Flow Control, Propulsion and Performance Optimization

Making flows work better: wind-assisted ship propulsion, marine and aircraft propulsors, drag reduction and flow control, and design optimization.

Sailing

  • Sailing aerodynamics and fluid-structure interaction.

Aerodynamics of propulsion system installation and conceptual aircraft

  • Ultrahigh bypass ratio (UHBPR) engine nacelle installation
  • Boundary layer ingestion (BLI)

Electric aircraft aerodynamics and aeroacoustics

  • Optimization of aerodynamics using Lattice-Boltzmann method on GPUs, propeller noise

Gallery

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