RESEARCH CASE STUDIES

Improved Rolling Behaviour using Folding Wingtips

Numerical and experimental studies at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Airbus, have considered the effect of floating folding wingtips on aircraft rolling behaviour. The work has built upon previous investigations to demonstrate…

Meeting the challenges of the aerospace sector

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The development of more electric aircraft (MEA) components and systems is a major area of research to help achieve carbon, nitrogen oxide and noise reduction targets.

Advanced composite aerostructures for de-icing

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Queen’s University Belfast are currently working on MACANTA, an EPSRC project that has resulted in fully-tailorable energy-efficient heating, which can be used as a de-icing device.

Wind tunnel testing of HARW model

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The University of Bristol are working with Airbus to perform low-speed wind tunnel tests on a very flexible 2.4m long model wing.