Aerospace Engineering Research Group
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General information

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Description

The group is focused on Aerospace Engineering with its main research lines focused on structural dynamics, fluid-structure interaction and acoustics. The group is a joint collaboration between the School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering (ETSIAE) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Institute for Physical and Information Technologies (ITEFI) within the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The members of the group collaborate to develop research programs at both national and international level.

Summary of Research Services

New computational models and algorithmics

Numerical Simulation

Space Science

Technology Capabilities

New computational models and algorithmics

Numerical Simulation

Space Science

Main equipment or Facilities

The research carried out by the group relies mainly on numerical simulation, powered by several workstations and commercial and own-developed codes.

The validation of the numerical models is performed by experimental testing on benchmark cases that are performed either at the ETSIAE/UPM facilities more oriented to the structural dynamics or the ITEFI/CSIC facilities that has several acoustic test rooms (reverberant, anechoic).

The testing activities related to larger test items is performed on occasions on other facilitates, including the UPM facilities at Montegancedo Campus.

Software, tools or licenses to be applied to Big Science
Own-developed code for structural dynamics.
MSC Nastran/Patran.
ESI Group VAOne.

Contracts for Big Science facilities

[ESA] Several joint collaborations with national and international agents ()
EADS Astrium, Dutch Space, 01dB, FFT, Universitat Politècnica de València, Le Mans Université

Relevant R&D projects

[ESA] Launch Sound Level Reduction (2019 - 2020)
ESA AO/1-9479/18/NL/LvH (IP: Marcos Chimeno Manguán) ESA, Launch Sound Level Reduction: research on the improvement of the acoustic load on spacecrafts during launch by means of sound reduction solutions on the launch pad and the launch vehicle fairing.
[ESA] Dynamic Analysis of Payloads And Structures with Intermediate Modal Density (2012 - 2014)
ESA, Dynamic Analysis of Payloads And Structures with Intermediate Modal Density: development of a hybrid formulation to address the medium frequency range of large structures.
[ESA] Vibro-acoustic Analysis and Test Methods for Large Deployable Structures (2008 - 2009)
ESA, Vibro-acoustic Analysis and Test Methods for Large Deployable Structures: research on deployable structures and the fluid-structure interaction on solar arrays during launch due to the stacked configuration.
[ESA] Random vibration environment derivation by vibro-acoustic simulation (2007 - 2008)
ESA, Random vibration environment derivation by vibro-acoustic simulation: development of guidelines for the numerical simulation of the vibro-acoustic response of spacecraft structures.

Big Science Areas