Design and test of a gust generator

• Main Author: Choo, Yuen Ling.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Accidents and air safety
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45447
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Aircraft accidents rate may be falling as technology improves and maintenance practices are enhanced by the latest know-how in the industry but a fatal accident will still result in the loss of hundreds of life, especially when technology enables an aircraft to carry more passengers per flight than was possible half a century ago. When it comes to accidents that are a result of the forces of nature, namely sudden wind gusts, every bit of effort should be made to improve the resilience of the aircraft structure. This project aims to provide a preliminary study on the unsteady flow produced from a low-cost gust generator of simple design. The gust generator proved to be successful in producing unsteady flow and subsequently, experiments were conducted to analyse the unsteady flow.