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Aerospace Research
Group
The Aerospace Research Group consists of a number of
academics and research students from the School
of Mechanical Engineering
committed to furthering aerospace technologies at the University of Adelaide.
The mission of the group is to address real World aerospace related issues
by providing innovative, internationally recognised research, whilst
contributing positively to the economic well-being of the Australian
community.
The group possesses a multi-faceted skill set, with its
members possessing research expertise in a wide range of aerospace fields.
The capabilities of the group are reflected in the number of private and
governmental research grants awarded to the members of the group to conduct
research in areas such as:
- Fixed wing and
rotary wing vehicles
- Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs)
- Flapping and
morphing wing devices
- Hypersonic
vehicle design
- Pulse jet,
scramjet, and rocket engine design
- Satellite and
space vehicle design
- Aircraft
control and stability
- Plasma
aerodynamics
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Aeroacoustics
- Computational
fluid dynamics
- Composite structure
design for aerospace applications
The Aerospace Research Group at the University of Adelaide
has access to world class research resources and facilities, making the
results of the group of the highest quality. Some of the resources
available to and utilised by the Aerospace Research Group include:
- Flow
visualisation facilities, including Particle Image Velocimetry
and Hot Wire Anemometry devices
- Open and closed
circuit wind tunnels, including anechoic working sections
- Water tunnels
- Destructive and
non destructive structural testing, including electron microscopy
facilities
- Plasma
generation devices
- Aerospace
propulsion engine test stand
- Access to the
facilities of the South Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing,
including the Corvus and Aquila
supercomputers
The group is also committed to the development of
aerospace education. Members of the group are actively involved in
undergraduate teaching, and this is complemented by the representation of
the group on the board of executives for the AIAA Student Branch at the
University. In addition, group members are actively involved in engineering
education research, with a number of papers in this field being authored by
Aerospace Research Group Participants.
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