Aeroelastic and Structural Design Lab

ASD Lab welcomes its new member Rodrigo Castellanos. Rodrigo will hold a position as senior researcher enriching the Lab with his expertise in Artificial intelligence and experimental aerothermodynamics. He will be responsible of developing a new wind wall facility in partnership with the Experimental Aerodynamics and Propulsion Lab to investigate gust response of Urban Air Mobility platforms #airtificialintellingence #aerothermodynamics #wildwall #UAM

🎉 Congratulations to Alejandro Núñez Rodríguez on successfully defending his Bachelor Thesis, completed under the guidance of Prof. Rauno Cavallaro and Pablo Norczyk Simon. In his thesis, "Computational Aeroacoustic Study of a Dual Side-by-Side Propeller Configuration," Alejandro addresses the critical issue of noise reduction for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This research centers on creating an advanced interface between an aerodynamic solver (DUST) and an aeroacoustic solver (ANOPP2) to enable noise calculations. By analyzing variables such as hub spacing, phase alignment, and rotation direction, the study shows that specific configurations, particularly out-of-phase arrangements, achieve significant noise reduction. Wishing Alejandro continued success in his promising career! #Aeroacoustics #UrbanAirMobility #UAVDesign #BachelorThesis #AerospaceResearch #NoiseReduction

ASD Lab was pleased to participate to EASN - European Aeronautics Science Network conference in #Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 presenting outcomes from the INDIGO EU Project in a dedicated session on Local Air Quality and Noise. Special congratulations to João Carvalho for successfully presenting his research on strut-braced wing airframe mass estimation at his first international conference. #INDIGO #localairquality #noise #strutbracedwing #airframedesign

🎉 Congratulations to Sergio Sanz Pérez for successfully defending his Bachelor Thesis, under the supervision of Rauno Cavallaro! 👏 ✈️ In this work, titled "Development of a Mid-Fidelity Platform for Flight Load Assessment (FLAP) in Early Design Phases of an Aircraft", the most critical load cases required by airworthiness regulations are integrated within FLAP. This computational tool allows the user to rapidly simulate the aerodynamic forces acting on an aircraft under various maneuvering conditions by incorporating the mid-fidelity aerodynamic solver DUST. The rapid and accurate simulations of the load cases make FLAP particularly useful during early phases of the aircraft design process in which many iterations are required.

🎓 Congratulations to Alberto Gallego Pozo for successfully defending his Master’s Thesis on the aeroelasticity of large aspect ratio wings (LARW) with Distributed Hybrid Electric Propulsion (DHEP)! Alberto’s research, supervised by Prof. Rauno Cavallaro and conducted within the framework of the INDIGO EU Project, made significant contributions toward developing a robust framework for the aeroelastic assessment of LARW-DEP configurations. His work represents an important step in advancing the understanding of these innovative aerospace systems. Wishing him continued success in his future endeavors! #AerospaceResearch #SustainableAviation #INDIGOProject #Aeroelasticity #ElectricPropulsion #StrutBracedWings

Congratulations to Isaac Florindo López for successfully completing his BSc thesis on turboprop blade off impact simulation. The research activity improved the damage prediction on the fuselage airframe by accurate modelling of all the blade constituent failure mechanisms. #BladeStrike, #VirtualCertification, #DamageMechanics, #DamageTorelarance

Congratulations to Enrique Germán González Esteo for successfully defending his BSc thesis on a Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of a H2 powered regional aircraft under the supervision of Rauno Cavallaro. This thesis contributes to advancing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) application in conceptual aircraft design through the #MOTIVATION platform, a tool for multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) of sustainable aircraft.

ASD Lab welcomes its new member Donato Cardone. Donato will develop a PhD in efficient reduced order models for airframe structural optimisation based on advanced beam theory working within the framework of the Spanish national research project TIFON.

Time for Midterm Review Meeting of INDIGO EU Project

Congratulations to Donato Cardone for successfully defending his MSc thesis "Aircraft Structural Sizing with the Carrera’s Beam Formulation." His thesis has been co-advised the Aeroelastic and Structural Design Lab group at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the group #MUL2 at Politecnico di Torino.