Come along and join us at the IET Scotland and University of Highlands and Islands Christmas Lecture 2016 - What Goes Up Might Come Down. This annual event is is primarly aimed at secondary schools and the audience will be of secondary school age (S4-S6). Others are very welcome to attend.
Come along and hear from Professor Andrew Rae, Professor of Experimental and Applied Aerodynamics University of the Highlands and Islands speak. We now take air travel pretty much for granted but the comfort and safety we expect are achieved in a very harsh environment. At cruising altitude the air outside the aircraft cabin can be more than 50 degrees below zero and the air so thin that oxygen is essential. A few feet away from the cabin is a jet engine operating at a temperature of 2000 degrees Celsius when the materials it is made from melt at 1300 degrees Celsius.
This lecture will use a series of practical demonstrations (with audience participation!) to illustrate some of the physics exploited in the design and operation of a modern airliner and other transport vehicles, including aerodynamics, materials and propulsion.
Dates and venues
6th December - Edinburgh
12th December - Glasgow
14th December - Inverness
16th December - Perth
Book by emailing Lynsay Callaghan (lcallaghan@theiet.org)
