Bio-Inspired Engineering Research Facility (BIO-IERF)

• Bio-inspired aircraft, low-altitude drones and underwater gliders
• Aerodynamic
• Fluid Mechanics

• Advanced low-turbulence closed circuit wind tunnel
• Multi-functional low-turbulence closed circuit water tunnel/tank
• High-speed three-dimensional three-component particle image velocimetry (3D3C PIV) system
• Six-axis force/torque sensors
• High-speed camera
• High-speed cooled infrared thermal imager
• Smoke line generator/ hydrogen bubbles generator
• High performance workstation

Three-dimensional three-component particle image velocimetry system can capture the flow field characteristics around bio-inspired objects, aircraft, or underwater gliders, providing solid and robust raw data for researchers to analyze relevant principles of dynamics. Furthermore, advanced color high-speed cameras, high-speed cooled infrared thermal imager, and other optical measurement equipment constitute the laboratory's kinematic and thermodynamic measurement systems for test objects, while high-frequency six-axis force/torque sensors provide precise mechanical measurement data. Through the rational combination of reliable experimental platforms and precise measurement equipment, the Bio-Inspired Engineering Research Facility has built a comprehensive measurement system for kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and mechanics, capable of achieving synchronous measurements from multiple perspectives and angles, providing comprehensive measurement data for the design and development of cutting-edge bio-inspired aircraft, drones, and underwater gliders.

Measurement of kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and mechanics in the design and development of cutting-edge bio-inspired aircraft, drones, and underwater gliders

• Low-turbulence (below 0.2%) wind tunnel test with speed ranging 0~40m/s
• Low-turbulence (below 0.5%) water tunnel/tank test with speed ranging 0~1m/s
• High spatial resolution 3D flow field and pressure field measurements with 3D3C PIV
• High-frequency and precise mechanical measurement with six-axis force/torque sensors
• Kinematic measurement with advanced color high-speed cameras, 3D motion trajectory reconstruction
• Thermodynamic measurement with high-speed infrared thermal imager
• Flow visualization (smoke line for air, hydrogen bubbles for water)
• Computational fluid dynamic simulation