Aerospace Research

To advance the research efforts our group participates in the AIAA and NASA partnered drag prediction workshop,
and the high lift prediction workshop



Drag Prediction Workshop

Building on previous work the group gains further understanding of the effectiveness of research codes, models, and simulation setup.

Each group conducts simulations using the DPW NASA Common Research Model (CRM) with wind-tunnel measured wing twist; both wing-body and wing-body-nacelle-pylon configurations.





High Lift Prediction Workshop

The goal of the workshop is to enhance CFD prediction capability for practical high-lift aerodynamic design and optimization. Two test cases are used for the workshop:

  • JAXA semi-span high lift configuration
  • DPW NASA's Common Research Model (CRM)



SFS2 Ship with UH60A Blades

W2 A2 KE3D is an advanced multi-solver technology that combines many years of research to tackle large scale unsteady simulations.

Future work will include coupling the UH60A blades, adding a helicopter fuselage, translate the helicopter in a landing motion, and couple this simulation with the ship motion (below).



DTMB_5613 Ship

Using Naval Hydrodynamics the output of the DTMB_5613 ship motion (left) from Dr. Maysam Mousaviraad's lab, the ship's aerodynamic flow field is solved (right). Future work will include coupling this interaction.