Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 84 Issue 6

Structural‐aeroelastic finite element modeling for advanced‐geometry rotor blades

Emanuele Piccione, Giovanni Bernardini, Massimo Gennaretti

The purpose of this paper is to present the development and application of a numerical formulation for the structural dynamics and aeroelastic analysis of new generation…

Optimal formation keeping control in missile cooperative engagement

Changzhu Wei, Yi Shen, Xiaoxiao Ma, Jifeng Guo, Naigang Cui

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the frame of a missile formation cooperative control system, and present an optimal keeping controller of a missile formation in the…

Evaluation of synthetic jet actuators design performance

Nizam Dahalan, Shuhaimi Mansor, Muhammad Haniff Shaharudin, Airi Ali

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the synthetic jet actuator design's performance based on piezoelectric diaphragms that can be appropriately used for flow separation…

Investigation on instable current issue of scanning mechanism

Shuang Yu, Jun Miao, Hua Wang, Zhiyuan Qian

The purpose of this paper is to find the root cause of the current issue for a scan drive mechanism which is used to drive and to control the Microwave Radiometer Imager (MWRI…

A nonlinear stability analysis of elastic flight vehicle

Saeed Shamaghdari, S.K.Y. Nikravesh

The purpose of this paper is to present a nonlinear model along with stability analysis of a flexible supersonic flight vehicle system.

Collision monitoring and optimal collision avoidance manoeuvre for formation flying satellites

Guoqiang Zeng, Min Hu, Junling Song

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the safety of formation flying satellites, and propose a method for practical collision monitoring and collision avoidance manoeuvre.

Robust flutter analysis and control of a wing

Mahdi Fatehi, Majid Moghaddam, Mohammad Rahim

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach in aeroservoelastic analysis and robust control of a wing section with two control surfaces in leading‐edge and…

Design of an S‐duct intake for UAV applications

Fotios Papadopoulos, Ioannis Valakos, Ioannis K. Nikolos

The purpose of this paper is to design an S‐duct intake for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) applications with good efficiency in a wide range of operating conditions.