Strategy
In the next 3-5 years, the Dynamics and Aeroelasticity Research Group will build upon the success of the last 5 years (grant income, research students, new academic staff), concentrating upon both fundamental and applied aspects of the following key technical areas that are seen as being relevant and timely:
- Non-Linear vibration
- Crowd-Structure interaction
- Pedestrian Safety
- Non-linear aeroelasticity
- Adaptive and morphing aeroelastic structures
- Rotor Dynamics
- Monitoring
Funding will be sought from Government and Industry, along with efforts to be included in DTI and EU collaborative research programmes
The multi-disciplinary aspect of dynamics and aeroelasticity will be explored with other researchers across MACE and also the University, with the aim of widening the areas and applications that the members of DARG work in. These include
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Electrical
- Civil
- Materials
and will also aim to get the group to interact with the University wide Institutes.