Research & Technology

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Research Focus

• Active Flow and Noise Control
• Advanced Propulsion and Power
• Next Generation Air-Vehicles and Systems
• Education, Training and Outreach

Active Flow and Noise Control

Active flow and noise control methods will be employed to enhance the efficiency of commercial and military aircraft through innovative aircraft configurations. As a result future aircraft will be quieter and induce less drag, thereby requiring less fuel and shorter distances for take off and landing, ultimately resulting in quieter and safer airports with higher traffic densities.

Introduction to Active Flow and Noise Control

Applications in Active Flow and Noise Control

Technical Leads

The technical leads for FCAAP's active flow and noise control research are Louis Cattafesta and Lawrence Ukeiley.

Projects

Current research projects in active flow and noise control:

• Virtual Shock Shaping and Design of an Adaptive Supersonic Engine Inlet
• Active and Adaptive Control of Supersonic Flow Using High Bandwidth Pulsed Micro-Actuators (Farrukh Alvi)
• Active Flow Control to Improve Aerodynamic Performance of Turbomachinery Systems (Farrukh Alvi)
• Characterization and Control of Impinging Jets at Realistic Flow Conditions (Brent Greska, Anjaneyulu Krothapalli)
• Airfoil Aeroacoustics: Simulation and Modeling (Christopher Tam)
• Biosynthesis of Aerodynamics Microsystems and Structures (Jonathan Clark, William Oates)
• Intelligent Controlled High Temperature Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuators (Raj Vaidyanathan, Cheryl Xu)
• Grazing Flow Incidence Tube (GFIT) (Mark Sheplak, Lou Cattafesta)
• Characterization of Aeroacoustic Noise Sources for Future Aircraft Design (Lou Cattafesta)
• Plasma Actuated Flow Management (Subrata Roy, Lou Cattafesta and Jay Kapat)
• Massively Parallel Higher-Order Method for Turbulence and Aeroacoustics Simulations (Andreas Haselbacher)

Platforms

Commercial and military platforms utilizing active flow and noise control technologies (click image to enlarge):