Overview
Flow Control website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/aeflowcontrol
Current funding: EPSRC, DSTL, BAE SYSTEMS, QinetiQ, Airbus, Ferrari S.p.A.
Fundamental, experimental studies in fluid mechanics with particular emphasis on flow control and turbulence
Active and passive control of shear layers
- boundary layer skin-friction reduction
- separation control
- jet control
- transition control
Development of electroactive polymers (EAP) for flow control
- "dimple" actuators
- pressure sensing
- microfabrication
- inkjet printing
- polymer electronics for distributed control
Turbulent shear layers with changing boundary conditions
- Reynolds number scaling
- roughness
Pressure fluctuation
Mathematical tools for turbulence data analysis