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:
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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
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Airbus A340 (left) and SWIM model (right) in the Delft University towing tank. PIV investigations in the far field (C-Wake and FARWAKE projects)
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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
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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 .
