Experimental and numerical studies of flow around aerodynamic and blunt bodies; wind energy; study of the atmospheric boundary layer; vortex element method; and boundary element method. Facilities: two subsonic wind tunnels, instrumentation for measuring velocity, pressure and force; PC-type microcomputer network.

Modeling and numerical simulation for dynamic and static stress analysis, considering geometric and material linearity and non-linearity effects.

Current activities: research in the field of structural control and identification has led to the development of prototypes and the performance of experiments to identify material properties and to propose mathematical formulations and numerical algorithms suitable for solving the resulting models. Research in numerical methods involves not only the use of commercial finite element packages such as ABAQUS©, but also the development of proprietary codes, integrated or not with commercial codes. Interaction: Laboratory of Heat Transmission and Technology (LTTC), in the area of ​​thermoelasticity; Laboratory of Acoustics and Vibrations (LAVI), in the area of ​​identification of material properties; Metallurgy and Materials Program, in the area of ​​Composite Materials and Manufacturing Processes of Nanostructured Materials; Civil Engineering Program, in the area of ​​structural identification.

Experimental and numerical activities focused on the study of fundamental and applied problems related to fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics.