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Department Transport Aircraft (TF)

Braunschweig

Department Transport Aircraft
Department Transport Aircraft
Department Transport Aircraft
Department Transport Aircraft

The department transport aircraft accomplishes the numerical and experimental aerodynamical analysis of modern commercial- and transport-aircraft. The aim is the analysis and optimization of complex and complete aircraft-configurations with the main focus on high-lift systems.

The field of investigation reaches from the preliminary design of complete aircraft configurations up to the detailed aerodynamic design of wings, (wind-) rotors and airfoils. A special emphasis is laid on research and development of laminar flow wings.

Current areas of work:

Preliminary design of complete aircraft configurations

  • General activities in preliminary design
  • The multi-lifting-line-method LIFTING_LINE
  • Measurement and computation of dynamic derivatives
  • Contributions to the VELA-project

Detailed aerodynamic design

  • Layout of wind-rotors
  • Management of the 3FF-project
  • Contributions to the M-DAW-project

Laminar flow control

  • Measurement of Tollmien-Schlichting-waves
  • Measurement of laminar flow by using thermography
  • Contributions to the ALTTA-project
  • Contributions to the HYLTEC-project
  • Contributions to the HiAer-project


Contact
Dr.-Ing. Ralf Rudnik
Head of Department
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Transport Aircraft
Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 295-2410
Fax: +49 531 295-2320

Claudia Grant
Secretariat
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Transport Aircraft
Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 295-2411
Fax: +49 531 295-2320

Dr.-Ing. Heiko, Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Transport Aircraft
Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 295-2430
Fax: +49 531 295-2320

Regina Pchaiek
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Transport Aircraft
Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 295-2431
Fax: +49 531 295-2320

Barbara Marquardt
Secretariat
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Transport Aircraft
Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 295-3352
Fax: +49 531 295-2320

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