Unmanned Air Vehicles, UAVs are designed to operate without any onboard controllers. Consequently, they are considered to operate in a wide range of applications. Missions in undesirable conditions such as bad weather ...

The competitiveness of a high-performance racing car is extremely reliant on aerodynamics. Due to the current economic climate, track testing is often forsaken and the majority of aerodynamic development carried out using ...

This research examines the extent to which simulation can be used to train pilots of the Royal Air Force to fly and fight the Eurofighter Typhoon, and is the culmination of a series of trials over a period of 4 years. The ...

This study is aimed at understanding the effects of changing the upstream nozzle geometry on the development of rectangular free jets. An existing converging rectangular nozzle with an exit aspect ratio of 4 and a circular ...

Small hand-held micro air vehicles (MAVs) can serve many functions unsuitable for a manned vehicle, and can be inexpensive and easily deployed. MAVs for indoor applications are underdeveloped due to their demanding ...

A high level of survivability is important to protect military personnel and equipment and is central to UK defence policy. Integrated Survivability is the systems engineering methodology to achieve optimum survivability ...

During wind tunnel testing of jet-lift, short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft it is usual to simulate the jet efflux but not the intake flows. The intakes, which are commonly faired over or are unpowered, ...

An overview of the progress of research work on the aerodyamics and aeroacoustics of three-dimensional cavities at transonic speeds is presented with special attention to identify the flow structures responsible for resonant ...