Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratories
The research conducted in the
Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratories extends from
the very fundamental to the applied, from the very small
laboratory scale to full application scale, and covers a wide
variety of aerospace applications. AARL, located adjacent to The
Ohio State University’s Don Scott Airport, has a rich heritage
reaching back to the 1950s when the AARL personnel built the
first U.S. supersonic free-jet wind tunnel, the first continuous
flow heated air hypersonic wind tunnel, the first arc-driven
shock tunnel and a unique low turbulence transonic tunnel for
airfoil testing.
AARL encompasses two additional laboratories: the Gas Dynamics and Turbulence Laboratory (GDTL) and the Gas Turbine Laboratory (GTL). AARL has been a major center of aerospace research and graduate education and has been the site of many innovative research activities and centers including NASA’s General Aviation Airfoil Design and Analysis Center in the 1970s, NASA’s Hypersonic Research and Training Center in the 1990s, and the Air Force’s Collaborative Center of Control Science in the 2000s.
For any questions, contact Professor Mo Samimy, Director of AARL at samimy.1@osu.edu.
Supersonic jet excited by plasma actuators(Strouhal number of 0.33 and azimuthal mode +/- 1)