Research themes

Bluff body drag reduction

Many road vehicles such as cars and lorries are classified as bluff bodies, their shape arising due to practical and aesthetic constraints.

It is highly desirable to develop methods to reduce the aerodynamic drag of such vehicles without significantly altering the shape. In the flow control group we are developing a number of passive and active drag reduction methods that aim to achieve this by modifying the properties of the wake behind the vehicle.

These methods are pursued experimentally in the Department's wind tunnels.


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Academic staff

Professor Jonathan Morrison