International Workshop at the DLR School Lab

During a workshop week about aeronautics pupils from Belgium, Italy, Romania and Germany visited the DLR-School_Lab Göttingen. In groups composed internationally, students conducted experiments to study the fundamentals of flight. They constructed model aircrafts in different configurations which demonstrated the main components of an aircraft and its basic flight mechanics.

To learn more about the forces acting on aircrafts pupils measured the lift and drag at different velocities and angles of attack using a rotating test stand.

In another experiment pupils used optical measurement techniques to discover what happens when the rotor blades of an helicopter rotate.

To understand the principles of sound generation, propagation and sound measurement, the pupils experimented with different materials. They learned how to measure the sound pressure level and why a dB scaled is used for that.

Using a modular wind tunnel the pupils experienced which components are needed to set up a wind tunnel.

The pupils constructed their own wind gauge during this week and calibrated it in a wind tunnel.

In the cabin test facility Do728 at the DLR Göttingen scientists illustrated the investigation of a new air ventilation system in an airplane cabin. Additionally, the capabilities of the Do728 as a carrier for the study of acoustic perception in cabins were explained.

During an excursion to the DLR in Braunschweig, pupils were able to board a real flight simulator and experience what it is like to be an aircraft captain.