Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 83 Issue 1

Stability analysis of liquid hydrogen turbopump‐seal rotor system with internal damping

Changqing Bai, Qinyu Xu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic stability of liquid hydrogen turbopump rotor system in rocket engine under the effects of seal and internal rotor damping.

Analysis of causes of decohesion of a gas turbine blade made of EI 867‐WD alloy

Józef Błachnio

The purpose of this paper is to present results of laboratory testing work on causes of a service failure/damage to an aircraft turbojet's gas‐turbine blade made of the EI 867‐WD…

Application of MAO‐processed ceramic layer in micro thrusters

Xiaoming Kang, Tiezhu Xin, Feng Jin, Lei Dong, Wansheng Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to propose and assess the possibility of using ceramic coating layer as a heat‐resistant material in micro solid propellant thruster.

A SINS/CNS deep integrated navigation method based on mathematical horizon reference

Wu Xiaojuan, Wang Xinlong

The purpose of this paper is to overcome the limitations of existing celestial horizon references, and improve the navigation accuracy of the strap‐down inertial navigation…

A new approach to air traffic controller workload measurement and modelling

Hakan Oktal, Kadriye Yaman

The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical approach for workload measurement based on the task times and the changing task priorities of en route air traffic…

Vibrational genetic algorithm enhanced with neural networks in RCS problems

Y. Volkan Pehlivanoglu, Oktay Baysal

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new genetic optimization strategy which provides computationally more efficient and accurate solutions, and to provide practically…

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