Tutorial - P. Magryta - K. Pietrykowski

TUTORIAL

Paweł Magryta

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Konrad Pietrykowski

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

The wind tunnel which is located in the experimental aerodynamics laboratory of the Innovation and Advanced Technology Centre of Lublin University of Technology, Poland is characterized by a closed circuit, oriented in the horizontal plane with two measuring spaces as an environmental space for measuring chamber and an additional smaller space for high-speed measuring chamber. The first one, with dimensions of 1275x1415 mm allows to obtain maximum speed of 60 m/s, the second one with dimensions of 1800x2000 mm allows to obtain maximum speed of 30 m/s. Each chamber allows for weight and pressure testing of whole aircraft models, and planned experiments will enable development of new and optimization of existing aircraft structures. These two measuring spaces are interchangeable whenever is required.

Gyrocpoter model Tercel made by Aviation Artur Trendak company is an ultralight aircraft with a takeoff weight of 560 kg. It is a two-seater machine in a side-by-side arrangement allowing flights with visibility up to 3,000 m at a distance of up to 600 km. The structure is a self-supporting composite cabin with an aluminum mast and lifting rotor blades. It is equipped with a 135 hp engine, which is a modification of the Rotax 912 engine - a turbocharging system and a fuel ejection system were developed in cooperation with the Lublin University of Technology.

Pawel Magryta has been an employee of Lublin University of Technology in the Department of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Aviation Propulsion Systems since 2020. He has been working with the Department since 2009, taking part in more than a dozen research and development projects. He is currently working on completing his PhD thesis. Among other things, he is responsible for wind tunnel related presentations at the Department.

Konrad Pietrykowski is an employee of the Department of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Aviation Propulsion Systems at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology. His areas of interest include CFD numerical modeling and experimental studies of wind turbine and aircraft aerodynamics, development of RES-based energy systems and internal combustion engines.