Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 89 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
Model predictive control of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Halit Firat Erdogan, Ayhan Kural, Can OzsoyThe purpose of this paper is to design a controller for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Simulation-based steady-state aero-thermal model for small-scale turboprop engine
Isil Yazar, Tolga Yasa, Emre KiyakAn aircraft engine control system consists of a large scale of control parameters and variables because of the complex structure of aero-engine. Monitoring and adjusting control…
Artificial neural networks to predict aerodynamic coefficients of transport airplanes
Ney Rafael Secco, Bento Silva de MattosMultidisciplinary design frameworks elaborated for aeronautical applications require considerable computational power that grows enormously with the utilization of higher fidelity…
First principle analysis of Coandă Micro Air Vehicle aerodynamic forces for preliminary sizing
Harijono Djojodihardjo, Riyadh Ibraheem Ahmed, Abd Rahim Abu Talib, Azmin Shakrine Mohd RafieThe purpose of this paper is to reformulate the governing equations incorporating major variables and parameters for the design a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV), to meet the desired…
Satellite formation keeping via chaotic artificial bee colony
Soyinka Olukunle Kolawole, Duan HaibinKeeping satellite position within close tolerances is key for the utilization of satellite formations for space missions. The presence of perturbation forces makes control…
Performance optimization of aircraft in frontline squadrons
K. Subash, K. VijayarajaThe purpose of this paper is to indicate the increase in operational efficiency of the aircraft in frontline squadrons by implementation of effective condition-based predictive…
Aerodynamic wing shape optimization based on the computational design framework CEASIOM
Mengmeng Zhang, Arthur RizziA collaborative design environment is needed for multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) process, based on all the modules those for different design/analysis disciplines, and…
Effects of material property variation in composite panels
Thomas Wright, Imran Hyder, Mitchell Daniels, David Kim, John P. ParmigianiThe purpose of this paper is to determine which of the ten material properties of the Hashin progressive damage model significantly affect the maximum load-carrying ability of…
Sigma overbound for aircraft landing in presence of day-to-day multipath correlation
Irfan Sayim, Dan ZhangThe purpose of this work is to obtain an overbounded broadcast sigma from actual (non-Gaussian) correction error distribution under the stringent navigation integrity requirements…
LQR/LQG attitude stabilization of an agile microsatellite with CMG
Javad Tayebi, Amir Ali Nikkhah, Jafar RoshanianThe purpose of the paper is to design a new attitude stabilization system for a microsatellite based on single gimbal control moment gyro (SGCMG) in which the gimbal rates are…
Fast time-delay measurement for integrated pulsar pulse profiles
Zhiwei Kang, Xin He, Jin Liu, Tianyuan TaoThe authors proposed a new method of fast time delay measurement for integrated pulsar pulse profiles in X-ray pulsar-based navigation (XNAV). As a basic observation of exact…
Cycle optimization of the staged combustion rocket engines
Davood Ramesh, Hasan Karimi M., Massoud ShahheidariThe purpose of this paper is to introduce new and modified “staged combustion” cycles in the form of engineering algorithm as a possible propulsion contender for future aerospace…
A missile guidance law tolerant to unestimated evasive maneuvers
Julien MarzatThis note aims to introduce a terminal guidance law that is able to compensate for evasive target maneuvers without estimating their acceleration.
A nonlinear control approach for a hypersonic vehicle
Chao Tao, Jing Wan, Jianliang AiThe purpose of the paper is to design a robust control system for a generic hypersonic vehicle which includes dynamic nonlinear, open loop unstable and parametric uncertainties.
Improvement of aircraft crashworthy performance using inversion failure strut system
Yiru Ren, Jinwu XiangThe purpose of this paper is to improve the crashworthiness of aircraft by using the strut system as an energy absorption device without redesigning other components.
Imperfect maintenance model for estimating aircraft fleet availability
Aleksandar Knezevic, Ljubisa Vasov, Slavisa Vlacic, Cedomir KosticThe purpose of this paper is to define conditions under which improved availability of fleet of G-4 jet trainers is obtained, and optimization of intermediate-level maintenance…
Application of harmonic balance method to aerodynamic characteristics prediction of spinning vehicle
Tianyu Lu, Juanmian Lei, Xiaosheng Wu, Jintao YinThe purpose of this paper is to examine the ability of the harmonic balance method for predicting the aerodynamic characteristics of rigid finned spinning vehicle.
Experimental facilities for modal testing
Everaldo de Barros, Fernando Juliani, Leandro Ribeiro de CamargoThe experimental modal analysis requires good knowledge of various engineering fields, such as mechanical vibrations, transducers used in vibration measurement, transducers and…
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- Prof Phil Webb