VZLÚ,, a.s. Aeronautical Research and Testing Institute ENGINEERING TESTING APPLIED RESEARCH PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURE 1
Golden era of Czech aviation... with VZLU participation... L-29 Dolphin since 1922 L-13 Blaník glider L- 410 L-39 Albatros 2
Golden era of Czech aviation... with VZLU participation... Turbojet M 701 Turboprop M601 since 1922 Three spool turboprop M602 3
BASICS Legal status: Capital stock: Joint stock company indirectly state-owned (92% state, 8% CSOB) Profit is reinvested in RTD activities 750 mil. CZK Annual budget (2008): 250 mil. CZK Number of employees: 320 (126 graduated, 29 PhD) Top Management: Ing.. Josef Kašpar General Director Ing.. Victor Kučera Technical Director 4
COMPANY LOCATION PRAGUE-LETNANY Engine and Combustion Testing Facility Fatigue, Static, Vibration Test Labs Wind Tunnels Headquarters Mechanical Testing Prototype Manufacture Environmental Testing Composite structures Aircraft Propellers Landing Gear and Hydraulics Test Laboratories 5
ENGINEERING - TESTING - APPLIED RESEARCH - MANUFACTURE Aerodynamics - computational fluid dynamics (CFD) - wind tunnel testing Strength of structures - static and fatigue tests, material testing Testing laboratories Propulsion Special technologies Prototype production - FEM computations and analyses - modal analysis and dynamic response - mechanical tests (vibration, acceleration) - environmental testing (climatic tests) - developmental work for turbo engines - fans and a/c propellers development - composite structures (infusion methods) - micro-accelerometer development for space - precision CNC machining, 3D measurement Wind tunnel and test equip. - design and turn-key delivery 6
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT - RTD projects 2008 RTD activities 4 Research Plans institutional funding (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports MEYS) 11 national projects supported by ministries (esp. by Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports - MEYS) 18 EU running projects (6/7 Framework Program), one project in the field of Security Research Integrated project CESAR (Cost Effective Small AiRcraft) - 39 participants from 14 European countries - VZLÚ is the project coordinator 7
6 th & 7 th FRAMEWORK PROGRAM 18 currently running EU projects EWA - European Wind Tunnel Association (Network of Excellence) / DLR FRIENDCOPTER - Environmentally Friendly Helicopter / VERTAIR IMAC-Pro - Industrializ. of Manuf. Technolog. for Composite Profiles for Aerosp. Applications ALCAS - Advanced and Low Cost Airframe Structures / AIRBUS+DASSAULT NACRE - New Aircraft Concepts Research / AIRBUS SADE - Smart High Lift Devices for Next Generation Wings TELFONA - TEsting for Laminar Flow On New Aircraft / AIRBUS UK CESAR - Cost Effective Small AiRcraft / VZLU, a.s. AVERT - Aerodynamic Validation of Emission Reducing, AIRBUS UK SimSAC - Simulating Aircraft Stability And Control Characteristics / KTH Cosee - Cooling Of Seat Electronic Box And Cabin Equipment / THALES MOJO - Modular Joints for Aircraft Composite Structures / EADS AirTN - Air Transport Net / DLR KATNET II - Key Aerodynamic Technologies to Meet the Vision 2020 Challenges / Airbus D SPOTSTIR - Devel. of a Hand Held Friction Stir Spot Weld. Gun for Auto. Body Repair /TWI TRIPS - Transport Infrastructures Protection System / ANSALDO FERROVIARI SPA AUTOW - Automated Preform Fabrication by Dry Tow Placement / NLR GREENWAKE - Wake Wortex Detection Systeme Incorporating an Atmospheric Hazard Map 8
L 159 ALCA RECENT LARGE PROJECTS 9
RECENT PROJECTS Ae 270 RECENT LARGE PROJECTS 10
DEPARTMENTS ASOCIATED WITH PROPULSION AND TURBOMACHINERY ENGINES DEPT. AERODYNAMICS DEPT. PROPELLERS DEPT.
Aerodynamics Dept. Bladed machinery research Planar cascade research facilicy Anular cascade research facilicy CFD turbomachinery simulations Wind tunel testing up to Mach 3.5
Propellers Dept. PROPELLERS AND FANS Research on rotating lifting surfaces Development and manufacture of A/C propellers Development of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Development and manufacture of composite parts V510 propeller UAV (VTOL) 13 Wind tunnel fan
Engines Dept. Engineering for turbine engines Actual and recent projects: Design and development of reduction gearbox for smal turboprop engine TP100 (PBS) Design of experimental test rigs for: aeroengine gearbox turboprop engine planar combustion chamber segment Flexible Energetic System rebuild of the aeroengine for external heating and development of the regulation and safety systems. 14
Engines Dept. COMBUSTION THEORETICAL RESEARCH Actual projects: Research of small Combustor with Delivery Tubes. Project FT-TA5/073 reactor network simulation CFD RANS/FANS simulation (Flamelet, EDC) solvers OpenFOAM, Fluent fuel: methane
Engines Dept. COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH Actual projects: Planar combustor segment test rig for small gas turbine combustor CDT. PIV and PLIF measurements in cooperation with Czech Technical University. methane fuel Jet A1 fuel (preparing) Air mass flow up to 0.26 kg/s T max = 440K p max = 260kPa
Contacts VZLÚ,, a.s. Výzkumný a zkušebn ební letecký ústav,, a.s. Address: Beranových 130, Praha - Letňany any,, 199 05 Contacts: Ing.. Josef Kašpar General Director (kaspar@vzlu.cz( kaspar@vzlu.cz) Ing. Victor Kučera Technical Director (kucera@vzlu.cz) Ing. Karel Paiger Business Development (paiger@vzlu.cz( paiger@vzlu.cz) Tel: +420 225 115 100 +420 225 115 101 +420 225 115 332 Fax: +420 286 920 930 17