Projecte matriculat
Títol: Aerodynamic performances analysis of modified wing structures
Director/a: ALTMEYER, SEBASTIÁN ANDREAS
Departament: FIS
Títol: Aerodynamic performances analysis of modified wing structures
Data inici oferta: 27-12-2025 Data finalització oferta: 27-07-2026
Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN- GR ENG SIST AEROESP
- GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
| Tipus: Individual | |
| Lloc de realització: EETAC | |
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| Passive flow control, Modified wing structure, Aerodynamic efficiency, CFD | |
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| This project presents a theoretical and computational study of the aerodynamic performance for different airfoils configurations with geometric changes. Different and modified wing setups, e.g. the consideration of open gaps as a passive flow control method will be analysed. The main objective is to analyse the effect of such gaps according to their position on the airfoil chord, with greater emphasis on lift enhancement and drag reduction associated with delayed flow separation, as this directly affects boundary layer instabilities. First, a basic airfoil will be created and used as a reference case. Then, different open-gaps configurations will be analysed using CFD simulations in ANSYS Fluent. The results will focus on lift, drag, pressure, velocity, and flow separation. In addition to the first configuration, a second analysis will be carried out considering other passive flow control geometries based in the nature. These configurations will be compared with the reference and open-gap cases to assess their aerodynamic performance.
The airfoil design will be created with SolidWorks, where the airflow will be studied in ANSYS Fluent, analyzing components such as flow separation, velocity and pressure fields, and aerodynamic coefficients such as lift and drag. The expected result is a quantitative validation of the effectiveness of passive flow control via gaps, contributing to the indentification of optimal configurations and the possible improvement of aerodynamic performance. |
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| Orientació a l'estudiant: | |
| The student will learn the main features in airfoil analysis and design, aerodynamics and optimization.
She/He has to become familiarize with the main characteristic parameters, e.g. lift and drag coefficient, efficiency, etc. Programming languages and simulation software as AnsysFluent, SolidWorks, Matlab, and Python will be learned and/or deepen. Simulations will be performed to find optimal number design and interaction between sweeping jets. Supervisor and student will meet regular basis about once a week to evaluate the progress and discuss the following steps. In case of bigger problems the student can approach the supervisor any time in order to solve the problems as soon as possible in order to avoid any hold backs. |
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| Horari d'atenció a estudiants per a l'assignació de projecte: Regular meetings of about 1-2h will be setup weekly in order to check, discuss and evaluate the progress as well to plan the following steps. In case of bigger problems extraordinary meetings will be done as soon as possible. |
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