Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 90 Issue 2
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Design parameters improvement of helicopter ducted tail rotor
Guo Zhong, Jun Huang, Mingxu YiThe purpose of this paper is to reduce the acoustic noise of helicopter ducted tail rotor.
Indian and Chinese aviation industry: the EASA framework option
Kyriakos I. Kourousis, Anthony ComerThis viewpoint aims to increase the awareness on the demand faced by the technical sector of the Indian and Chinese aviation industry and how this can be met by the adoption of…
Optimising the multiplicative AF model parameters for AA7075 cyclic plasticity and fatigue simulation
Dylan Agius, Mladenko Kajtaz, Kyriakos I. Kourousis, Chris Wallbrink, Weiping HuThis study presents the improvements of the multicomponent Armstrong–Frederick model with multiplier (MAFM) performance through a numerical optimisation methodology available in a…
System identification-based aeroelastic modelling for wing flutter
Promio Charles F., Raja Samikkannu, Niranjan K. Sura, Shanwaz MullaGround vibration testing (GVT) results can be used as system parameters for predicting flutter, which is essential for aeroelastic clearance. This paper aims to compute GVT-based…
Evaluation of ozone risk under different air-supply mode in aircraft cabins
Zhibo Shi, Yong Han, Jie BaiThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the ozone risk introduced by the mixing air-supply mode, displacement air-supply mode and personalized air-supply mode, respectively, in…
Overview of thermal arcjet thruster development
Birk Wollenhaupt, Quang Hoa Le, Georg HerdrichThis paper aims to provide an overview of current and historical arcjet development. The reviewed arcjets are considered with respect to both design and thruster relevant…
Parameter estimation of UAV from flight data using neural network
Dhayalan R., Subrahmanyam Saderla, Ajoy Kanti GhoshThe purpose of this paper is to present the application of the neural-based estimation method, Neural-Gauss-Newton (NGN), using the real flight data of a small unmanned aerial…
Bayesian filtering based on solving the Fokker-Planck equation
Xiaogang Wang, Wutao Qin, Yu Wang, Naigang CuiThis paper aims to propose Bayesian filtering based on solving the Fokker–Planck equation, to improve the accuracy of filtering in non-Gauss case. Nonlinear filtering plays an…
Application of reverse processing in SINS initial alignment and SINS/GPS integrated navigation
Haiying Liu, Xin Jiang, Yazhou Yue, Guangen GaoThe study aims to propose reverse processing solution to improve the performance of strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS) initial alignment and SINS-/global positioning…
An optimization approach for DAL assignments
Xianan Li, Zhong Lu, Jingyi WangDevelopment assurance level (DAL) is the measurement of the rigor of development assurance tasks performed to functions or items. The DAL assignment is an important process of…
Coatings characterization of Ni-based alloy applied by HVOF
José Cabral Miramontes, Gabriela Karina Pedraza Basulto, Citlalli Gaona Tiburcio, Patricia Del Carmen Zambrano Robledo, Carlos Agustín Poblano Salas, Facundo Almeraya CalderónThe thermal spraying technique of High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) coating was used to deposit coatings of an alloy composed of Ni-based substrates on stainless steel AISI 304…
Exergy indicators of a low-emission aero-engine combustor
Yasin Şöhret, T. Hikmet KarakocIt is essential to develop more environment-friendly energy systems to prevent climate change and minimize environmental impact. Within this scope, many studies are performed on…
Simulation-based dynamic model and speed controller design of a small-scale turbojet engine
Isil Yazar, Emre Kiyak, Fikret Caliskan, T. Hikmet KarakocThis paper aims to present a nonlinear mathematical model of a small-scale turbojet aeroengine and also a speed controller design that is conducted for the constructed nonlinear…
Comparative analysis of numerical methods for the determination of contact pattern of spiral bevel gears
Adam Marciniec, Jacek Pacana, Jadwiga Malgorzata Pisula, Pawel FudaliThis paper aims to present a comparison of numerical methods for determining the contact pattern of Gleason-type bevel gears. The mathematical model of tooth contact analysis and…
An alternative neural airspeed computation method for aircrafts
Ilke TurkmenThis paper aims to present an alternative airspeed computation method based on artificial neural networks (ANN) without requiring pitot-static system measurements.
Swarm system for CubeSats
Luca Zanette, Leonardo Reyneri, Giuseppe BruniThis paper aims to present an innovative system able to establish an inter-satellite communication crosslink and to determine the mutual physical positioning for CubeSats…
Aerodynamic performance of flying discs
Noorfazreena Kamaruddin, Jonathan Potts, William CrowtherThe purpose of this paper is to examine geometrical design influence of various types of flying discs on their flight performance from the aerodynamics perspective.
Stability analysis of aircraft’s sudden damage process with ROA overlapping
Jie Chen, Cunbao Ma, Dong SongThe paper aims to propose a stability analysis method based on region-of-attraction (ROA) overlapping to evaluate the flight stability of the possible sudden damage process and…
Bevel gears tooth contact pattern verification
Pawel Trzewik, Piotr SkawinskiThis paper aims to create an application to support spiral bevel gear contact pattern verification in the computer aided design (CAD) system to speed up the selection of…
An approach to configuration management in the aero-engine overhaul process
Huibin Sun, Zhiyong ChangThe functionality and reliability of an overhauled aero-engine is determined by all configuration changes in the overhaul process. Identifying, recording, auditing, tracking and…
Mixed fault diagnosis scheme for satellite formation
Xiaobin Lian, Jiafu Liu, Laohu Yuan, Naigang CuiThe purpose of this paper is to present a solution for the uncertain fault with the propulsion subsystem of satellite formation, using the Lur’e differential inclusion linear…
A data-driven method of health monitoring for spacecraft
Xu Kang, Dechang PiThe purpose of this paper is to detect the occurrence of anomaly and fault in a spacecraft, investigate various tendencies of telemetry parameters and evaluate the operation state…
Effect of momentum flux distribution on multiple round jets
Kannan B.T., Panchapakesan N.R.This study aims to investigate the effects of nozzle momentum flux distribution on the flow field characteristics.
PIL simulations of an FWUAV under windy conditions
Hakan Ülker, Cemal Baykara, Can ÖzsoyA fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (FWUAV) is targeted to perform processor in the loop (PIL) simulations for the flight scenarios such as straight and level, level climb, level…
Aerothermodynamic study of a small hypersonic plane
Vera D’Oriano, Raffaele Savino, Michele VisoneThis paper aims to present an aerothermodynamic analysis of a new concept of a small hypersonic airplane. Aerodynamics characteristics for different flow conditions encountered…
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- Prof Phil Webb