Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 86 Issue 5

Performance of minimum energy controllers on tiltrotor aircraft

Tugrul Oktay

– The purpose of this article is to evaluate performance of minimum energy controllers thoroughly on a tiltrotor aircraft.

Development of an improved framework for the conceptual design of a rotorcraft

JaeHoon Lim, SangJoon Shin, Vaitla Laxman, Junemo Kim, JinSeok Jang

– The purpose of the present paper is to obtain the capability of designing modern rotorcrafts with enhanced accuracy and reliability.

Hybrid DE-PEM algorithm for identification of UAV helicopter

Ismaila B. Tijani, Rini Akmeliawati, Ari Legowo, Agus Budiyono, Asan G. Abdul Muthalif

The purpose of this paper is to develop a hybrid algorithm using differential evolution (DE) and prediction error modeling (PEM) for identification of small-scale autonomous…

Direct maintenance cost prediction of civil aircraft

Huawei Wang, Jun Gao, Haiqiao Wu

The purpose of this paper is to analyze parameters that influence direct maintenance cost (DMC) in the civil aircraft operational phase. Reducing direct maintenance cost of civil…

Research on fuzzy logic control methods for Mars airplane

Yanbin Liu, Keming Yao, Yuping Lu

The purpose of this paper is to present the flight control law based on the fuzzy logic control methods for Mars airplane, and the research emphasis is placed on the attitude hold…

Robust LPV autopilot design for hypersonic reentry vehicle

Cai Gaohua, Song Jianmei, Chen Xianxiang

The purpose of this paper is to design a robust angle-of-attack (AOA) tracking control system for the hypersonic reentry vehicle (HRV) based on the linear parameter varying (LPV…

Decentralised spacecraft manoeuvre planning

Haoyang Cheng, John Page, John Olsen, Nathan Kinkaid

– This paper aims to investigate the decentralised strategy to coordinate the reconfiguration of multiple spacecraft.

Roll control problem for the long-range maneuverable warhead

Peng-xin Wei, Chang-sheng Gao, Wu-xing Jing

The purpose of this paper is to propose a combination bank-to-turn control mode with the single moving mass and reaction jet and design the roll control law for the long-range…