Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 92 Issue 10

Numerical analysis of electrically conductive fillers of composites for aircraft lightning strike protection

Igor Lesiuk, Andrzej Katunin

This paper aims to present a numerical analysis and comparison of two types of conductive fillers of polymeric composites subjected to lightning strikes.

The analysis of emission values from commercial flights at Dalaman international airport Turkey

Hasim Kafali, Onder Altuntas

This study aims to present atmospheric emissions (NOx, CO and HC) of commercial flights at Dalaman Airport for the years between 2016 and 2018.

CFD simulation of empty fuel tanks separation from a trainer jet

Aleksander Olejnik, Adam Dziubiński, Łukasz Kiszkowiak

This study aims to create 6-degree of freedom (SDOF) for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of body movement, and to validate using the experimental data for empty…

The enhancement of the prescribed track for unmanned air vehicles

Oznur Usanmaz, Murat Karaderili, Ozlem Sahin, Tamer Savaş

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are more affected by adverse wind conditions in especially landing. Therefore, they need to change the runway in use. In case of this change, to…

Adaptive control of missile attitude based on BP–ADRC

Haiyan Qiao, Hao Meng, Wei Ke, Quanxi Gao, Shaobo Wang

To improve the robustness of missile control system and reduce the error, a missile attitude adaptive control method based on active disturbance rejection control technology…

System identification of flybar-less rotorcraft UAV

Khadeeja Nusrath T.K., Lulu V.P., Jatinder Singh

This paper aims to build an accurate mathematical model which is necessary for control design and attitude estimation of a miniature unmanned rotorcraft and its subsequent…

Exergy analysis of a three-spool turboprop engine during the flight of a cargo aircraft

Ali Dinc, Yasin Şöhret, Selcuk Ekici

This study aims to introduce exergy analysis of a three-spool turboprop engine during the complete flight.

Simulation of thermal distribution system of microsatellite equipped with FMC actuators

Ahmad Soleymani, Mehran Nosratollahi

The purpose of this paper is to simulate the thermal performance of fluidic momentum controller (FMC) actuators in two case, with and without thermal distribution system on a…

Risk mitigation in unstabilized approach with fuzzy Bayesian bow-tie analysis

Caner Acarbay, Emre Kiyak

Stable approach concept has great importance for the safe operation of an airline during the approach and landing phases. The purpose of this study is to analyse the unstabilized…

Artificial bee colony–based Kalman filter hybridization for three–dimensional position estimation of a quadrotor

Aziz Kaba, Emre Kiyak

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an artificial bee colony-based Kalman filter algorithm along with an extended objective function to ensure the optimality of the…

Predictive modeling of material properties for aircraft control cables

Hande Yavuz

This study aims to investigate the relationship between material properties and alloying elements of carbon steels through predictive modeling. Aircraft control cables are usually…

Design and application of PneuNets bending actuator

Shiwei Zhao, Daochun Li, Jinwu Xiang

The purpose of this study is to propose an improved design of PneuNets bending actuator which aims at obtaining larger deflection with the same magnitude of pressure. The PneuNets…