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Future Aircraft

Innovating the Future of Aerospace

Sustainable aviation is the overarching theme of our aerospace research.  This is aimed at coupling advanced simulation methods with new design, material and manufacturing processes to improve the physical, environmental and economic performance of future aircraft systems.  Research activities span aerodynamics, powerplant, aeroelasticity, aircraft operations, design, analysis & optimisation and structural testing. A major focus of our work is the integration of these disciplines into an overall systems framework.

Exemplar Research

CFD simulation of aircraft mid-air refuelling
Aerodynamic & Aeroelastic Optimisation

Computational methods for aerodynamic and aeroelastic analysis and design.

Our primary aim is to develop advanced high-fidelity methods for the analysis and design of future aerospace vehicles.

Detailed CAD model of aircraft fuselage
Digital Aircraft Manufacture and Assembly

Collaborative simulation tools and advanced virtual environments for optimal product / process design.

Improved design concurrency for digital manufacture, assembly validation and through life performance.

Global visualisation of future air traffic hubs
Aircraft Operations

Air traffic management and systems integration

Meeting the safety and efficiency needs needs of 21st century air traffic expansion.

Experimental testing aparatus
Advanced structural analysis

Experimental and numerical static strength analysis of aircraft wing and fuselage structures

Design and validation of novel geometric, material systems and manufacturing solutions

Our Research Family

Dr Adrian Murphy
Prof. Adrian Murphy
Professor

Aircraft structural design and analysis, manufacture and cost modelling

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Professor Brian Falzon
Prof. Brian Falzon
Head of School

Aero-structural optimisation, virtual testing, aerospace multi-functional composites

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Professor Cecil Armstrong
Prof. Cecil Armstrong
Professor

Computer aided engineering for aerospace applications, aircraft load and stress characterisation

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Lecturer Damian Quinn
Dr Damian Quinn
Lecturer

Aircraft structural design-for-manufacture and optimisation, virtual testing of aero-structures

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Dr Danielle Soban
Dr Danielle Soban
Lecturer

Advanced aircraft design methods, systems engineering, aircraft value driven design

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Dr Gasser Abdelal
Dr Gasser Abdelal
Lecturer

Aircraft manufacturing simulation, multi-scale and multi-physics simulation

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Dr Joe Butterfield
Dr Joseph Butterfield
Senior Lecturer

Virtual aircraft manufacture and assembly, through life engineering

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Dr Juliana Early
Dr Juliana Early
Reader

Aerodynamic analysis and optimisation, aircraft operations, cost-benefit analysis

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Dr Marco Geron
Dr Marco Geron
Lecturer

Thermo-fluid modelling, computational fluid dynamics, reduced order modelling

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Dr Yan Jin
Dr Yan Jin
Reader

Automated aircraft assembly, digital lean manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing

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Dr Trevor Robinson
Dr Trevor Robinson
Reader

Design-simulation integration, finite element modelling, adjoint optimisation methods

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Refuelling

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