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Explore the wider body of CFD, wind-tunnel, aeroelastic, and multiphysics work behind our engineering practice.
Morphing Wings for Sustainable Aviation
Oscillating actuators inspired by shark skin and bird wings, studied through unsteady CFD to improve efficiency while reducing aerodynamic noise.
Entry Descent & Landing
Steady and unsteady CFD, wind-tunnel reconstruction, and dynamic stability evidence across the Mars entry-to-descent trajectory.
CFD4SALTO
CFD support for the SALTO T3 vehicle, from aerodynamic database generation to DLR wind-tunnel campaigns and flight-condition extrapolation.
Collaborative Systems of Systems
A system-of-systems methodology connecting aircraft, operations, and business models for intermodal transport and wildfire-fighting scenarios.
F/A-18
Static and dynamic fluid–structure interaction for Swiss operational conditions, including vertical-tail buffeting and coupled load generation.
AFC4TR
Zero Net Mass Flux pulsed blowing used to control vortical flow around a next-generation civil tilt-rotor.
Marco Polo
High-fidelity CFD and vertical-wind-tunnel validation for the transonic and subsonic return phase of an Earth re-entry capsule.
Advanced Reentry Vehicle
Aerodynamic analysis across transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic regimes to support autonomous return and stability-driven design decisions.
RETro propulsion Assisted Landing Tech
Aerodynamic and plume-interaction studies for VTVL and TSTO reusable launchers, combining retro-propulsion with aerodynamic control surfaces.
Biofluid dynamics
Three-dimensional CFD studies of aortic-root haemodynamics and valve procedures, supported by published cardiovascular flow research.
Hot Plumes
Base-flow simulations coupling hot gases, particles, chemistry, and radiation to understand the loads and heat transfer around launcher nozzles.
Smart Morphing & Sensing
Smart actuation and sensing for real-time aerodynamic optimization.
AGILE 4.0
A model-based design workflow connecting aircraft design, production, certification, and future upgrades across a distributed supply chain.
Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator
Aero-thermodynamic analysis comparing pre-flight predictions with the measured flight behaviour of ESA’s ARD capsule.
Space Rider
Unsteady CFD and wind-tunnel reconstruction for the reusable orbital laboratory that extends Europe’s controlled re-entry capability.
IXV Post-Flight
Flight forces, surface pressures, and temperatures used to validate CFD tools and improve the design of Europe’s future re-entry vehicles.