Objective
The AOARD Aeronautical Sciences portfolio primarily studies challenging problems in aerodynamics characterized as high-speed, unsteady, or non-equilibrium flows. High speed flows include supersonic and hypersonic boundary layer transition, shockwave boundary layer interactions, heated walls, and ablation. Unsteady flow topics include turbulence, novel control actuators, surface interactions, and flow characterization and modelling. Features of non-equilibrium flows include combustion, propulsion, and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Cross-cutting technologies promising improvements in aerial flight are also of interest, including: multi-physics vehicle design and optimization, bio-inspired flight, innovative data exploitation for predictive models, and novel techniques for flight testing. Successful projects in this portfolio will align with U.S. based AFOSR portfolios, and link to other AFRL technology directorates, primarily the Aerospace Systems (AFRL/RQ) and Munitions (AFRL/RW) Directorates.
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Contact InformationLt Col Ryan Carr, PhDAsian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD)7-23-17 Roppongi, Minato-kuTokyo, Japan 106-0032afosr.aoard@us.af.mil