NSERC/Lockheed Martin/Bell Helicopter Industrial Research Chair for Multi-physics Analysis and Design of Aerospace Systems

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Aircraft designers continually strive to optimize aerodynamic efficiency and increase the comfort and safety of**air travel. This is addressed by embedding into the design process a complex interplay of disciplines like**aerodynamics, structural elasticity and dynamics, as well as safety concerns such as in-flight icing. Such**multi-physics numerical approaches, anchored around Computational Fluid Dynamics, have become the most**widely used platforms for aircraft design.**The objective of the research is to develop new multi-physics computational approaches capable of providing**deeper understanding of the interaction between many different phenomena and support the need for accurate**and efficient tools for the design of future aircraft.**The research will cover topics ranging from hypersonic high-altitude gas dynamics to helicopter aerodynamics**and aero-icing, and encompassing the development of efficient meshing tools and advanced Reduced Order**Modeling for cost-effective real-time calculations.**The research is financed by Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter and the outcomes of the research will put the**Canadian aerospace sector at the forefront of the scientific and industrial aerospace communities, within the**selected fields of research.**It is the intention of both companies to increase their research activities in Canada through this Chair, and in**the case of LMCO, to establish a new Canadian entity to industrialize the results of this research.