PEGASUS Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eike Stumpf & Dipl.-Ing. Katharina Franz
RWTH Aachen
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Research Fields
- Num. & exp. fluid mechanics; num. aeroacoustics; turbulence; measurement techniques; sub-, trans-and supersonic flows
- Flight control design; identification of flight mech.parameters; modelling and simulation of flight dynamics and systems; automation
- Design and optimization of aero-structures; crash, impact, damage and delamination behavior of CFRP; aero- & aerothermoelasticity; space debris
- AC design, technology integration and assessment; air transport systems, applied aerodynamics and acoustics
- Turbofan engines and gas turbines; compressor (axial & radial); exp. & theoretical analysis; aerodynamic impact of production variance
- Hypersonic aerothermodynamics; gas dynamics & kinetics; transsonic flows
- Assessment of airport infrastructure; simulation of passenger flows in terminals
Facilities
- Super-, trans- & subsonic wind tunnels
- Shock tubes
- Water circulating tanks & towing tank
- Acoustic laboratory; microphone arrays
- Rotor and propeller test-bench
- Aircraft simulator; UAV simulator
- Mobile UAV ground control station
- UAV platforms of different size
- Material inspection laboratory
- Load test, impact analysis laboratory
- Vibration test platforms
- LMS test lab.
- Engine & gas turbine test facilities
- Radial & axial compressors
- Calibration facility
- Computer Clusters
People
- Full professors: 8
- Associate professors: 2
- Assistant professors: 0
- Post-docs: 11
- PhD candidates: 72
- Lecturers: 28
- Master students: 196
Exchange
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