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Integrated Wing
Funded by DTI
Collaborating partners: Airbus, BAESYSTEMS
Duration: 2007-2009
Staff: Ian Lunnon
Aim of Manchester contribution: To develop a transonic test bed for evaluation of flow control actuators and sensors
AVERT (Aerodynamic Validation of Emission Reducing Technologies)
Funded by EU
Collaborating partners: ALENIA,
A-UK,
DAC,
Dassault,
DLR,
EADS,
INCAS, LM Lille,
ONERA,
Paragon,
TU Berlin,
U Nottingham, Univ. Poitier,
UP Madrid, VZLU
Staff: Stephen Liddle
Aim of Manchester contribution: To understand the systems and certification issues associated with the application of flow control to civil transport aircraft, and to evaluate the use of ultrasonic boundary layer tomography for industrial flow sensing
CADWIE
(Control of Approach Drag Without Impact on Environment)
Funded by Airbus
Collaborating partners: Southampton University, Imperial College
Duration:
2006-2009
Staff: Indika Yahathugoda, Iain DuPiere
Aim of Manchester contribution: To reduce undercarriage broadband noise using active flow control
CAFEDA (Control of Aerodynamic Flows for the Environmentally Driven Aircraft)
Funded by Airbus
Collaborating partners: TU Berlin, University of Poitiers, University of Madrid
Duration: 2003:2006
Staff: Kailash Sunneechurra, Luis Gomes, Stephen Liddle, Phil Geoghegan
Manchester contributions: Enhancement of deflected surface controls, development of high authority synthetic jet actuators, development of ultrasonic boundary layer tomography, leading edge flow control
Flow control and the control of unmanned air vehicles
Funded by DSTL
Duration: 2003-2006
Staff: Mario Carrus, Matt Pilmoor
Aim of Manchester contribution: To demonstrate flow control spoiler systems and fluidic thrust vectoring in a dynamic wind tunnel test environment
GEWiTTS (Grid Enabled Wind Tunnel Test Service)
Funded by DTI
collaborating partners: BAESYSTEMS, DRA Bedford
Duration: 2004-2005
Staff: Ian Lunnon
Aim of Manchester contribution: To develop a grid enabled transonic wind tunnel test facility
FLAVIIR
Flapless Air Vehicle Integrated Industrial Research
Funded by EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS
Collaboration partners:Universities of Cranfield, Leicester, Nottingham, York, Liverpool, South Hampton, Imperial College, Warwick and Swansea.
Duration: 2004-2009
Staff: Russell Sparks, Ken Gill, Stephen Michie, Paul Wilde, Chris Harley
Overall aim: To develop technologies for a maintenance free, low cost UAV without conventional control surfaces and without performance penalty over conventional craft
Aim of Manchester contribution: To develop flight ready flapless manoeuvre effector technologies
AEROMEMS II
Funded by the EU
Duration:2002-2005
Staff: Sascha Erbsloeh, Stephen Kendal
Aim of Manchester contribution: To demonstrate the use of MEMS flow control actuators for separation control on a flap and engine intake
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