Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 96 Issue 1

Editorial: Innovation in aviation and space for opening new horizons

Life cycle analysis results for engine blisk LCA

The aviation industry has seen consistent growth over the past few decades. To maintain its sustainability and competitiveness, it is important to have a comprehensive…

Design and development of an experimental bench concept for testing of fuselage stiffened panels, using a virtual testing methodology

Fuselage structures are subjected to combinations of axial, bending, shear and differential pressure loads. The validation of advanced metallic and composite fuselage designs…

Experimental studies of airliner aerodynamic characteristics at overcritical angles of attack

The main purpose of this study was to determine the basic aerodynamic characteristics of the airliner Tu-154M at the wide range of the overcritical angles of attack and sideslip…

Initial flight test verification of software and hardware in the loop simulations of the flight stabilization system

This paper aims to present assessment of models and simulation results used in the development process of flight stabilisation system that uses trim tabs for PZL-130 Orlik…

An empirical evaluation of airport capacity and demand: insights regarding air traffic design hours and delay

An important and challenging question for air transportation regulators and airport operators is the definition and specification of airport capacity. Annual capacity is used for…

GNSS denied navigation system for the manoeuvring flying objects

Before designing a navigation system, it is necessary to analyse possible approaches in terms of expected accuracy, existing limitations and economic justification to select the…

Designing aerodynamic devices for UAV – lessons learned

Designing new aircraft that are state-of-the-art and beyond always requires the development of new technologies. This paper aims to present lessons learned while designing…

Forming limit diagram and optimization of process parameters in SPIF of Inconel 625 aviation-grade superalloy

This paper aims to optimize the single-point incremental forming process variables for realizing higher formability in Inconel 625 components and to plot the forming limit diagram…

Numerical investigation of the effect of strut geometries on the flow characteristics in a model combustor

The mixing of fuel and air plays a pivotal role in enhancing combustion in supersonic regime. Proper mixing stabilizes the flame and prevents blow-off. Blow-off is due to the…

Stochastic redesign of mini UAV wing for maximizing autonomous flight performance

The purpose of this research paper is to recover the autonomous flight performance of a mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via stochastically optimizing the wing over certain…

Analysis of a turbofan engine using a parametric loop

In this study, the performance analysis of the split flow turbofan engine with afterburners has been examined using the parametric cycle analysis method. The purpose of this study…

Flow control of a vehicle using reverse flow fan

This study aims to achieve optimum flow separation control for a road vehicle using a reverse flow fan on rear side.

Investigation of the wear behavior of FeNi36 alloy cut by WEDM method under different loads

FeNi36 (Invar-36) alloy is widely used in the fabrication of molding tools in aerospace industries but there remains a need to improve its wear and friction performance due to its…

Effect of aspect ratio on mean flow characteristics of cruciform orifice jet

The purpose of this study reports the effects of aspect ratio (AR) on mean flow characteristics of the cruciform orifice jet.

Novel fuel-saving detumbling strategy for post-capture combined spacecraft

In the post-capture stage, the tumbling target rotates the combined spacecraft system, and the detumbling operation performed by the space robot is required. To save the costly…

Design and aerodynamic characteristics analysis of propellers for a novel rescue unmanned aerial vehicle

To solve the shortcomings of existed search and rescue drones, search and rescue the trapped people trapped in earthquake ruins, underwater and avalanches quickly and accurately…

An improved dynamic model identification method for small unmanned helicopter

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an improved system identification method for small unmanned helicopters combining adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm and Levy’s…