Research Facilities

• Langley Full-Scale Tunnel (LFST) The Langley Full-Scale Tunnel, the largest University-operated wind tunnel in the world, provides a wide range of support services for full-scale and large-scale aerodynamic, airflow management and related research, to address a diversity of aerospace, surface vehicle and specialty applications. The services are provided by faculty and students from Old Dominion University's College of Engineering and Technology, the LFST's professional staff, employed by the Old Dominion University Research Foundation, and an established network of support contractors.
• The VIPER Engine Dynamometer Facility located at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) provides technical services for motrsoprts clients, and serves as a base of operations for the masters program in Motorsports Engineering.
• The Microfluidics Laboratory (KH 121) plus a clean-room annexe (KH 106A) is equipped for state-of-the-art research in microscale fluid mechanics.
• Low Speed Wind Tunnel (KH 143)  A 4 by 3 foot test section offers test velocities up to around 55 m/s.  Instrumentation includes a 3D PIV system, an 80-channel high speed pressure system, and a 3-channel hot wire anemometer, all controlled by the tunnel�s host computers.
• Supersonic Wind Tunnel (KH 143)  A 4 by 4 inch test section offers Mach numbers bwteeen 1.8 and 2.8 and test durations up to around 20 seconds.
• Computational Facilities Laboratory (Parallel Computing) The ODU-AE BLUE Project aims to develop a Linux based Scientific Parallel Computer System maintained by Old Dominion University's Aerospace Engineering Department. Currently, a 16-node (16 processors, 12GB main memory, ~240 GB RAID disk farm) ATM/switched Ethernet based cluster is operational. A more sophisticated parallel computing environment is also under development.
• Vibration and Space Systems Laboratory (KH 126) supports graduate and undergraduate instruction in both areas.

Research Demonstrations

• Vortex-Wake Interaction
• Wake-Vortex/Plume Interaction
• Fluid/Structural Dynamic Interaction
• Prediction of Initial Rollup of Wing-Tip Vortex
• Flow Around Missile Configuration at Very High Angle of Attack
• 747/747 Generator/Follower Configuration and Its Dynamic Response
• Using High-Order Accurate Essentially Non-Oscillatory Schemes for Aeroacoustic Applications