Contact Dr Linghai Lu
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754838
- Email: L.Lu@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Aeronautical Systems
- Aircraft Design
- Airworthiness
- Autonomous Systems
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Flight Physics
Background
Lu is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the High Education Association; a member of the American Helicopter Association, AIAA (Senior), IEEE, and USA Vertical Flight Society
Lu is the Head of Communication Officer at UK Vertical Lift Network (VLN).
鈥� 2023.12 Sliver Award from RAeS, for the tilt-rotor XV-15 paper led by Professor Gareth Padfield
鈥� 2023.12 Contributed to the RAeS鈥檚 Yong Person鈥檚 Written Paper Prize led by Dr Wajih Memon
鈥� 2013.09 Best Paper awarded from 39th European Rotorcraft Forum, Moscow, Russia
鈥� Proficient in using flight simulation for flight certification (CS27/CS29, eVTOL SC).
鈥� Extensive experience in high-fidelity Multi-Body Aircraft Modelling (Bo105, Puma, Blackhawk, XV-15, AW109, and Bell412); Aircraft Control Design.
鈥� In-depth expertise in System Identification, encompassing time-domain methods such as Stepwise Regression and Maximum Likelihood Method, and frequency-domain techniques, e.g., CIFER.
鈥� Extensive experience in Aircraft Real-Time Simulation, covering Rigid-Body and Aeroelastic models.
鈥� Skilled in operating three Commercial 6DOF Full-Motion Simulators (Liverpool University鈥檚 HELIFLIGHT-R/I and TUD Delft鈥檚 SIMONA); fixed-base simulators (Cranfield鈥檚 FSS, LFS, and EFS simulators).
鈥� Hands-on experience in Real Flight Testing with the Bell42 (National Research Council (Canada)).
鈥� Proficiency in Aircraft Handling Qualities; Pilot Modelling and Perception; Human Factors; Aircraft/Rotorcraft Pilot Active and Passive Coupling.
鈥� Proficient in software tools FLIGHTLAB, VAPS XT, Vega Prime 5, Visual C++, MATLAB, and X-Plane.
Research opportunities
Open for PhD Applications
Lu's interests encompass a wide range of topics, including high-fidelity modelling and real-time simulation for aircraft, rotorcraft, UAM, and EVTOL systems, as well as robust and nonlinear control.
Additionally, Lu is passionate about aircraft and rotorcraft safety, operational aspects, handling qualities, system identification in both time and frequency domains, full-motion simulator fidelity (6DOF), aircraft design, human factors, drone guidance, navigation, stability and control, and certification through simulation.
Furthermore, Lu is actively involved in the field of Active Inceptor systems.
Current activities
鈥� External (Co-PI, EU Project), Towards a flying testbed for European leadership in aviation, (16M Euros), (from 01 Jan. 2025 to 31st May 2028, 40 months).
鈥� External (Co-PI, funded by Rolls-Royce), Liquid-Hydrogen Operation (LH) Research relating to Engine Events (拢100k), (from 01 Feb. 2024 to 31 Dec. 2024).
鈥� External (PI, funded by Rolls-Royce), Single Pilot Operation (SPO) Research relating to Engine Events (拢100k), (from 01 Apr. 2024 to 31 Dec. 2024).
鈥� External (UK ATI): ADEPT project with Vertical Aerospace, (拢1.3M for 裸聊直播), (from 11. 2023, 40-months period).
鈥� External (UK UKRI): Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, (02.2023 鈥� 07.2024).
鈥� External (PI, UK EPSRC): A Novel Approach to Rotorcraft Simulation Fidelity (拢365k) (01.2018 鈥� 01. 2024, EP/P030009/1).
鈥� External (Co-I, PINES Project funded by Rolls-Royce): Development of 鈥淚ntelligentEngine Technologies鈥� (拢0.5M) (01. 2022 鈥� 11. 2024)- The project is intended to explore how novel technologies at engine level can be integrated to the benefit of the whole aircraft and beyond.
鈥� External (PI, Royal Society): International Exchanges fund (03. 2020 鈥� 04. 2023, 拢6k), to develop a bio-inspired GNS methodology in the dark environment with the Medical School of USA Johns Hopkin University.
鈥� External (Co-I, TRL 6-7, EU鈥檚 Clean Sky 2): 鈥楻otorcraft Certification by Simulation (RoCS, total: 鈧�3M) (05. 2019 鈥� 12. 2023, H2020-CS2-CFP08-2018-01).
鈥� External (Co-I, EU鈥檚 Clean Sky 2): E-PILOT (total: 鈧�797k) (01. 2021 鈥� 12. 2022, No 831993)- Develop Machine Learning and Sensor-based solutions for aviation and pilot cognitive monitoring. (took over from a former employee, and I managed to successfully conclude and deliver the project for the final whole year).
鈥� External (PI): 2017.12 Building a Virtual Reality Simulation Platform with Motion System, Knowledge Exchange & Innovation (KE&I) (拢10k, 2018.01 -2018.07).
Clients
- European Aviation Safety Agency