Assistant to the Head of Institute

Chief Engineer


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Dr.-Ing. Christian Helcig

Technical University of Munich

Chair of Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion (Prof. Gümmer)

Postal address

Postal:
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching b. München

Tasks in Teaching and Administration

  • Chief engineer
  • Teaching
  • Support of bachelor and master thesis

Education and Career

since 2020 Chief Engineer for the Chair of Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion, TUM
2018 – 2019 Test Engineer Rolls-Royce Germany at Elements Materials Technology, FL, USA
2017 – 2020 Thermofluid Engineer Rolls-Royce Germany Ltd. & Co KG
2018 Dissertation (Dr.-Ing.) at the Institute for Thermodynamics of Aerospace (ITLR) University of Stuttgart, on the heat transfer of rotating discs
2011 – 2017 Scientific Employee at University of Applied Sciences Münster, Laboratory for Heat-, Energy- und Engine-Technics
2009 – 2011 Scientific Employee University of Paderborn, Chair of Fluid Process Engineering
2009 Diploma Thesis, TU of Darmstadt, simulation of heat transfer of thin liquid films
2004 – 2005 Integrated exchange semester at Novosibirsk State University
2003 – 2009 Studys of Industrial Engineering Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
2001 General matriculation standard Uhlandschule-Gymnasium Leipzig

Scientific Awards

2020 Bernard-Rincklake Promotion Award University of Applied Sciences Münster
2016 ASME Fluid-Engineering-Division Graduate Scholarship Award
2014 ASME Fluid-Engineering-Division Graduate Scholarship Award

Publications

2023

  • Rabl, A., Mull, C, Härtl, M., Helcig, C., Gümmer, V.: Experimental investigation of performance and soot emissions of oxygenated fuel blends in a small aero engine. TUM Lehrstuhl für Turbomaschinen und Flugantriebe, 2023, more…
  • Rohkamp, M., Rabl, A., Gündling, B., Reza Saraji-Bozorgzad, M., Mull, C., Bendl, J., Neukirchen, C., Helcig, C., Adam, T., Gümmer, V., Hupfer, A.: Detailed Gaseous and Particulate Emissions of an Allison 250-C20B Turboshaft Engine. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power., 2023 more…
  • Schäffer, Christian; Rabl, Alexander; Speck, Konstantin; Boetzel, Kiyan; Helcig, Christian; Gümmer, Volker: Challenges in the Application of Hot-Wire Anemometry for the Investigation of Transient Temperature Fluctuations in a High-Speed Research Compressor. ASME Turbo Expo, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023 more…

2021

  • Köhler, Christian Peter; Helcig, Christian; Gümmer, Volker: Blade design and tip clearance flow analysis for a compact high-pressure compressor rear stage. 14th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, European Turbomachinery Society, 2021 more…

2020

  • Aus der Wiesche, S., Helcig, C.: Effect of Heating on the Stability of the Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Flow over a Rotating Disk. . Biennial Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery Transonic and Supersonic Flow in Cascades and Turbomachines, 2020 more…
  • aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Helcig, Christian: Effect of Heating on the Stability of the Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Flow over a Rotating Disk. Proceedings of the XXV Biennial Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery, 2020, 10 more…

2019

  • aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Helcig, Christian: Stagnation Flow and Heat Transfer From a Finite Disk Situated Perpendicular to a Uniform Stream. Journal of Fluids Engineering 142 (3), 2019, 15 more…

2018

  • Kapitz, Marek; Teigeler, Christian; Wagner, Robert; Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Experimental study of the influence of the Prandtl number on the convective heat transfer from a square cylinder. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 120, 2018, 471--480 more…

2017

  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Shevchuk, Igor V.: Prandtl Number Effect on the Laminar Convective Heat Transfer From a Rotating Disk. Journal of Heat Transfer 139 (10), 2017, 10 more…

2016

  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Effect of Prandtl Number on the Heat Transfer from a Rotating Disk: An Experimental Study. ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, 2016 more…
  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Experimental Investigation of the Laminar Boundary Layer Flow on a Rotating Wavy Disk. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, 2016 more…
  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Effect of Prandtl Number on Convective Heat Transfer in the Separated and Reattached Flow Region on a Blunt Flat Plate. ASME Fuids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, 2016 more…
  • aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Helcig, Christian: Francis A. Kulacki, Minnesota, USA (Ed.): Convective Heat Transfer From Rotating Disks Subjected To Streams Of Air. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Thermal Engineering and Applied Science. Springer International Publishing, 2016 more…

2015

  • Helcig, Christian; Turnow, Johann; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Turbulent Heat Transfer on a Blunt Flat Plate with Passive Jet Injection. 8th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Begell House Inc., 2015 more…
  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Uhkoetter, Stephan: Aerodynamic Investigation of a Passive Secondary Jet Exciting a Separation Bubble for a Blunt Flat Plate. ASME/JSME/KSME 2015 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, 2015 more…

2014

  • Helcig, Christian; Uhkoetter, Stephan; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Flow Over a Blunt Disk With Incidence: Location of Stagnation Point and Flow Separation. 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, 2014 more…
  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: Convective Heat Transfer From a Free Rotating Disk Subjected to a Forced Crossflow. ASME Turbo Expo, 2014 more…
  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan; Shevchuk, Igor V.: Internal Symmetries, Fundamental Invariants, and Convective Heat Transfer from a Rotating Disk. 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, 2014 more…

2013

  • Helcig, Christian; aus der Wiesche, Stefan: The effect of the incidence angle on the flow over a rotating disk subjected to forced air streams. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, 2013 more…