Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 87 Issue 3

Aeroelastic analysis of composite blades with matrix cracking and uncertainties

Babruvahan Pandurang Ronge, Prashant Maruti Pawar

– This paper aims to focus on the stochastic analysis of composite rotor blades with matrix cracking in forward flight condition.

Loading state in local loading forming process of large sized complicated rib-web component

Da-Wei Zhang, He Yang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the basic loading state in local loading forming process of large-sized complicated rib-web component, which is important for understanding…

Deployable morphing structure based on shape memory polymer

Jinsong Leng, Kai Yu, Jian Sun, Yanju Liu

This study aims to propose a new kind of deployable morphing structure based on shape memory polymer (SMP), which can overcome the drawbacks of traditional deployable morphing…

Preliminary design of aerospace linear actuator housings

Fabien Hospital, Marc Budinger, Aurélien Reysset, Jean-Charles Maré

This paper aims to propose preliminary design models of actuator housing that enable various geometries to be compared without requiring detailed knowledge of the actuator…

An empirical model for partially admitted turbine efficiency

Reza Aghaei tog, Abolghasem Mesgarpoor Tousi

This study aims to presenting an empirical model for partially admitted turbine efficiency. When the design mass-flow rate is too small that a normal full-admission design would…

Predator-prey biogeography-based optimization for parameters identification of UCAV flight control system

Weiren Zhu, Haibin Duan

The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) flight controller parameters identification method, which is based on predator-prey…

Frameworks for efficient aerospace operations

Ionel Botef

– This paper aims to explore how the emerging cold spray technology could be integrated within a framework that finally could lead to more efficient aerospace operations.

Towards virtual ergonomics: aviation and aerospace

J Sanjog, Sougata Karmakar, Thaneswer Patel, Anirban Chowdhury

The purpose of this paper is to highlight state-of-the-art digital human modeling applications in aviation and aerospace industry, generate research interest and promote…

Satellite antenna dynamics and control with thermal effect

Bindi You, Huibo Zhang, Peixiang Wang, Jiang Zhang

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of the space thermal effect on satellite antenna.

Dynamics of short tether-net system during deorbiting

Jiafu Liu, Shen Fan, Rong Siyuan, Naigang Cui

– The purpose of this paper is to present kinetic equations for tether-net system during deorbiting using a novel method differing from the traditional method.