Josef Panovsky

Title
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

Gas turbine (aircraft engine) design

Vibrations

Aeromechanics

Computational methods

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Applied Mechanics, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
  • ES 204: Dynamics
  • ES 201: Statics
  • ME 400: Vibration & Acoustics

Srivastava, R., Panovsky, J., Kielb, R., Virgin, L., Ekici, K., “Non-linear Flutter in Fan Stator Vanes with Time Dependent Fixity,” ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 134, March, 2012.

Srivastava, R., Lentz, J., Liu, J.S., Panovsky, J., “Computation of Unsteady Flowfield and Blade Response Due to Impeller-Diffuser Interaction,” ASME Turbo Expo Paper GT2007-28235, Montreal, Canada, 2007.

Bakhle, M. A., Srivastava, R., Keith, T. G., Jr., Stefko, G. L., and Panovsky, J., "Flutter Calculations for an Experimental Fan," Paper US-2, CEAS/AIAA/NVvL International Forum of Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, 4-6 Jun. 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Patel, B.M., Nagpal, V.K., Srivastava, R., Panovsky, J., and Kerner, K., “Probabilistic Mistuning Analysis of an Impeller,” 8th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, Monterey, CA, April, 2003.

Bakhle, M.A., Liu, J.S., Panovsky, J., Keith, T.G. Jr., and Mehmed, O., “Calculation and Correlation of the Unsteady Flowfield in a High Pressure Turbine,” ASME Paper GT-2002-30322, June, 2002.

Panovsky, J., Liu, J., and Bakhle, M.A., “Comparisons of Experimental and Computational Force Response in a High Pressure Turbine,” 7th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, May, 2002.

Panovsky, J., Bakhle, M.A., and Srivastava, R., “Flutter Characteristics of a Forward-Swept Fan,” 7th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, May, 2002.

Panovsky, J., James, D.K., and Hassan, K.K., “An Assessment of Fan Flutter Using TURBO,” 5th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, Chandler, AZ, March 7-9, 2000.

Panovsky, J., and Kielb, R.E., “A Design Method to Prevent Low Pressure Turbine Blade Flutter,” 98-GT-575, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 122, pp. 89-98, January, 2000.

Nowinski, M., and Panovsky, J., “Flutter Mechanisms in Low Pressure Turbine Blades,” 98- GT-573, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 122, pp. 82-88, January, 2000.

Panovsky, J., and Carson, S.M., “Prediction of Turbine Blade Vibratory Response Due to Upstream Vane Distress,” 97-GT-250, ASME J. of Turbomachinery, Vol. 120, pp. 515-521, July, 1998.

Panovsky, J., Nowinski, M., and Bölcs, A., “Flutter of Aircraft Engine Low Pressure Turbine Blades: Oscillating Cascade Experiments and Analysis,” 8th International Symposium on Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity of Turbomachines, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 815-830, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 14-18, 1997.

Richardson, D.L., and Panovsky, J., “A Family of Implicit Chebyshev Methods for the Numerical Integration of First-Order Differential Equations,” Paper AAS 93-691, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 16-19, 1993.

Panovsky, J., Hendley, D.G., and MacKay, R.A., “An Analytical Approach to Designing Friction Dampers in Turbomachinery Blading,” Damping ’91 Conference, San Diego, CA, 1991.

Panovsky, J., and Richardson, D.L., “A Family of Implicit Chebyshev Methods for the Numerical Integration of Second-Order Differential Equations,” Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 23, pp. 35-51, 1988.

Panovsky, J., and Richardson, D.L., “A Method for the Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations Using Chebyshev Polynomials,” Paper AAS 85-405, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Vail, Colorado, August 12-15, 1985.

Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, AZ,1998-2019

GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985-1998

Professional Engineer's License

Six Sigma Certification (Greenbelt and DFSS)

ASME/IGTI Structures & Dynamics Committee

National Research Council Advisory Panel for Fluid Dynamics

ASME John P. Davis Award

ASME Melville Medal

ASME Gas Turbine Award

IGTI Structures & Dynamics Committee Best Paper Award