Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 85 Issue 6

Take-off aided by magnetic levitation technology

Andrzej Robert Majka

The purpose of the paper is to analyze changes in the selected characteristics of an aircraft aided by a ground-based system using magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) to support safe…

Detection and rate of growth of ice on aerodynamic surfaces using its optical characteristics

Aris Anthony Ikiades, Dimosthenis Spasopoulos, Kostas Amoiropoulos, Thomas Richards, Glenn Howard, Markus Pfeil

This paper aims to reports the further developments of an optical sensing technique, relying on Mie scattered and reflected light, from the ice surface and volume, to determine…

Defining influence of load conditions on distribution and value of stresses in dual-power-path gear wheels applying FEM

Grzegorz Budzik, Bogdan Kozik, Jacek Pacana

The analysis, carried out for this publication, concerned checking the nature of mating of gear wheels with different load conditions. The computation was made applying FEM in…

Engine and multitask airplane integration: criteria of engine parameters selection

Piotr Wygonik

The paper aims to present a way of engine model integration, an aircraft (multitask) and the mission into the single model that allows to study, from the level of selection of the…

Method of spiral bevel gear tooth contact analysis performed in CAD environment

Bartłomiej Sobolewski, Adam Marciniec

– The purpose of this paper is to present the use of a CAD system for the analysis of meshing of spiral bevel gears.

Simulation and prototyping of FCS for sport aircraft

Karol Rydlo, Pawel Rzucidlo, Peter Chudy

The presented paper aims to describe the general idea, simulations and prototyping process of an assisting flight control system (FCS) for light sport aircraft (LSA). The proposed…

Manufacturing process of plane rim from aluminium alloy

Krzysztof Drozdowski, Arkadiusz Tofil, Andrzej Gontarz, Zbigniew Pater, Janusz Tomczak

– The purpose of research was to work out manufacturing technology of plane rim from 2618A aluminium alloy based on hammer forging process.

The zero point energy of the quantum-vacuum

Claus Wilhelm Turtur

The purpose of the paper is the presentation of a new source of energy, the so-called zero point energy (ZPE) of the quantum-vacuum. Same as thermal heat or as ponderable matter…

Guest editorial

Richard Degenhardt, Leslie J. Cohen