The measurement of aerodynamic forces in shock tunnels is a critical area in high-speed aerodynamics research. In these facilities, short-duration, high-enthalpy flows pose unique challenges that ...

Scientists in Europe researching aerodynamic forces have opened up some interesting new avenues of study inspired by fish scales. This new understanding of the flow patterns over the surface of the ...

The topic unsteady aerodynamics plays a critical role in aerospace engineering, exploring the intricate dynamic nature of the aerodynamic forces and moments generated as flexible aircraft or ...

This note presents a new method for determining the unsteady aerodynamic forces on an oscillating wind turbine blade. The method may be applied to any profile at any angle of attack, provided that ...

Western Michigan University's Applied Aerodynamics Laboratory, located at the Kalamazoo International Airport, is operated by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The laboratory ...

Christina Harvey, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, uses a combination of wind tunnel studies and modeling of inertial forces to understand how birds ...

We’ve probably all experimented with a very clear demonstration of the basic principles of lift: if you’re riding in a car and you put your flattened hand out the window at different angles, your hand ...