The reduction of wind turbine blade loads is an important issue in the reduction of the costs of energy production. Reduction of the loads of a non-cyclic nature requires so-called smart rotor control, which involves the application of distributed actuators and sensors to provide fast and local changes in aerodynamic performance. This paper investigates the use of synthetic jets for smart rotor...

The SUGAR Truss-Braced Wing (TBW) aircraft concept is a Boeing-developed N+3 aircraft configuration funded by NASA ARMD Fixed Wing Project. This future generation transport aircraft concept is designed to be aerodynamically efficient by employing a high aspect ratio wing design. The aspect ratio of the TBW is on the order of 14 which is significantly greater than those of current generation tra...

Abstract Regulations on global greenhouse gas emission are driving the development of more energy-efficient passenger vehicles. One key factors influencing energy consumption is aerodynamic drag where a large portion associated with base wake. Environmental conditions such as wind can increase separated flow. This paper investigates an optimised yaw-insensitive cavity square-back vehicle in ste...

A time domain approach for predicting the coupled flutter and buffeting response of long span bridges is presented. The frequency dependent unsteady aerodynamic forces are represented by the convolution integrals involving the aerodynamic impulse function and structural motions or wind fluctuations. The aerodynamic impulse functions are derived from experimentally measured flutter derivatives, ...

Inspired by the study of Rao et al. (2019), aerodynamics a simplified frigate is investigated experimentally. The natural wake flow dynamics shown to be bi-stable at zero yaw angles, both rear ship superstructure and stern. strongly weakened stern when lifted off ground in free-stream. Perimetric cavities sufficient depth are able suppress symmetrize air-wake base pressure increases with cavity...

Supercavitation is an emerging technology that enables underwater vehicles to reach unprecedented speed. With proper design of cavitator attached to the vehicle nose, the vehicle body is surrounded by water vapor cavity, eliminating skin friction drag. This technology offers unprecedented drag reduction, though poses problems for vehicle design. The gas bubble surrounding the hull introduces hi...

3D techniques are increasingly used in aerospace industry to improve quality and performance of aircrafts. This paper presents a 3D imaging technique for studying the aerodynamic shape and flight performance of micro air vehicles. 3D stereoscopic vision, based upon stroboscopic imaging, was utilized to obtain the 3D information of the aircraft’s flexible aerodynamic surface. The aircraft models...