Facilities

The 10x5 Wind Tunnel is a highly reconfigurable temperature-controlled facility with two test sections offering a wide range of features.

The Hydrodynamics Flume facility is highly flexible and can accommodate a broad range of research projects.

The Space Engineering Lab supports research into spacecraft propulsion and deployable structures.

The T1 and T2 wind tunnels provide sophisticated facilities for aerodynamics teaching and research.

The Data-Driven Engineering Research Centre exploits the state-of-the-art facilities of the Aeronautics Department, which hosts cutting-edge facilities for research and teaching with some of the equipment being unique to the UK.  

Our facilities support computational and experimental projects in fluid mechanics,  structural analysis, composites, optimisation and control and aircraft design.  

The data produced is leveraged to create accurate models, which combine numerical methods with machine learning. 

Labs that generated high-quality data, which are at the forefront of data-driven aerospace engineering, are:

This video demonstrates the breadth of research in High and Low Speed Experimental Aerodynamics that takes place at the Department of Aeronautics. Play video
This video demonstrates the breadth of research in High and Low Speed Experimental Aerodynamics that takes place at the Department of Aeronautics.

High and Low Speed Aerodynamics Research

This video demonstrates the breadth of research in High and Low Speed Experimental Aerodynamics that takes place at the Department of Aeronautics.