The mission of the Aviation Technologies Center to provide R&D services to Polish and foreign companies to help them raise their competitiveness.
The ATC offers services to the following industries:
- Aviation industry
- Automotive industry
- Chemical industry
- Railway industry
- Energy industry
- Construction industry
- Space technologies industry
- Shipbuilding industry
- Defence industry
- Rail industry
The offer of the Aviation Technologies Center includes:
In the scope of aerodynamics:
- Wind tunnel studies testing the internal components of aircraft engines or their models under simulated takeoff and landing conditions and in elevated exhaust gas temperatures
- Measurement of forces and moments
- Measurement of pressure distributions
- Flow visualisations
- Tests involving the measurement of dynamic stability, aeroelastic model deformation and laminar flow parameters
- Testing of fuselage models together with rotating rotor models
- Pressure distribution measurement on the fuselage surface
- Measurement of fuselage loading
- Measurement of static and dynamic values of the essential parameters for rotor quality
- Pressure and weight measurements of aircraft models in wind tunnel tests, measurement of their aerodynamic characteristics and pressure distributions for Mach number M = 0.2 to 2.3
- Aerodynamic load measurements on airframe part models like the wings, horizontal and vertical stabilizers, control surfaces, external pods and stores, etc.
- Hinge-moment measurements for tail units
- Buffeting boundary determination and its intensity in a wide range of flow velocities
- Airfoils aerodynamic characteristics
- Aerodynamic design of aircraft, aircraft wings and profiles (also with a high lift coefficient)
- Calibration of gages and pressure transducers
- Unsteady pressure measurements with control and actuation mechanism for flap and profile oscillations
- Balance tests and pressure distribution tests on aircraft, helicopter, rail vehicle and wheeled vehicle models and their elements
- Optimization of flap geometry and their positioning
- Hinge-moment optimization for ailerons and tail units
- Flow visualisations using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), oil, tufts or UV-light illuminated mini-tufts
- Smoke flow visualisations
- Laminar profile wind tunnel testing with a turbulence level below 0.02% for an airflow speed up to 40 m/s
- Testing helicopter rotor models (vortex ring)
- Calibration of wind measurement instruments
- Research on aerodynamic phenomena related to supersonic flow
- Aerodynamic studies of wind turbines, which are the latest solutions in energy-generation technologies
- Studies of power units and cooling towers
- Studies of various means of land and air transport
In the area of computational fluid dynamics:
- Design of parametrical models of objects for research and optimization (airfoil,
- wing, inlet ducts for jet and turboprop engines, engine nozzles, etc.)
- Airfoil design
- Multicriterial and multidisciplinary design of aircraft and its elements
- Aerodynamic design of ducts
- Aerodynamic design of helicopter rotors
- Design of propellers, rotors, wind turbines, etc.
- Design of parametric models for non-aviation applications
- Simulation of flow around an aircraft and parts of the airframe
- Simulation of flow around a helicopter and parts of the airframe, and interference with surrounding objects
- Unsteady flows in the shape shifting domain and around such geometries
- Fully three-dimensional simulation of flow around the main rotor of a helicopter (in forward flight and in hover) based on the URANS (Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes) solution
- Fluid structure interaction for modelling of nonrigid blades of helicopter rotors including blade flapping
- Flow simulation in ducts (e.g. air intake ducts in aircraft engines)
- Spaceship re-entry atmosphere flow simulation
- Aeroacoustic analyses
- Flow in land and water based transport
- Flow in civil engineering (buildings, stadiums, bridges)
- Simulation of air movement in urban areas; safety issues in high altitude rescue actions
- Flow and load analysis for constructions subject to aerodynamic and hydrodynamic forces (e.g. Strong gusts of wind)
- Flow in turbines, fans, etc.
- Multiphase flows
- Supersonic and hypersonic flows including heat and radiation modelling
- Phase changing and chemical reactions simulation
- Performance and stability analysis
In the scope of the design capabilities:
- Aircraft and helicopter wheel and skid landing gear
- “Shimmy” and anti resonance dampers – single and double acting
- shock absorbers
- Test stands for ABS brake systems
- Actuators and locks
- Wheels and high energy brakes
- UAV landing gear
- Technology demonstrators
- Electric brakes for UAVs
In the scope of the analyses:
- Stiffness, strength and flexibility evaluation of subassemblies and complete landing gears
- Optimization and integration of landing gear elements, braking systems, dampers, and control systems
- Evaluation of design process, conformance with quality standards and research methodologies
- Reliability and durability evaluation of landing gear elements using analytical and experimental methods
- A review of the state of knowledge in the area of helicopter and landing gear technologies
- Simulations
In the scope of transport systems:
- Preparation of air transport related forecasts and development strategies
- Qualitative and quantitative research of the passenger and air cargo markets
- Software design and implementation, including artificial intelligence methods in optimization, management and modelling of transport systems
- Modelling and design of passenger and air cargo systems
- Design of air transport safety and security
- Technological and economic aspects of design, planning and exploitation of aircraft
- Organisation and management of the aircraft design process and its optimization
- Air performance calculations
- Strength calculations
- Flight test programme design
- Aircraft certification
The Aviation Technologies Center also offers the construction of technology demonstrators and prototypes.
Contact:
Director of Aviation Technologies Center
Jerzy Żółtak, PhD DSc.
phone: (+ 48) 22 846 38 22
mail: jerzy.zoltak[at]ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
www.cntpolska.pl