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Jean J. Ginoux Lecture by Nikolaus Adams on Tuesday 19th March 2013

The Jean J. Ginoux lecture will take place at the VKI on Tuesday March 19th 2013. The lecturer is Prof. Dr. Nikolaus A. Adams, Director at the Institute of Aeroynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität München, Germany. He will take this opportunity to talk about the collaborative research center TRR 401.

Jean J. Ginoux Lecture

THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTER TRR 401 – CONCEPT, OPERATION AND KEY RESULTS

Prof. Dr. Nikolaus A. Adams
Technische Universität München, Institute of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics


von Karman Institute, Tuesday 19th March 2013, 2:30 PM

 

Next generation space transport will be using chemical main propulsion units as this kind of propulsion for the foreseeable future delivers the best compromise between development and production cost and performance for the expected mission objectives of European space exploration. The Collaborative Research Center TRR 40 of the German Research Foundation on “Fundamental Technologies for the Development of Future Space-Transport-System Components under High Thermal and Mechanical Loads” has the objective of advancing fundamental research on the main propulsion units of future launchers and their integration into the entire system.

The research center is being funded by the German Research Foundation since July 2008 as a joint activity of 5 Universities, Institutes of the German Aerospace Center and Astrium Space Transportation for advancing fundamental research on technologies that are relevant for chemical rocket propulsion, such as cooling of structures, aft-body flows, thermo-fluid-dynamics and fluid-structure interaction. The strategic objective of the research center is the sustained competitiveness in research and technology of the participating institutions within Europe.

In the presentation the overall concept and the actual operation of the research center will be reported. For illustration some key results that have been achieved during the first funding period (2008-2012) will be presented.

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