Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 90 Issue 6

Unmanned aircraft automatic flight control algorithm in loop manoeuvre

Tomasz Rogalski

This paper aims to present the idea of an automatic control system dedicated to small manned and unmanned aircraft performing manoeuvres other than those necessary to perform a…

Bending and vibration analysis of skew sandwich plate

Pankaj V. Katariya, Subrata Kumar Panda, Trupti Ranjan Mahapatra

The purpose of this paper is to develop a general mathematical model for the evaluation of the bending and vibration responses of the skew sandwich composite plate using…

Comparing fluid ring and CMG servomechanisms for active control of rigid satellites

Saleh Akbaritabar, Reza Esmaelzadeh, Reza Zardashti

This paper aims to describe a novel type of attitude control system (ACS) in different configurations. This servomechanism is compared with control moment gyro (CMG) in…

Keeping twin turbocharged engine power at flight altitudes

Mohammad Reza Khodaparast, Mohsen Agha Seyed Mirza Bozorg, Saeid Kheradmand

The purpose of this paper is the selection and arrangement of turbochargers set for internal combustion engine which could keep engine power in an altitude of up to 12.2 km above…

Constrained airfoil optimization using the area-preserving free-form deformation

Stavros N. Leloudas, Giorgos A. Strofylas, Ioannis K. Nikolos

The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a technique to be integrated in a numerical airfoil optimization scheme, for the exact satisfaction of a strict equality…

A new fuel-balanced formation keeping reference trajectories planning method

Jihe Wang, Dexin Zhang, GuoZhong Chen, Xiaowei Shao

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new fuel-balanced formation keeping reference trajectories planning method based on selecting the virtual reference center(VRC) in a…

Design optimization of helicopter rotor using kriging

Saijal Kizhakke Kodakkattu, Prabhakaran Nair, Joy M.L.

The purpose of this study is to obtain optimum locations, peak deflection and chord of the twin trailing-edge flaps and optimum torsional stiffness of the helicopter rotor blade…

Method of electrical connector intermittent fault reproduction

Li Huakang, Kehong Lv, Shen Qinmu, Jing Qiu, Guanjun Liu

This paper aims to reproduce the electrical connector intermittent fault behaviours with step-up vibration stress while maintaining the integrity of the product.

Tensile strength of GFRP and hybrid composites under various environmental conditions

Praveen Shaju Chelladhurai

The purpose of this paper is to study the mechanical behavior of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) and hybrid composites under various adverse environmental conditions. This…

Analysis of surveillance position error for airfield detection

SungKwan Ku, Hojong Baik, Taehyoung Kim

The surveillance equipment is one of the most important parts for current air traffic control systems. It provides aircraft position and other relevant information including…

The airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: a human factors scenario analysis

Kyriakos I. Kourousis, Anna V. Chatzi, Ioannis K. Giannopoulos

The Airbus A320 family engine fan cowl doors (FCDs) safety issue is known to the industry for almost 18 years; however, it has not been addressed adequately by the aircraft…

A vision-based method for supporting autonomous aircraft landing

Mariusz Oszust, Tomasz Kapuscinski, Dawid Warchol, Marian Wysocki, Tomasz Rogalski, Jacek Pieniazek, Grzegorz Henryk Kopecki, Piotr Ciecinski, Pawel Rzucidlo

This paper aims to present a vision-based method for determination of the position of a fixed-wing aircraft that is approaching a runway.

Bio-inspired aircraft control

Pavel Zikmund, Miroslav Macík, Petr Dvořák, Zdeněk Míkovec

This paper aims to present a state-of-the-art review in various fields of interest, leading to a new concept of bio-inspired control of small aircraft. The main goal is to improve…

Gas turbine gas-path fault identification using nested artificial neural networks

Amare D. Fentaye, Aklilu T. Baheta, Syed Ihtsham Ul-Haq Gilani

The purpose of this paper is to present a quantitative fault diagnostic technique for a two-shaft gas turbine engine applications.

Optimal airfoil’s shapes by high fidelity CFD

Ignazio Maria Viola, Vincent Chapin, Nicola Speranza, Marco Evangelos Biancolini

There is an increasing interest in airfoils that modify their shape to adapt at the flow conditions. As an example of application, the authors search the optimal 4-digit NACA…

Development taxonomy of human risk factors for corporate sustainability in aviation sector

Ebru Yazgan

Contemporary management and strategy mean optimization of ingredient factors such as human factors, systems, operations and equipment. With system approach in management and…