Peters’s research projects in rotor wake modeling seek to correctly model the dynamic motions that profoundly influence vehicle dynamics of airplane propellers, helicopters, and tilt rotors. His other research interests include aero elasticity modeling of helicopter rotors and wind turbines with unsteady aerodynamics and nonlinear structural deformations and response to stalling.
David Peters
McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering
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- Phone: 314-935-4337
- Email: dap@wustl.edu
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Peters wins Klemin Award
David Peters, the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been chosen to receive the Dr. Alexander Klemin Award from the Vertical Flight Society. It’s the highest honor the society gives an individual for notable achievement in advancing vertical flight aeronautics.
The physics of baseball
David Peters, the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has a body of work in applied aerodynamics and a host of academic honors, but he’s also a baseball fan. That’s why watching a baseball game takes on a whole new spin, aerodynamically speaking.