Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 94 Issue 5

Robust fault-tolerant attitude control of spacecraft using hybrid actuators

Yiqi Xu

This paper aims to address the spacecraft attitude control problem using hybrid actuators in the presence of actuator saturation, uncertainties and faults, inertia uncertainties…

Spacecraft attitude control with mutating orbital rate and actuator fading under Markovian jump framework

Chengxi Zhang, Hui-Jie Sun, Jin Wu, Zhongyang Fei, Yu Jiang, Guanhua Zhang

This paper aims to study the attitude control problem with mutating orbital rate and actuator fading.

Optimization of surface quality and machining time in micro-milling of glass

Ali Dinc, Ali Mamedov

Glass is a brittle material produced from silica, which has fine material properties, Owing to its sophisticated material properties, glass has found wide application in various…

A hybrid ant colony–particle swarm optimization method (ACOPSO) for aerospace propulsion systems

Altug Piskin, Tolga Baklacioglu, Onder Turan

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a hybrid, metaheuristic, multimodal and multi-objective optimization tool that is needed for aerospace propulsion engineering problems.

Light-weight wideband antenna array with low sidelobes for SAR applications

Reza Kazemi, Mohsen Fallah, Bijan Abbasi, Seyyed Hossein MohseniArmaki

The purpose of this study is to achieve the low-cost, light-weight and compact antenna array with wide bandwidth and low side lobe levels for synthetic aperture radar (SAR…

Take-off control and characteristics of FanWing

Lin Meng, Yang Gao, Yangyang Liu, Shengfang Lu

As a short take-off and landing aircraft, FanWing has the capability of being driven under power a short distance from a parking space to the take-off area. The purpose of this…

Collision response and obstacle avoidance of the tethered-space net robot system with non-target objects

Weiliang Zhu, Zhaojun Pang, Jiyue Si, Zhonghua Du

This paper aims to study the encounter issues of the Tethered-Space Net Robot System (TSNRS) with non-target objects on orbit during the maneuver, including the collision issues…

A review on modelling and dynamic analysis of viscoelastic rotor systems

Krishanu Ganguly, Saurabh Chandraker, Haraprasad Roy

The purpose of this study is to bring down collective information about various issues encountered in modelling of rotor systems.

Deterministic and probabilistic buckling response of fiber–metal laminate panels under uniaxial compression

Costas D. Kalfountzos, George S.E. Bikakis, Efstathios E. Theotokoglou

The purpose of this paper is to study the deterministic elastic buckling behavior of cylindrical fiber–metal laminate panels subjected to uniaxial compressive loading and the…

Combustion analysis of biodiesel-powered propeller engine for least environmental concerns in aviation industry

Balaji V., Kaliappan S., Madhuvanesan D.M., Ezhumalai D.S., Boopathi S., Patil Pravin P., Saiprakash Mani

The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of the corn biofuel on the Jet engine. Each tests were carried out in a small gas turbine setup. The performance…

Aeronautical data requirements and geodetic data – a case study on regulations in Poland

Dorota Marjańska

The purpose of this case study is to indicate discrepancies between the guidelines for aeronautical data quality requirements (DQR) and the legal regulations of surveying in…

Adhesion shear strength test method for freshwater/seawater ice on carbon ceramic brake pads of amphibious aircraft

Y.J. Zhang, Renzhong Guo, Yunhui Zhang, K. Liang

Based on the mechanical model of typical shear tests, this study aims to propose the test principle and method of freshwater/seawater ice adhesion shear strength of carbon ceramic…

Effect of chord-wise flexibility in the lift generation of flapping MAV with membrane wing

Syam Narayanan S., Asad Ahmed R.

The purpose of this study is to experimentally analyse the effect of flexible and stiffened membrane wings in the lift generation of flapping micro air vehicle (MAV).

Effect of aeromedical training on anxiety levels of ab initio pilots

Nazim Ata, Berna Aytac, Dijan Ertemir, Muzaffer Cetinguc, Ebru Yazgan

Aeromedical training is meant to train aircrew in combating physiological problems that they might face in flight. Given the importance of the training, there are limited studies…

Optimization of CA-TIG welding parameters to predict and maximize tensile properties of super alloy 718 sheets for gas turbine applications

Tushar Sonar, Visvalingam Balasubramanian, Sudersanan Malarvizhi, Thiruvenkatam Venkateswaran, Dhenuvakonda Sivakumar

The primary objective of this investigation is to optimize the constricted arc tungsten inert gas (CA-TIG) welding parameters specifically welding current (WC), arc constriction…

Fuel flow rate modeling for descent using cuckoo search algorithm: a case study for point merge system procedure at Istanbul airport

Ridvan Oruc, Ozlem Sahin, Tolga Baklacioglu

The purpose of this paper is to create a new fuel flow rate model using cuckoo search algorithm (CSA) for the descending stage of the flight.