Applied Aerodynamics

Mission

To improve the tools for predicting the performance of aircraft and defining shapes which reduce development costs and to develop techniques that can improve the aerodynamic performances of aircraft and reduce their harmful effects.

Areas of expertise

improving aerodynamic design methods
predicting aerodynamic performances in steady and unsteady states
studying new concepts for vehicles
reducing drag and improving efficiency
extending the flight and operational envelope of aircraft

Although these avenues of research are principally applied to the external aerodynamics of aircraft, missiles, launchers and helicopters and to aerobic propulsion units (turbomachines, air intakes), they also concern land based vehicles, surface vessels and submarines.

Activities

Drag Reduction Technologies for Civil Transport Aircraft
Aerodynamics of Civil Transport Supersonic Aircraft
Flying Wings
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics
Helicopter Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics of Propellers
External Aerodynamics of Missiles and Projectiles
Launcher and Hypersonic Vehicle Aerodynamics
Propulsive Nozzle Aerodynamics
Industrial and Urban Sites
Industrial Fluid Mechanics
Particle Image Velocimetry
Interferometry