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Warsaw University of Technology opened LATIS lab

From left to right: Paweł Poncyljusz, Jacek Rokicki, rector of Warsaw University of Technology, Jan Smidt, director of the National Centre for Research and Development Prof. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski, Prof. Aleksander Olejnik, director of the Institute of Aviation Prof. Witold Wiśniowski during the opening ceremony of the Laboratory of Turbine Aerodynamics and Combustion at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology. Photo: PAP/ Marcin Obara 28.01.2016 From left to right: Paweł Poncyljusz, Jacek Rokicki, rector of Warsaw University of Technology, Jan Smidt, director of the National Centre for Research and Development Prof. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski, Prof. Aleksander Olejnik, director of the Institute of Aviation Prof. Witold Wiśniowski during the opening ceremony of the Laboratory of Turbine Aerodynamics and Combustion at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology. Photo: PAP/ Marcin Obara 28.01.2016

One of the world\'s most advanced facilities of its kind, Laboratory of Turbine Aerodynamics and Combustion (LATIS) opened last week on Thursday at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology.

"Facilities such as LATIS, allowing to work on a global level, help us keep talented young people from leaving the country" - said Prof. Jan Szmidt, rector of Warsaw University of Technology.

Dean of the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering Prof. Jerzy Banaszek reminded that the Faculty of Aerodynamics of Warsaw University of Technology, founded before the war by Prof. Czesław Witoszyński, carried out research on wings profiles of prototypes of famous RWD airplanes, gliders PW 5 and PW 6, and modern unmanned aircrafts.

Equipment of the new laboratory includes the most advanced wind tunnels in Poland (with the lowest turbulence level in the world), measuring equipment, including ultra-fast cameras and infrared cameras, and data processing computer cluster with 570 cores. With 3D scanners and printers, models of objects under study can be prepared quickly and accurately.

Research projects at the laboratory will include air flows in air turbines and around wind turbines, as well as energy turbine blades, bicycles, and models of buildings. Experiments will be performed to design and optimise new aircraft structures. Researchers will also study the phenomena including the behaviour drops of rain hitting a surface, combustion and icing processes.

The laboratory is the result of the project led by the Military University of Technology in cooperation with the Institute of Aviation. The tunnels have been built by the Ship Design and Research Centre Gdańsk.

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