Applied Aerodynamics and Design

Participants:  dr.ir. L.L.M. Veldhuis,  ir. L.M.M. Boermans

 

Activities:

  • Aerodynamic design of aircraft
  • Flow Control for low drag and high lift
  • Vortex wake encounters
  • Road vehicle aerodynamics
  • Propeller-wing interaction
  • Support Interference in low-speed wind tunnels

 

Gallery of activities:

The electrically powered high-performance sailplane Antares, designed by the Aerodynamics Group
Thecomputed flow around the tail of a sailplane
CFD analysis of the propeller-wing interaction model, PROW
The electrically powered high-performance sailplane Antares, designed by the Aerodynamics Group
Navier-Stokes computation of the flow around a car
Visualization of the flow around the Solar Car “Nuna”- winner of the World Solar Challenge 2001 Australia
Dorsal sting support setup in the DNW-LLF windtunnel
Near-field interference effect on a support strut: generation of an upstream vortex

Related Publications:

Veldhuis, LLM & Artois, Koen (2007).  Active separation control by periodic excitation in an adverse pressure gradient.  Aiaa journal, 2007(3917), 1-23.

Veldhuis, LLM  & Henneman, B  (2007). Experimental and numerical study of leading edge separation on blunt bodies. In R Wood (Ed.), Proceedings of the Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition. SA 2007-01-429  (pp. 1-12). Warrendale, USA: SAE.

Vos, WGM, Cnossen, JM, Veldhuis, LLM, & Oliveira, J (2005). Validation of an a priori aerodynamic model based on CFD results. In proceedings of the European conference for aerospace sciences. EUCASS . Moskou, Russia

Scarano, F, Wijk, K van, & Veldhuis, LLM (2004). Aircraft wake vortex investigation with PIV in a towing tank. In (Ed.), Proceedings PIVNET II Workshop on application of PIV to Naval and Industrial Aerodynamics,Rome.Italy  (pp. 1-5)

Veldhuis, LLM (2004). Review of propeller-wing aerodynamic interference. ICAS 2004-6.3.1.. In (Ed.), 24th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences,Yokohama, Japan.

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