Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 82 Issue 2

Operation of an auto‐initiated pulsed plasma thruster

Abhijit Kushari, Kelvin Loh

The purpose of this paper is to develop and characterize a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) that does not need a spark plug to initiate the plasma discharge.

Experimental study of water hydraulics application in aviation

Patrick S.K. Chua, F.L. Tan

The purpose of this paper is to report an experimental study on the effects of various parameters, such as varying flow velocities of water in the pipe, insulating the water pipe…

Boundary layer effects on a wing in ground‐effect

D.W. Marshall, S.J. Newman, C.B. Williams

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect a variety of different boundary layers have on a wing in ground‐effect.

Fast trajectory planning based on in‐flight waypoints for unmanned aerial vehicles

A.R. Babaei, M. Mortazavi

The purpose of this paper is to propose an efficient algorithm for trajectory planning of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in 2D spaces. This paper has been motivated by the…

Dynamics and control of a tri‐axis satellite attitude simulator

Jinjun Shan

The purpose of this paper is to develop a tri‐axis spacecraft simulator to simulate the three‐axis attitude motion of a satellite and for ground‐based hardware‐in‐the‐loop…

Preliminary design correlations for twin civil turboprops and comparison with jet aircraft

Xenakis Vouvakos, Yannis Kallinderis, Pinelopi Menounou

The purpose of this paper is to compare twin engine civil turboprop aircraft with their jet engine counterparts; to simplify the preliminary design process and the initial…

The semi-articulated multi-wheel bogie undercarriage

Letter to the Editor

Chingiz Hajiyev