ROTORCRAFT CFD RESEARCH

School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150


Welcome to the homepage of the Rotorcraft CFD Research Group at the School of Aerospace Engineeri ng, Georgia Tech. We form the computational aerodynamics and aeroacoustics research arm of the Rotorcraft Centre of Excellence at Georgia Tech.


Velocity field for a two-bladed rotor in hover using a NS solver.

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Zonal methods for Navier-Stokes solvers
  • Higher order simulation using overset grids
  • Blade - Vortex interactions
  • Rotor - Airframe interactions
  • Active concepts for Dynamic stall control of rotors
  • Circulation control airfoils for rotors
  • Aeroacoustics
  • Distributed Computing methods and algorithms

    FACILITIES

    Research is divided primarily between the following three Labs -


    Computational Aerodynamics Laboratory




    Aero(thermo)dynamics Research and Technology Laboratory




    Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory




    RESOURCES

    Links to various Rotorcraft Aerodynamics and CFD resources.


    PEOPLE

  • Prof. Lakshmi Sankar
  • Prof. Stephen Ruffin
  • Dr. Richard Weed
  • Dr. Fidencio Tapia
  • Mert Berkman
  • Anurag Gupta
  • Justin Russell
  • Robert Tamaro
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    Constructed/maintained by Anurag Gupta and Mert Berkman; please address all queries and comments to Anurag at 404 894 0551 or email to gt5038b@prism.gatech.edu
    Last modified September 20, 1996