Form drag, the ugly sister Seminar
- Time:
- 16:00
- Date:
- 22 February 2012
- Venue:
- Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 16.00 in the Lilley room (5019) in building 13 (Tizard) and then the talk itself will start at 16.15 in room 3021.
For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Jayne Cook on +44 (0)23 8059 7658 or email jec5@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
An AFM group seminar
Part of our spring seminar series
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Speaker information
Professor Chris Atkin , City University London. Professor Atkin is an international authority on the prediction and control of boundary layer flows, in particular for the purposes of skin friction drag reduction by means of laminar flow control. He has provided advice and modelling software to Airbus, Bombardier, QinetiQ, EADS and the UK Ministry of Defence. Professor Atkin's current academic interests focus on innovative flow control techniques for persistent UAVs and low-emission transport aircraft. He also maintains a strategic interest in commercial and technical barriers to the application of flow control on future commercial aircraft projects.