Aeromechanical Systems Group

We are an aeromechanical research group with wide expertise in aeronautical systems.

We specialise in:

Aerodynamics
Flight dynamics
Guidance, control, and navigation
Aviation safety and airworthiness.

Occupying the Aeronautics Centre the group conducts fundamental research in the disciplines listed above with appllication to manned and autonomous aircraft, and guided weapons.

Together with extensive experimental research facilities and a long history of supporting and graduating higher degree students, the Aeromechanical Systems Group also delivers a wide variety of courses and MSc programmes to the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and to industry.

Supporting your business

The Aeromechanical Systems Group offers a range of education, research and consultancy services within its areas of expertise, from the hire of experimental facilities (such as wind tunnels) and staff, to complete project commissions.

About our research

Our current and recent consultancy projects include:

Racing car testing
Competition cyclist drag reduction
Hang-glider pilot and cocoon drag testing
Wind-loading assessment of structures and components, such as power-line insulators or wind-break material
Aerodynamic testing of novel ship designs
Pressure-drop measurements of radiator matrices
Wind tunnel design

Our current and recent research covers the technology areas of:

Unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity
Compressible flows
Flow control
Ground effects
Propulsion and propulsion integration

Applications:

Uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) and micro air vehicles (MAVs, including flapping-wing MAVs)
Rotorcraft
Jets
Cavity flows
Guided weapons
Automotive.

Centre for Aeronautics wind tunnels

The Aeromechanical Systems Group operates five wind tunnels at Shrivenham:

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Professional and technical development

Guided Weapons

This course aims to provide an overview of guided weapon systems and technology, introduce students to the theoretical design of relevant subsystems and demonstrate how these form the weapon system

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Aircraft Survivability

Providing engineers with knowledge of the threat environment and vulnerabilities of aircraft systems, structures and payloads

Guided Weapons Energetics

To provide the students with an understanding of the principles, concepts and techniques of various facets of GW design, especially involving the key disciplines of structures, vibrations & aeroelasticity and materials

Airworthiness of Military Aircraft Fundamentals

Providing you with a thorough understanding of airworthiness organizations, policies and processes

Guided Weapons Structures, Aeroelasticity and Materials

Introduction to Ballistic and Cruise Missile Technology

The course develops a broad understanding of the principles of ballistic and cruise missile flight and the technologies for those involved in Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) activities.

Guided Weapons Aerodynamics

The objective of the course is to cover the fundamental theory of the subjects of both aerodynamics and propulsion, in order that it may be understood and later applied to real GW system designs

Military Aircraft Systems

The course aims to expand students鈥� working knowledge of military airframe systems

Guided Weapons Control Theory

Guided Weapons are precise systems which require suitable sensory feedback and control of key variables. The course aims to explore these control methods and their design

Uninhabited Aircraft Systems UAS Technology

An overview of primary Uninhabited Aircraft Systems technologies. Wide-ranging and covering the modern major developments, it looks into the future by way of existing trends

Guided Weapons Propulsion

The objective of the course is to cover the fundamental theory of the subjects of both aerodynamics and propulsion, in order that it may be understood and later applied to real GW system designs

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