Oct 2, 2023, was the official closure of U-HARWARD project. The project based on the contributions of six partners covered many aspects of high aspect ratio wings, applied to different aircraft configurations. During the project many dedicated experimental activities have been carried out. At first, at Bristol University for the noise characterization of strut braced wings. Then, at POLIMI, to different aspects dedicated to aerodynamics, dynamics and aeroelastic effects. I would like to thank all the persons involved in these activities. A special thanks to Dr. Luca Marchetti that spent more than three years of his PhD covering the different aspects involving these tests. He prepared a summary video below reported showing the different tests carried out in POLIMI Wind Tunnel on different type of dedicated WT models.
Prof. Sergio Ricci
U-HARWARD project coordinator.
sergio.ricci@polimi.it