Dr. Dominique PoirelB.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng. Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Dominique Poirel

Office: SB3119

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6452

Fax: (613) 542-8612

E-mail: poirel-d@rmc.ca

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

Brief History

External Professional Appointments

  • Adjunct professor at Carleton University
  • Adjunct professor at Université Laval

Education

B.Eng. (Physics) - Royal Military College (1983)

M.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) - McGill University (1989)

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) - McGill University (2001)

Previous Employment

August 1995 to August 1997

Airworthiness Regulation Engineer / Design Standards and Specialist Engineer in Aeroelasticity, Flight Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Directorate of Technical Airworthiness, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, ON.

May 1989 to August 1993

Structural Dynamics / Aeroelasticity, Flight Dynamics and Aerodynamics CF18 Hornet Specialist Engineer
Directorate of Aerospace Support Engineering, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, ON.

May 1984 - August 1987

Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Base des Forces Armées Canadiennes, Bagotville, QC.

Specializations and Research Interests (Keywords)

  • Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
  • Unsteady Aerodynamics
  • Fluid-Structure Interactions
  • Low and Transitional Reynolds Number Aerodynamics
  • Random Dynamics
  • Uncertainty Quantification in Aeroelasticity

These topics are investigated numerically and experimentally (wind tunnel, water tunnel and flight test), from both fundamental and applied points of view. This research is sponsored by the Department of National Defence (DND), by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and by MITACS. Some works are performed under the auspice of the Technical Cooperative Program (TTCP), others in conjunction with the Aerospace Engineering and Project Management (AEPM) Division and with NRC's Institute for the Aerospace Research (IAR) for R&D in unmanned air vehicles (UAV), as well as in collaboration with Carleton University and Université Laval.

Video clips of self-excited aeroelastic pitch oscillations at transitional Reynolds numbers (this research has received an NRC/IAR Achievement Award for Outstanding Singular Achievement – Scientific contribution to the unsteady small-UAV aerodynamics of laminar separation flutter in collaboration with RMC, 2009):

Clip a) shows a wing oscillating in the RMC's wind tunnel as the wing extracts energy from the flow:

a) Pitch-plunge flutter rig in RMC’s wind tunnel Pitch-plunge flutter rig in RMC’s wind tunnel

Clip b) shows the flow, around the same wing, calculated with large eddy simulations (LES) by Weixing Yuan of the Institute for Aerospace Research at NRC:

b) CFD LES simulations at NRC/IAR by Weixing Yuan CFD LES simulations at NRC/IAR by Weixing Yuan

Clip c) a flexible wing, as the wing extracts energy from the flow as well:

c) Flexible wing on free-pitch rig in RMC’s wind tunnel simulations CFD LES au CNRC/IRA (par Weixing Yuan)

Anyone interested, civilian or military, in pursuing research and graduate studies in any of these topics, please feel free to contact poirel-d@rmc.ca. Funding is generally available to support graduate students.

Society Memberships

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Senior Member
  • Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) - Member
  • Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) - Member

Publications