Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 93 Issue 1

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An International Journal
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Adaptive fuzzy Jacobian control of spacecraft combined attitude and Sun tracking system

Yew-Chung Chak, Renuganth Varatharajoo, Nima Assadian

The paper aims to address the combined attitude control and Sun tracking problem in a flexible spacecraft in the presence of external and internal disturbances. The attitude…

Multi-objective TMA management optimization using the point merge system

Ramazan Kursat Cecen

The purpose of this study is to provide conflict-free operations in terminal manoeuvre areas (TMA) using the point merge system (PMS), airspeed reduction (ASR) and ground holding…

Investigation of indoor air quality and thermal comfort condition in airport terminal buildings

Mehmet Kadri Akyüz, Hasim Kafali, Onder Altuntas

This paper aims to measure the thermal comfort conditions and indoor air quality parameters, through on-site measurements taken in the areas mostly occupied by the passengers and…

Predicting thrust of aircraft using artificial neural networks

Fatma Yildirim Dalkiran, Mustafa Toraman

The purpose of this study is to make artificial neural network (ANN)-based prediction about thrust using the flight control parameters of aircrafts.

Experimental investigation of diaphragm material combinations in a small-scale shock tube

Anugya Singh, Aravind Satheesh Kumar, Kannan B.T.

The purpose of this study is to experimentally investigate the trends in shock wave Mach number that were observed when different diaphragm material combinations were used in the…

Evaluation of SAR sensor design parameters on remote sensing missions

Alireza Sharifi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the design parameters of an optimal SAR satellite sensor on remote sensing missions. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite missions…

In-space structural assembly using predefined performance based method

Xianliang Zhang, Weibing Zhu, Xiande Wu, Ting Song, Yaen Xie, Han Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to propose a pre-defined performance robust control method for pre-assembly configuration establishment of in-space assembly missions, and collision…

Conceptual design of a gliding UAV for bird strike prevention and observation

Hasim Kafali, Göksel Keskin

The purpose of this paper is to create a conceptual design a bird-inspired unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay in the air for a long time while this design influences the…

Aerodynamic performance enhancement of an Airfoil using trapezoidal vortex generators

Rawad Himo, Charbel Bou-Mosleh, Charbel Habchi

Flow separation on wings, blades and vehicles can be delayed or even suppressed by the use of vortex generators (VG). Numerous studies, documented in the literature, extensively…

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 without human intervention to combat COVID-19 using drone technology

Sekar Manigandan, Praveen Kumar Thaloor Ramesh, Nguyen Thuy Lan Chi, Kathirvel Brindhadevi

The focus of the current study to combat the ongoing pandemic by preventing the transmission using the Unmanned aerial vehicle system. The transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Robust error-based active disturbance rejection control of a quadrotor

Taki Eddine Lechekhab, Stojadin Manojlovic, Momir Stankovic, Rafal Madonski, Slobodan Simic

The control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a challenging problem because of its highly nonlinear dynamics, under-actuated nature and strong cross-couplings. To…

Study of three types of wave leading edge on the performance of industrial turbine blade cascade

Hamed Ghandi, Reza Aghaei Togh, Abolghasem Mesgarpoor Tousi

The blade profile and its geometrical features play an important role in the separation of the boundary layer on the blade. Modifying the blade geometry, which might lead to the…

Inlet air and fuel flow pressure fluctuation effect on supersonic combustion

AmirMahdi Tahsini

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of pressure fluctuations on the combustion efficiency of the hydrogen fuel injected into the supersonic oxidizing cross flow…

The influence of the shoulder depth on the properties of the thin sheet joint made by FSW technology

Rafał Burek, Dawid Wydrzyński, Andrzej Kubit, Waldemar Łogin

This paper aims to experimentally determine the influence of the tool shoulder depth value on the structural and strength properties of the single lap joints made of 7075-T6…

Propeller locations study of a generic delta wing UAV model

Khushairi Amri Kasim, Shabudin Mat, Iskandar Shah Ishak, Shuhaimi Mansor

This study aims to investigate the effects of propeller locations on the aerodynamic characteristics of a generic 55° swept angle sharp-edged delta wing unmanned aerial vehicle…

Study of unsteady separated fluid flows using a multi-block lattice Boltzmann method

Eslam Ezzatneshan

Numerical simulations are performed for studying the vorticity dynamics of a dipole colliding with the wall in a bounded flow and the wake structure and separated flow properties…

Communication scheduling data generation for pre-configured IMA network

Zhen Zhao, Zhiyong Fan, Yigang Sun, Zhexu Liu

In modern integrated modular avionics (IMA), it plays an important role to guarantee safety and reliability of the system. The safety and reliability of communication scheduling…

Composite nonlinear H∞ based output feedback controller for an un-crewed helicopter in its hover flight

Femi Thomas, Mija Salomi Johnson

This paper aims to propose output feedback-based control algorithms for the flight control system of a scaled, un-crewed helicopter in its hover flight mode.

Prediction and simulation of aircraft noise in the international Eskisehir Hasan Polatkan airport (LTBY)

Halil Yalcin Akdeniz, Mehmet Ziya Sogut, Onder Turan

In recent years, in parallel with the increasing air traffic and the number of passengers in air transport, the number of people exposed to aircraft-induced noise has increased…

Synthesis analysis for multi-UAVs formation anomaly detection

Wang Jianhong, Wang Yanxiang

The purpose of this paper is to deal with the anomaly detection problem in multi-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) formation that can be transformed to identify some unknown…

Combination of experiments and CFD analysis for in-flight wings deflections estimation

Hamid Reza Ovesy, Ali Gharibi, Reza Khaki

This study aims to develop a new correlation method for prediction of in-flight wings deflections by integration of the experimental ground tests with computational fluid dynamics…

Microwave absorption performance of hexagonal nano boron nitride doped basalt fabric-reinforced epoxy composites

Fatma Bakal, Ahmet Yapici, Muharrem Karaaslan, Oğuzhan Akgöl

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of doping element on the microwave absorption performance of hexagonal nano boron nitride (h-nBN)-reinforced basalt fabric…

The impacts of lean principles on the production of civil aircraft in Boeing

Nana Emmanuel Samuel Agyeman

The purpose of this paper is to review how lean through the Boeing Production System impacted the production of civil aircraft in Boeing.

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The adaptive sliding mode control using improved genetic algorithm tuning PID controller for the planetary rover

Tiger Yuan, Guanyou Guo, Baiyu Du, Zhiping Zhao, Weikai Xu

The purpose of this paper is to resolve the problem of the dynamic response performance of the driving control system for a six-wheeled planetary rover. An adaptive sliding mode…

An experimental parametric study on planar sheared wings tip devices for low-to-moderate aspect ratio wings

Lourelay Moreira dos Santos, Guilherme Ferreira Gomes, Rogerio F. Coimbra

The purpose of this study is to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of a low-to-moderate-aspect-ratio, tapered, untwisted, unswept wing, equipped of sheared wing tips.

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb