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Advanced Aero Propulsion Laboratory
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
—Albert Einstein
Description
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The Advanced Aero Propulsion Laboratory is a rapidly growing laboratory with a diverse and dynamic research program.
It contains state-of-the-art testing and diagnostic facilities, not commonly available at university research centers.
These include: a new Hot Jet Anechoic Facility capable of operating supersonic hot jets - up to 2000 Fahrenheit, a STOVL Test Facility,
and optical diagnostic development lab, a supersonic and a large subsonic wind tunnel.
A number of faculties actively and collaboratively conduct research at AAPL, examining a broad range of fluid dynamic problems.
The main areas of research are high speed flows and their control and the development of non-intrusive diagnostics for the study of complex flows.
We study fundamental fluid dynamics problems which also have direct practical applications. Some of the current research programs include:
active control of supersonic jet noise and mixing, control of supersonic impinging jets, development of high-fidelity 3D Particle Image Velocimetry (3D-PIV),
control of separated flows in engine inlets, supersonic jets issuing from nozzles of various geometry.
Research is supported by and conducted in close collaboration with industry, such as Boeing, and government agencies, such as NASA,
Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Over the past few years, research has been funded at a level of approx. $1.5 million/year.
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