Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 89 Issue 6
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Design practice in the translation traditional and glass cockpit based on General Aviation I-31T aircraft
Jacek Dudziak, Paweł GułaThe aim of this paper is to present the results preparation of a new glass cockpit for a general aviation category airplane with a TP100 turboprop 180 kW engine. All the works…
An innovative method for exhaust gases toxicity evaluation in the miniature turbojet engine
Bartosz Gawron, Tomasz Białecki, Anna Janicka, Aleksander Górniak, Maciej ZawiślakThe purpose of this paper is to present an assessment method of the toxicity emission evaluation during combustion in the miniature turbojet engine.
Take-off and landing control for a coaxial ducted fan unmanned helicopter
Zhi Chen, Daobo Wang, Ziyang Zhen, Biao Wang, Jian FuThis paper aims to present a control strategy that eliminates the longitudinal and lateral drifting movements of the coaxial ducted fan unmanned helicopter (UH) during autonomous…
Fast image matching via multi-scale Gaussian mutation pigeon-inspired optimization for low cost quadrotor
Shanjun Chen, Haibin DuanThe purpose of this paper is to propose an improved optimization method for image matching problem, which is based on multi-scale Gaussian mutation pigeon-inspired optimization…
Real-time modeling of retractable self-launching glider using spreadsheets
Yasser A. Nogoud, Attie Jonker, Shuhaimi Mansor, A.A.A. AbuelnuorThis paper aims to propose a spreadsheet method for modeling and simulation of a retraction system mechanism for the retractable self-launching system for a high-performance…
Design and analysis osculating general curved cone waverider
Xuzhao He, Jialing Le, Si QinWaverider has high lift to drag ratio and will be an idea aerodynamic configuration for hypersonic vehicles. But a structure permitting aerodynamic like waverider is still…
Sequence planning for human and robot cooperative assembly of large space truss structures
Jifeng Guo, Chengchao Bai, Cheng ChenIn the future, large space truss structures will be likely to require on-orbit assembly. One of the several proposed methods includes cooperative assembly performed by…
Hybrid BTT/STT missile autopilot design
Chengchao Bai, Fei Lu, Xibao XuTraditional skid-to-turn (STT) missile control mode is adopted mostly, but with the improvement of requirements for mobility and the emergence of new aerodynamic layout, a…
Rotational and relative translational control for satellite electromagnetic formation flying in low earth orbit
Li Fan, Min Hu, Mingqi YangThe purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical design for the attitude control of electromagnetic formation flying (EMFF) satellites, present a nonlinear controller for the…
System identification of flexible aircraft in frequency domain
Majeed MohamedThe purpose of this paper is to identify the flexible aircraft model accurately from the frequency responses.
Deployment and control of cable-driven flexible solar arrays
Haiquan Li, Liucheng Duan, Xiaofeng Liu, Guoping CaiThe purpose of this study is to investigate the deployment and control of cable-driven flexible solar arrays.
On the maximal and minimal distances of flying-around satellite formation
Zhaohui Dang, Li Fan, Zhaokui Wang, Yulin ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to present the obtained analytic solutions of maximal and minimal inter-satellite distances for flying-around satellite formation.
Effect of TRIZ on enhancing employees’ creativity and innovation
Mostafa Jafari, Hamid Reza ZarghamiRegarding the important roles of creativity and innovation for accomplishing innovative missions in aerospace industries, this study aims to explore the impact of a three-month…
Double surrogate modeling usage in PSO
Volkan Yasin PehlivanogluThe purpose of this paper is to improve the efficiency of particle optimization method by using direct and indirect surrogate modeling in inverse design problems.
Aerodynamic performance improvement of a canard control missile
M. Tahani, M. Masdari, M. KazemiThis paper aims to analyze the influence of the changings in geometrical parameters on the aerodynamic performance of the control canard projectiles.
Aircraft maintenance checks using critical chain project path
Anand Kulkarni, Devinder Kumar Yadav, Hamid NikrazAircraft operators incur significant costs when an aircraft is taken out of service for maintenance. The purpose of this paper is to present a method for reducing time duration of…
Design of MPCs for a fixed wing UAV
Hakan Ülker, Cemal Baykara, Can ÖzsoyThe purpose of the paper is to examine a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as it undergoes five flight scenarios under straight and level, level climb, level turn, climbing…
Robust launch vehicle’s generalized dynamic inversion attitude control
Uzair Ansari, Abdulrahman H. BajodahTo design a robust attitude control system for the ascent flight phase of satellite launch vehicles (SLVs).
Longitudinal stability characteristics of the LASTA airplane
Miodrag Milenković-Babić, Marija Samardžić, Vuk Antonić, Milica Marjanović, Vanja Stefanović-GobeljićThis paper presents the longitudinal stability analysis of a single tractor propeller airplane LASTA at high engine power settings. This analysis is part of the ongoing process of…
Towards structural health monitoring of space vehicles
Ioan Ursu, Daniela Enciu, Adrian ToaderThe purpose of this paper is to report the results of a recent project of complex tests on the survival of structural health monitoring (SHM) technology with piezo wafer active…
Identification of mechanical properties of adhesive joints using ANN
Kamran Pazand, A.S. NobariThis paper aims to present a new approach to the fast determination of the effective, dynamic, mechanical properties of an adhesive for linear and nonlinear regions of the…
Numerical simulation of ignition transient in solid rocket motor: a revisit
Junaid Godil, Ali KamranThe capability to predict and evaluate the motor pressure during each phase by means of a numerical analysis can significantly increase the efficiency of the preliminary design…
Active disturbance rejection control for small unmanned helicopters via Levy flight-based pigeon-inspired optimization
Daifeng Zhang, Haibin Duan, Yijun YangThe purpose of this paper is to propose a control approach for small unmanned helicopters, and a novel swarm intelligence algorithm is used to optimize the parameters of the…
The influence of a number of points on results of measurements of a turbine blade
Marek MagdziakThe purpose of this paper was to determine the influence of a number of measured points on results of measurements of turbine blades, which are the parts of aircraft engines. The…
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