Major Research Areas

The faculty members of the department, together with research assistants and undergraduate students, carry out studies in the following research projects and industrial cooperation areas.

• Theoretical Computational and experimental aerodynamics and fluid dynamics

• Design and optimization (improvement) of thermal systems

• Turbulence in combustion and internal combustion engines

• Supersonic wind tunnel technology

• Aeroelasticity

• Unmanned aerial vehicles

• Composite materials

• Mechanical vibrations and structural dynamics

• Theoretical Computational and Experimental Structural Analysis

• Structural design

• Control systems: adaptive, intelligent, digital, optimal, pneumatic-hydraulic

• Robot control

• Measuring Systems

• Avionic Navigation Systems

Aeronautical Engineering students are offered the opportunity to benefit from the equipment in the ITU Trisonic Research Center and Faculty Computer Laboratories:

• 4 wind tunnels for research at subsonic speeds

• 2 wind tunnels for research at supersonic speeds

• Velocity and pressure measurement systems (PIV, LDA, Hot-wire and pressure probes)

• Flow imaging systems (oil, smoke, colored liquid and Schlieren method)

• Building dynamics tests

• Numerous workstations and personal computers for digital work