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$541K Office of Naval Research grant could enhance aircraft performance

Stephen Lynch (left) and David Williams (right) plan to accelerate the designs of higher performing, more efficient and safer aircrafts for the United States Navy. IMAGE: TYLER HENDERSON

Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering received $541,167 to accelerate the designs of higher performing, more efficient and safer aircraft for the United States Navy. The grant, administered by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), will fund the exploration and improved understanding of the effects of freestream turbulence on tip vortex breakdown and decay mechanisms.