PhD Studentship: Aircraft Installation Effects

A PhD studentship is now available in the area of installation effects of airframe noise sources. The studentship provides a unique opportunity to work on a relevant engineering problem. The studentship is funded via an EU project that is investigating installation effects in partnership with Airbus and DLR. 

Airframe noise sources are modified by the presence of the fuselage, fairings, high-lift devices etc. Also the local flow velocity changes due to the circulation induced by the wing. Currently these installation effects are not fully understood. Even more crucially, is developing the tools and capabilities to predict them on future aircraft types. 

This PhD studentship will involve generating experimental data in the new Anechoic Wind Tunnel at the University of Southampton. It will also involve numerical simulations.  It will suit a student with strong analytical skills as well as some experience in wind tunnel experiments and CFD. 

The outcome of the project will be a more fundamental understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for installation effects. This PhD studentship will provide a good opportunity to work with one of the largest aerospace companies in the world, and explore relevant problems in the aerospace industry

The Airbus Noise Technology Centre (ANTC) (http://www.southampton.ac.uk/antc/) was opened in November 2008 at the University of Southampton. It is the result of the long standing collaboration between Airbus and the University on a range of noise research and development projects. The centre brings together academic staff, research fellows and PhD students using state-of-the-art computer simulations and wind tunnel testing to develop new noise reduction concepts.

If you wish to discuss any details of the project informally, please contact Dr David Angland, Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group, Email: d.angland@soton.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 2380 59 4987.