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ü 10 Recordings, approximately 2 hours each; 20 Total Hours)
ü This course is a primer on wind tunnels and wind tunnel testing, primarily for aviation applications. The course considers these aspects from both the client side and the facility side, underpinned by a focus on cost and data quality. Numerous examples are provided.
ü All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion
at the end of the course.
OVERVIEW
This short course is designed to provide the ‘big picture” of wind tunnel testing best practices used in the industry and government laboratories in support of aircraft design, development, and certification. The course is delivered from two perspectives, one from the facility side in terms of furnishing high-quality and productive facilities with broad capabilities, and the other from the client side who uses these facilities to execute aircraft performance, icing, and stability & control wind tunnel testing, gathering crucial data to support aircraft development. The course is focused on transonic and low-speed testing. The course also discusses non-aeronautical applications of wind tunnel testing such as surface vehicles and civil engineering structures.
(Course recorded live in Fall 2023)
- Understand the genesis of wind tunnels as applied to the aviation industry
- Understand the cycle of aircraft development programs and how industry uses wind tunnel tests to support such development
- Wind tunnel calibrations, instrumentation, model supports, measurements
- Gain an appreciation of the broad types of wind tunnel tests
- Understand data reduction and analysis
- Learn to translate wind tunnel data into parameters supporting aircraft design and development decisions
- A review of best practices and pitfalls associated with wind tunnel testing
- A broad exposure to non-aeronautical wind tunnels and testing approaches
AUDIENCE
The course is ideal for attendees who are
or will be involved in the planning, design, and execution of wind tunnel tests
for aircraft, as well as for individuals who manage, support, and develop major
wind tunnel facilities. Graduate
students using wind tunnels as part of their research would also benefit from
this course. The course is a broad
overview and it is best suited to those with less than ten years’ experience in
the field.
COURSE FEES (Sign-In To Register)
- AIAA Member Price: $995 USD
- Non-Member Price: $1195 USD
- AIAA Student Member Price: $595 USD
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OUTLINE1.0 A Wind Tunnel Primer (SZ)- History
- Low-speed facilities
- High-speed facilities
- Pressurized facilities
- Cryogenic facilities
- Specialized Facilities
- Security and Productivity
2.0 Wind Tunnel Test Types (SZ/HS)- Flow Characteristics
- Performance
- Stability & Control
- Ice Shapes
- Ground Effects
- Powered Testing
- Stores Clearance
- Dynamic Stability
- Icing
- CFD Validation with Model in the WT
- Acoustic
- Aeroelastic
- Rotorcraft
- Design Phases and Exit Gates
- A/C General Configuration Selection
- A/C Performance & Sizing Design Drivers
- A/C Stability and Control & Sizing Design Drivers
- Other A/C Design Drivers
- The Role of Wind Tunnel Testing
4.0 The Wind Tunnel Toolkit (SZ) - Model Support and Mounts
- Quantified Flow
- Wind Tunnel Measurement Techniques
- Measurement Quality
- Staff
- Wind Tunnel Selection
- Model Scaling
- Model Instrumentation
- Model Structural Design Requirements
- Model Build-up
- Reduction to Coefficients
- Boundary Corrections
- Tare and Interference Corrections
- Power Effects Correction
- Reynolds Number Correction
- Aircraft Drag Polars
- Longitudinal Stability
- Lateral/Directional Stability
- Control Surface Effectiveness
- Trim Conditions
- Maximum Lift & Stall Characteristics
- High-speed Buffet Boundaries
- Incorporation to Flight Simulation
8.0 Lessons Learned (HS/SZ)
9.0 Non-aeronautical Wind Tunnels and Testing Approaches (SZ)- Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- Boundary Layer Wind Tunnels
- Scaling Considerations
- Ground-based Structures
- Surface Vehicles
INSTRUCTORS
Steve Zan joined
the Aerodynamics Laboratory of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in
1984 after graduating from Engineering Science at U of Toronto. He obtained a PhD in aeronautical engineering
from the University of Cambridge in 1990.
In his thirty-two-year career he has become a leading expert on subsonic
wind tunnel testing, having applied his knowledge to commercial aircraft
development programs, to launch and recovery of rotorcraft from ships, and to
wind loading of some of the world’s major structures. Dr. Zan was appointed Director of Aerodynamics at NRC in 2006 and retired from
that position in 2016.
His academic credentials include a Research Fellowship at Darwin College, Cambridge (1990), an appointment as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool (2006) and an appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University (2004- 2010). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal from 2007 to 2013 and is an Associate Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.
Hany Sadek was a
Senior Engineering Advisor at Bombardier Aerospace where he was involved in the
design, integration, wind tunnel testing, flight testing and certification of
several Bombardier aircraft development programs. He has a M.Sc. in Aerospace
Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1983 and a B.Sc. in Aeronautical
Engineering from Cairo University in 1974.
He has over 35 years experience as a Flight Sciences Engineer and continues to be active in aircraft development projects and instructing on aircraft design and civil certification flight test. He is a Design Approval Representative (DAR) with Transport Canada, Flight Test Analyst (Aircraft Performance and Stability and Control).
CLASSROOM HOURS / CEUs: 20 classroom hours / 2.0 CEU/PDH
Contact: Please contact Lisa Le or Customer Service if you have any questions about the course or group discounts.
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