I/UCRC Planning Grant: Applications In Flow Control

计划在佛罗里达州立大学、明尼苏达双城大学和俄亥俄州立大学建立一个新的中心，命名为工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，用于流量控制应用(CAFC)。CAFC有两个主要目标：(1)超越目前依赖于常规恒定空气动力学的设计范式；(2)将主动流动控制集成到工程流体系统中。主动流量控制是一个多学科领域，涉及众多技术学科，包括流体动力学、控制、智能材料、执行器、传感器和信号处理。这些领域的进展通常是结合在一起的，首先在实验室规模的实验中展示，然后按比例扩大到工业原型。因此，需要行业驱动的合作研究举措来催化创新，并将创新从大学研究成果转化为行业。流体动力学和空气声学社区正处于范式转变的门槛，因为流动控制即将改变许多工程流体系统的设计方式。一旦实现，就有可能给许多领域带来革命性的变化，从所有运输方式到能源生产，再到工艺工程等等。计划中的中心将处于这一转型的前沿，将流体动力学、控制、智能材料、执行器、传感器和信号处理方面的进步联系起来，并将其应用于具有社会相关性的问题，并提供行业指导。拟议的I/UCRC AFC将联合一支由互补的研究人员和教育工作者组成的团队，培训跨学科领域的研究生，积极招收和指导来自代表性不足群体的学生，并与创业小企业、行业和政府机构合作。

A new center is to be planned based at Florida State University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Ohio State University named the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Applications in Flow Control (CAFC). CAFC is motivated by two major goals:(1)moving beyond the current design paradigm that relies on conventional steady aerodynamics and (2) integrating active flow control into engineered fluid systems. Active flow control is a multidisciplinary field that spans numerous technical disciplines, including fluid dynamics, controls, smart materials, actuators, sensors, and signal processing. Advances in these fields are often combined and first demonstrated in laboratory-scale experiments and subsequently scaled to industrial prototypes. Therefore, industry-driven collaborative research initiatives are required to catalyze and transition innovations from university research outcomes to industry.The fluid dynamics and aeroacoustics communities are at the threshold of a paradigm shift as flow control is poised to alter the way many engineering fluid systems are designed. Once achieved there is a potential to revolutionize many areas, ranging from all modes of transportation to energy production to process engineering and more. The planned center will operate at the forefront of this transformation by connecting advances in fluid dynamics, controls, smart materials, actuators, sensors, and signal processing and applying to societally relevant problems with industry guidance. The proposed I/UCRC AFC will combine a team of complementary researchers and educators, train graduate students in interdisciplinary fields, actively recruit and mentor students from underrepresented groups, and team with entrepreneurial small businesses, industry, and government agencies.