The subject of the Laboratory is the design and the aerodynamic analysis of air vehicles using computational or other methods. Emphasis is also placed on the development of computational methods in Fluid Mechanics.

Teaching

The courses supported by the Laboratory apply to both  Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineers. The subject areas that are taught are:

1)     Aircraft and Helicopter Design

2)     Aerodynamics

3)     Compressible Flow

4)     Computational Fluid Dynamics

5)     Advanced Computational Aerodynamics

Research

The Laboratory’s research areas are:

Aerodynamic Design, Aircraft and Helicopter Design, Computational Methods,  Applied Fluid Mechanics.

Equipment 

The Laboratory’s hardware equipment is composed of computers in a modern working environment.

The Laboratory’s software equipment incorporates computational packages for the geometric design, the aerodynamic design and analysis of aircraft in the preliminary and detailed stages.