The AeroTraNet project: a MultiHost training programme for Early Stage Researchers EST, Framework 6

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The AeroTraNet project a Multi-Host training
programme for Early Stage Researchers (EST),
Framework 6

• by
• Dr. Aldo RONA
• Department of Engineering, University of Leicester

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Presentation overview

• Speakers profile From MC fellow to MC EST
  coordinator
• AeroTraNet Scientific aims
• AeroTraNet Training Partners
• AeroTraNet Training Programme
• AeroTraNet Further info and how to apply

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Aldo Rona

• 1998-1999 Marie Curie fellow
• Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI)
• A joint aerodynamic and aeroacoustic study of
  unsteady supersonic flows
• 1998-now Thermofluids lecturer, Department of
  Engineering, Leicester, UK
• 2005-2008 AeroTraNet EST coordinator

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AeroTraNet Scientific Aims
Air transport Aircraft noise Aircraft engines
(jet, fan), airframe (spoilers, flaps,
undercarriage) Picture ? Euroavia Cars Sunroof,
door seals, etc.
Railways Car noise Wheel track, car joint
Picture ? Fluent
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AeroTraNet Training Partners
European Commission
University of Leicester Politecnico di
Torino Università degli Studi Roma Tre Institut
de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT)
Industrial Collaborators Airbus France, Fiat
Auto, Renault, ALSTOM
European Research Area
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Training Programme

• 13 MC Early Stage Training fellowships
• 4 Leicester, 4 Turin, 2 Rome, 3 Toulouse
• 3 year doctoral studies leading to a
  PhD/Dottorato di Ricerca/Doctorat
• European recognition via the Diploma Supplement
• Complementary and flexible training

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Training Programme
CFD by University of Leicester
Wind tunnel tests with PIV Politecnico di Torino
Flow structure
Flow control
Identify noise sources
1. Network of EST postgraduates in the ERA 2. Low
noise technology
Noise control
Aerodynamic and acoustic tests Roma Tre
Reduced order modelling IMFT
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AeroTraNet Info and Apply

• University of Leicester engineering_at_le.ac.uk
• Politecnico di Torino
• http//didattica.polito.it/scudo/bandi.html
• Universita degli Studi Roma 3
• engineering_at_le.ac.uk
• IMFT Christophe.Airiau_at_imft.fr