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INCAS’ involvement in
environmental research
I NCAS – National Institute for AERO-VR virtual reality immersion room
Aerospace Research ‘Elie
Carafoli’ is the leading research focused on improved prediction aircraft or integral components, in the
establishment in aerospace methods and technologies for lower initial phases of development (pre-
sciences in Romania, with more noise and emissions, and higher concept, statistical data acquisition and
than 60 years tradition in aerospace performance for high-lift devices using experimental wind tunnels).
engineering, flow physics and applied its wind tunnel infrastructures.
aerodynamics. Using state-of-the-art In the future INCAS plans to cover
technologies and unique infrastructure, While the take-off engines are still the niche areas such as: 3D geodesy
INCAS has been involved in all major dominant noise source, the airframe and surveying applications, analysis
national aeronautical projects for noise is as significant as the engine of pollution dispersion through 3D
civil and military areas. The insitute is noise on approach when engines representation of volumetric data
currently acting as a major player in are operating at low thrust. The main and air traffic management through
EU policy for R&D development under components of the airframe noise are enhanced representation of 3D
FlightPath 2050 vision and the Horizon the high lift devices and the landing trajectories obtained by collecting GPS
2020 program, as full member of EREA gears, making it essential to identify data from UAV for ensuring reduced
and as founding member of IFAR. the components that are mostly fuel consumption and also reducing
responsible for the flyover noise CO2 emissions.
An interdisciplinary research group is emissions and correlate the design
operating INCAS airborne and ground of the noise control devices to those INCAS’ concern regarding the pressing
based research infrastructure for land identified gear components. environmental issues of today is
and atmospheric observations named becoming increasingly important
ATMOSLAB. INCAS currently operates The institute’s airborne laboratory and in the expansion of its research and
a fleet as follows: its subsonic and tri-sonic wind tunnel development programs that will
infrastructures, are complemented by hopefully drive change and inspire
• One Hawker Beechcraft King Air its AERO-VR laboratory, an immersive solutions for the future. ●
C90 GTx aircraft equipped with virtual reality laboratory comprising
in-situ instrumentation for cloud four components: an immersive 3D CONTACT DETAILS
and aerosol measurements and an virtual laboratory with haptic systems,
airborne topographic laser scanning HPC system with collaborative work National Institute for Aerospace
system, with an optional photo/ environment, data room and 3D Research ‘ Elie Carafoli’ – INCAS
thermal camera. scanning system. Bucharest
Tel: +40 21 434 00 83
The LiDAR and aerial photography The laboratory allows the development Fax: +40 21 434 00 82
data analysis is used to obtain detailed of virtualization capabilities for E-mail: incas@incas.ro
maps for flood prevention, protection aerodynamic structures, defining and Web: www.incas.ro
and mitigation, archaeological studies, validating the configuration of the
forest inventory, airport safety and
other applications.
• Two Britten-Norman BN-2 B26
aircrafts – the first being equipped
for in-situ gas and aerosol
measurements (to be equipped
with an nadir port) while the second
aircraft is in process for integration of
a Selex SeaSpray 5000E SAR radar.
• One UAV with a maximum research
payload of 70 kg.
Another direction of research is
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