Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 95 Issue 4

Evaluation of the performance of the multi-objective scalarization methods for the aircraft sequencing and scheduling problem using multi-criteria decision-making

Kadir Dönmez

This study aims to evaluate the performance of the most popular multi-objective programming scalarization methods in the literature for the aircraft sequencing and scheduling…

Numerical study of the effect of winglet on the aerodynamic performance of sinusoidal and simple leading-edge wings

Mahdi Naderinezhad, M.H. Djavareshkian

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of two types of winglets, multi-tip and raked, on the performance of sinusoidal and simple leading-edge wings and compares it by a…

Ground effect on the aerodynamics of a flapping wing in forward flight: an experimental study

Mostafa Arasteh, Yegane Azargoon, M.H. Djavareshkian

Ground effect is one of the important factors in the enhancement of wing aerodynamic performance. This study aims to investigate the aerodynamic forces and performance of a…

Y-type quadrotor radar cross-section analysis

Zeyang Zhou, Jun Huang

The purpose of his paper is to study the radar stealth performance of a Y-type quadrotor with coaxial rotors and parallel rotors.

A method to predict structural dynamic strain based on acceleration signal

Yujie Zhang, Wenchao Niu, Bin Li

Structural stress and strain in the key components of aircraft structure is important for structural health monitoring and strength assessment. However, the measure of dynamic…

Research on the laws of transition zone of non-deformation area for 90° V-bending forming process

Md. Helal Miah, Jianhua Zhang, Gurmail Singh Malhi

“V-bending” is the most commonly used bending process in which the sheet metal is pressed into a “V-shaped” die using a “V-shaped” punch to form a required angular bend. When the…

Emission analysis for a new tubular aeroengine combustor in atmospheric test rig conditions

Ahmet Topal, Onder Turan

The purpose of this study is to have semiempirical correlations for carbon monoxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) and nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions that are collected and…

Study of the effects of trapped compression ratio on the heavy fuel operation of a spark ignition unmanned aerial vehicle engine

Peter Hooper

This paper aims to present experimental experience of heavy fuelling of a spark ignition crankcase scavenged two-stroke cycle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine, particularly…

Aero-thermal investigation of thermal interactions between turboprop engine exhaust and selected parts of the airplane skin for tractor configured aircraft

Vinay C.A., Kumar G.N.

Development or upgradation of airplanes requires many different analyses, e.g. thermal, aerodynamic, structural and safety. Similar studies were performed during configuration…

Model predictive control using LPV approach for trajectory tracking of quadrotor UAV with external disturbances

Brajesh Kumar Singh, Awadhesh Kumar

The rotorcraft technology is very interesting area since last few decades due to variety of applications. One of the rotorcrafts is the quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (QUAV)…

Adaptive sliding mode controller based consensus protocol for swarm of UAVs

Abhishek Dixit, Pooja Agrawal, Ajay Misra

The requirement of robust cooperative control is essential to achieve consensus between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in swarm formation. Often the performance of…

Combat aircraft as airborne launch platforms for space rockets

Aleksander Olejnik, Piotr Zalewski, Łukasz Kiszkowiak, Robert Rogólski, Adam Dziubiński, Michał Frant, Maciej Majcher, Łukasz Omen

The purpose of this study was to analyze the possibility of using combat aircraft including decommissioned as a platform for launching and carrying space rockets with satellites…

Aircraft route optimization with simulated annealing for a mixed airspace composed of free and fixed route structures

Emre Aydoğan, Cem Cetek

The purpose of this paper is to create a flight route optimization for all flights that aims to minimize the total cost consists of fuel cost, ground delay cost and air delay cost…

Research on static fault tree analysis method for inerting system safety based on random number generation

Ruihua Zhang, Leiming Geng, Weihua Liu

To reduce the flammability exposure assessment time and meet the requirements of airworthiness regulations of transport aircraft, inerting system has become the standard…

A review of computational studies on trapped vortex combustors for gas turbine applications

Subramanian Surya Narayanan, Parammasivam K.M.

The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate the progress in the development of trapped vortex combustors (TVCs) in the past three decades. The review aims to identify…

Characterizing vibrational behavior of a large airship based on scaled model test and analysis

Mingxuan Xu, Tao Jin, Weihong Kong, Yazhi Li, Xing Shen, Cheng Liu, Tianyang Zhu

This study aims to assess the vibrational behavior of a large transport airship based on finite element (FE) simulation and modal testing of its scaled model.