Aeroacoustics
Contra-rotating rotor PIV measurements
Contra-rotating rotors in advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can offer enhanced aerodynamic performance and pose significant aeroacoustics challenges. This study experimentally investigates the ....
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An experimental study of rotor aeroacoustics with aeroelastic effects under edgewise flight conditions
Rotor blades in eVTOL aircraft are often assumed rigid in noise studies, but their thin, slender design makes them prone to large aeroelastic deformations during edgewise forward flight. Measurements ....
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Windsurfing CFD
AANTC has developed an efficient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform for performance sports engineering, including windsurfing. The windsurfing project focuses on the equipment that will be us....
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Low noise UAM planning in the community
Drones are promising transport means for the last-mile deliveries in urban communities. However, low-altitude aviation can cause severe noise pollution, leading to the requirement of rational operatio....
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Acoustic liners for modern aero-engine noise reduction
Attenuating the low-frequency component of aero-engine noise is challenging due to the mass and volume constraints when applying conventional noise mitigation techniques using liners and foams. To ad....
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Acoustic meta-surface development
A series of acoustic metasurfaces with periodic structures are proposed using porous materials including meta-based fibrous materials and polymer foam to refract an incidence wave in an anomalous yet ....
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