Aircraft Research Association Limited

The DAWS project will explore and evaluate a range of innovative wing concepts (including the use of folding wing tips to allow for greater wing span), needed to significantly improve the performance of future generations of commercial aircraft. With ever increasing awareness of environmental concerns, reducing environmental impact in a commercially susta...

Designing products collaboratively and exploiting new technologies in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) requires novel approaches to the ways engineering teams must work. In the COLIBRI project we will explore and develop new tools that exploit advances in AI/ML to improve and speed up the collaborative design environment f...

Aero Flux follows the successful Hyperflux++ (102366) project developing high order computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology for aerospace. Original partners CFMS (Lead, CFD methods and advanced IT technology), Zenotech (solver technology and support for many-core computing), ARA (mesh generation and validation against wind tunnel data) and Bombardie...

To develop, embed and exploit new measurement tools, techniques and fast design methods to advance the state of the art in transport aircraft design.

The Aircraft Research Association Limited ARCADE (Aerodynamic Research testing CApability and Data Enhancement) project will develop speciailist rigs for load alleviation, hybrid laminar flow control and flat yaw capabilities to a validated level of maturity as well as provide air quality improvements to benefit the performance of the Transonic Wind Tunne...

Geometry is at the heart of all aerodynamic and mechanical design processes and tools. The creation, manipulation and discretisation of geometry has become the bottle neck in design-simulation iteration time and therefore is a limiting factor in our ability to reduce time to market. Increasing competitive, environmental and commercial pressures are demand...

The miniaturisation of lighting and sensing apparatus for use with pressure sensitive paint systems, such that the apparatus can be embedded within wind tunnel models.

Forecasts indicate the need for almost 30,000 new commercial aircraft between now and 2032. Market success will depend on delivering the product that customers demand (in terms of cost and performance). With this volume of potential sales it is essential to ensure that technical risk is minimised as failure to meet product targets could prove commercially...

Hyper Flux ++ builds on the successful Innovate UK project 101890 “Hyper Flux” - developing next generation CFD technology for the civil, automotive, renewable and aerospace sectors using the cutting-edge high order flux reconstruction technique from Peter Vincent and his team at ICL. Hyper Flux ++ brings Bombardier, CFMS, Aircraft Research Association Lt...

The main goal of this proposal is to develop and enhance experimental aerodynamics capabilities in the UK both by developing experimental competences in the field of high speed and low speed aerodynamics and by developing testing and model manufacturing technologies within the wind tunnel facility. There are two main objectives in this project: To advance...

A key target of the ACARE Flightpath 2050 vision for aviation in Europe is that of reducing CO2 emissions by 75% (relative to 2000 levels), a key contributor to which will be a reduction in aircraft drag. Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) offers the potential for significant drag reductions – in the order of 5% of overall aircraft drag – by extending the surface...

Civil aircraft wing design faces a growing challenge to improve the fidelity of performance predictions. The drive towards high performance relies on a combination of small refinements. Even where step changes are sought the success of a design can depend on the mitigation of complex aerodynamic risks. 1) Wing maximum lift (CLmax) is fundamental in determ...