Professor Afzal Suleman
Canada Research Chair in Computational and Experimental Mechanics, and Director of the Center for Aerospace Research at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Will present a talk titled:
Autonomous Air Systems: Tools for Validation and Evaluation of Novel Aircraft Configurations
Abstract: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have existed for decades, with the primary market drivers being military requirements. While the value of the UAS as a military asset is well known, civilian use of UAS has seen a dramatic increase in activity in recent years. This talk will present some of the research and development in the area of “Unmanned Air Systems: Design, Build, Test and Fly” at the Center for Aerospace Research at the University of Victoria in partnership with OEMs such as Boeing (USA), Embraer (Brazil), and nationally with Meggitt Training Systems and Bombardier Aerospace.
The computational and experimental research program aims to improve the performance of complex aerospace engineering systems through advances in mathematical and computational models, and experimental methods that incorporate multidisciplinary analysis, design optimization and subscale UAV model flight testing for the synthesis of optimal and novel aircraft designs. The design and development of physical flight test platforms provide a low-cost opportunity to evaluate flight worthiness of new and unconventional aircraft configurations. The presentation will outline some of the experimental UAV flight test programs for evaluation of joined-wing and high-aspect ratio aircraft configurations in collaboration with OEMs. The UAV based flight test programs enable designers to retrieve quantifiable data and to provide a qualitative assessment of the aircraft handling qualities. It provides new perspectives that may lead to identification of design issues early in the development process thus avoiding expensive re-designs at the detailed design phase of the full scale transport aircraft.
Date: February 12, 2021
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Zoom Link: https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/98943528473?pwd=Z2VSekJ6THF1YWo2c1ZNWE05SmVJUT09
Meeting ID: 989 4352 8473
Passcode: 293416
Bio: Afzal Suleman is a Professor, Canada Research Chair in Computational and Experimental Mechanics, and Director of the Center for Aerospace Research at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Afzal Suleman obtained his BSc (Honours) and MSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London (UK) followed by a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada (1992). He was awarded the National Academy of Sciences Fellowship at Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Labs, U.S. Air Force (1992-1994). He is Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers, Lisbon Academy of Sciences and Royal Aeronautical Society and Associate Fellow of AIAA. He has served as a National Delegate at UN-COPUOS (1999-2005) and is currently a Panel Member and National Delegate at the NATO AVT Panel (1998-Present) and Member of the Government of Canada Advisory Boards on National Defense and Space.