.-F.: Impact of weld joint on compressor blade performance, Journal of Propulsion and Power, January-February 2017, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp 276-284, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.B35871, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.940
- MAYO, I.; GORI, G.L.; LAHALLE, A.; ARTS, T.: Aerothermal characterization of a rotating ribbed channel at engine representative conditions-Part I: High resolution PIV measurements, Journal of Turbomachinery, October 2016, Vol. 138, Paper 101008, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032926, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- MAYO, I.; LAHALLE, A.; GORI, G.L.; ARTS, T.: Aerothermal characterization of a rotating ribbed channel at engine representative conditions-Part II: Detailed LCT measurements, Journal of Turbomachinery, October 2016, Vol. 138, Paper 101009, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032927, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- FONTANETO, F.; ARTS, T.; SIMON, M.; PICOT, P.: Aerodynamic performance of an ultra-low aspect ratio centripetal turbine stator International, Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, 2016, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Paper 3, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtpp1010003, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- CUKUREL, B.; FENOT, M.; ARTS, T.: Conjugate jet impingement heat transfer investigation via transient thermography method, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, October-December 2015, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp 737-746, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T4462, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.307
- MAYO, I.; EL-HABIB, A.; ARTS, T.; PARRES, B.: Two dimensional heat transfer distribution of a rotating ribbed channel at different Reynolds number, Journal of Turbomachinery, March 2015, Vol. 137, Issue 3, Paper 031002, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4028458, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- COLETTI, F.; LO JACONO, D.; CRESCI, I.; ARTS, T.: Turbulent flow in rib-roughened channel under the effect of Coriolis and rotational buoyancy forces, Physics of Fluids, April 2014, Vol. 26, Paper 045111, ttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871019, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 3.514
- COLETTI, F.; CRESCI, I.; ARTS, T.: Spatio-temporal analysis of the turbulent flow in a ribbed channel, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, December 2013, Vol. 44, pp 181-196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2013.05.020, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.073
- CUKUREL, B.; SELCAN, C.; ARTS, T.: Film cooling extraction effects on the aero thermal characteristics of rib roughened cooling channel flow, Journal of Turbomachinery, March 2013, Vol. 135, Issue 2, Paper 021016 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007501, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- BABAJEE, J. & ARTS, T.: Investigation of the laminar separation-induced transition on two low-pressure turbine rotor blades, International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2013, Vol. 5, Issue 1/2/3, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESMS.2013.052377, Impact Factor 2019/2020: -
- COLETTI, F.; VERSTRAETE, T.; VANDERWIELEN, T.; BULLE, J.; ARTS, T.: Optimization of a U-bend for minimal pressure loss in internal cooling channels - Part II: Experimental validation Journal of Turbomachinery, 2013, Vol. 135, Issue 5, Paper 051016, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023031, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- VERSTRAETE, T.; COLETTI, F.; BULLE, J.; VANDERWIELEN, T.; ARTS, T.: Optimization of a U-bend for minimal pressure loss in internal cooling channels - Part I: Numerical method, Journal of Turbomachinery, 2013, Vol. 135, Issue 5, Paper 051015, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023030, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- CUKUREL, B.; ARTS, T.: Local heat transfer dependency on thermal boundary condition in ribbed cooling channel geometries, Journal of Heat Transfer, 2013, Vol. 135, Issue 10, Paper 101001, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024494, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.787
- MICHALEK, J.; MONALDI, M.; ARTS, T.: Aerodynamic performance of a very high lift low pressure turbine airfoil (T106C) at low Reynolds and high Mach number with effect of free stream turbulence intensity, Journal of Turbomachinery, November 2012, Vol. 134, Issue 6, Paper 061009, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4006291, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- CUKUREL, B.; ACARER, S.; ARTS, T.: A Novel Perspective to High Speed Cross-Hotwire Calibration Methodology, Experiments in Fluids, October 2012, Vol. 53, Issue 4, pp 1073-1085, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-012-1344-y, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.335
- COLETTI, F.; SCIALANGA, M.; ARTS, T.: Experimental investigation of conjugate heat transfer in a rib-roughened trailing edge channel with crossing-jets, Journal of Turbomachinery, July 2012, Vol. 134, Issue 4, Paper 041016, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003727, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- COLETTI, F.; MAURER, Th.; ARTS, T.; DI SANTE, A.: Flow field investigation in rotating rib-roughened channel by means of particle image velocimetry, Experiments in Fluids, April 2012,Vol. 52, Issue 4, pp 1043-1061, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-011-1191-2, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.335
- CUKUREL, B.; SELCAN, C.; ARTS, T.: Color theory perception of steady wide band liquid crystal thermometry, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 39, 2012, pp 112-122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.01.015, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 3.444
- CUKUREL, B.; ARTS, T.; SELCAN, C.: Conjugate heat transfer characterization in cooling channels, Journal of Thermal Science, 2012, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp 286-294, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-012-0546-1, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.972
- VASS, P. & ARTS, T.: Numerical investigation of high-pressure turbine blade tip flows: analysis of aerodynamics, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, November 2011, Vol. 225, Issue 7, pp 940-953, https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650911412871, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.563
- COLETTI, F. & ARTS, T.: Aerodynamic investigation of a rotating rib-roughened channel by time-resolved particle image velocimetry, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, November 2011, Vol. 225, Issue 7, pp 975-984, https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650911410624, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.563
- COLETTI, F.; ARMELLINI, A.; ARTS, T.; SCHOLTES, CH.: Aero-thermal investigation of a rib-roughened trailing edge channel with crossing-jets - Part II: Heat transfer analysis, Journal of Turbomachinery, July 2011, Vol.133, Issue 3, Paper 031024, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002425, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- VASS, P. & ARTS, T.: Advanced Aero-thermal Investigation of High Pressure Turbine Tip Flows Proceedings of year 2009 / TURBINE-09, Heat Transfer Research, 2011, Vol. 42, Issue 2, pp 165-180, https://doi.org/10.1615/HeatTransRes.v42.i2.50, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 1.199
- AMARAL, S.; VERSTRAETE, T.; VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, R.A.; ARTS, T.: Design and optimization of the internal cooling channels of a HP turbine blade - Part I: Methodology, Journal of Turbomachinery, April 2010, Vol. 132, Issue 2, Paper 021013, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3104614, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713
- VERSTRAETE, T.; AMARAL, S.; VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE, R.A.; ARTS, T.: Design and optimization of the internal cooling channels of a HP turbine blade - Part II: Optimization, Journal of Turbomachinery, April 2010, Vol. 132, Issue 2, Paper 021014, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3104615, Impact Factor 2019/2020: 2.713