Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 86 Issue 3

Flight dynamics models used in different national and international projects

Zdobyslaw Goraj

The present study aimed to demonstrate different computational models, data and stability results obtained in a wide number of projects of various aircrafts such as unmanned…

Hybrid RANS/LES for active flow control

Wei Wang, Spiridon Siouris, Ning Qin

The purpose of this article is to present numerical investigations of flow control with piezoelectric actuators on a backward facing step (BFS) and fluidic vortex generators on a…

The potential application method of magnetic levitation technology – as a ground-based power – to assist the aircraft takeoff and landing processes

Jozsef Rohacs, Daniel Rohacs

The purpose of this paper is to present the first-year results of the EU-supported GABRIEL project on the possible use of magnetic levitation (MagLev) technology to assist…

A novel approach for trajectory tracking of UAVs

Luca De Filippis, Giorgio Guglieri, Fulvia B. Quagliotti

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach for trajectory tracking of UAVS. Research on unmanned aircraft is constantly improving the autonomous flight capabilities…

Bolt-joint structural health monitoring by the method of electromechanical impedance

Igor Pavelko, Vitalijs Pavelko, Sergey Kuznetsov, Ilmars Ozolinsh

The purpose of this paper is to present the problems of the electromechanical impedance (EMI), especially its applications for structural health monitoring of aircraft bolt-joints…

Experimental and numerical investigation of a swirl-stabilized premixed methane/air flame

Onur Tuncer, Bertan Kaynaroglu

– The purpose of this paper is to assess the validity of Weller's b-ω flamelet model for practical swirl-stabilized combustion applications.

Simulation of a propeller disk presented by distribution of velocities

Nikola Žižkovský, Jaroslav Pelant, Martin Kyncl

This paper aimed to study the simulation and describe the turbulent fluid flow through a symmetrical tube with a propeller disk set inside it. The Navier–Stokes equations with the…

Formulation of the optimization problem for engine mount design – tractor propeller case

Tomasz Goetzendorf-Grabowski

The aim of this work was to focus on the creation of a mathematical model for the optimization problem and the methodology for selection of the most important parameters. The…

Multiple objective optimization of the power unit for a very light jet

Andrzej Majka

The purpose of this paper is to propose a solution of the engine bypass ratio choice problem of a very light jet (VLJ) class aircraft using the multiple objective optimization…

Simplified thermo-fluid model of an engine cowling in a small airplane

Piotr Łapka, Mirosław Seredyński, Piotr Furmański, Adam Dziubiński, Jerzy Banaszek

The purpose of this study is to developed a simplified thermo-fluid model of an engine cowling in a small airplane. An aircraft engine system is composed of different elements…

The preliminary design of the air-intake system and the nacelle in the small aircraft-engine integration process

Wieńczysław Stalewski, Jerzy Żółtak

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the preliminary design and optimization of the air-intake system and the engine nacelle. The work was conducted as part of…

Erratum

Special issue devoted to 2nd EASN Workshop on Flight Physics and Propulsion

Thrassos Panidis