Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 87 Issue 6

Analytic solutions for Tethered Satellite System (TSS) subject to internal and external torques undergoing a spin-up and spin-down maneuvers

Aaron Aw Teik Hong, Renuganth Varatharajoo, Fairuz Romli

The purpose of this paper is to develop analytic solutions for a tethered satellite system (TSS) subjected to internal tether tension moment and external aerodynamic torque for…

A computation study on the aerodynamic influence of interaction wing-propeller for a tilt-body MAV

Kwanchai Chinwicharnam, Edgard David Gomez Ariza, Jean-Marc Moschetta, Chinnapat Thipyopas

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of a propeller slipstream on the aerodynamic characteristics of a fixed-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) by simplifying a…

A novel design of spacecraft combined attitude & sun tracking system using a versatile fuzzy controller

Yew-Chung Chak, Renuganth Varatharajoo

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical design for the alternative attitude control of the rotation about the pitch axis for the nadir-pointing spacecraft in the…

An innovative navigation and guidance system for small unmanned aircraft using low-cost sensors

Roberto Sabatini, Francesco Cappello, Subramanian Ramasamy, Alessandro Gardi, Reece Clothier

The purpose of this paper is to design a compact, light and relatively inexpensive navigation and guidance system capable of providing the required navigation performance (RNP) in…

Enhanced attitude control structure for small satellites with reaction wheels

Zuliana Ismail, Renuganth Varatharajoo, Ramly Ajir, Azmin Shakrine Mohd Rafie

– This paper aims to describe a design enhancement for the satellite attitude control system using reaction wheels, and the wheel momentum unloading using magnetorquers.

Sound from high-Reynolds number flow over bluff bodies

Siti Ruhliah Lizarose Samion, Mohamed Sukri Mat Ali, Aminudin Abu

This paper aims to investigate the aerodynamic sound generated from flow over bluff bodies at a high Reynolds number. By taking circular and square cylinders as two representative…

Algorithms for estimation of parameters of micromechanical gyros

Alexander I. Panferov, Valery Ponomarev

The purpose of this paper is to present and demonstrate the efficiency of utilization of a new approach for estimating parameters of micromechanical gyros (MMG) during their…

Use of Monte Carlo method to estimate subsystem redesign risk for complex products: aircraft redesign case study

Fairuz Romli, Mohammad Yazdi Harmin

– The purpose of this paper is to achieve the capability of redesigning complex products system with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.

Towards simulation of NASA35 axial compressor

Junting Xiang, Jorg Uwe Schlüter, Fei Duan

– This paper aims to validate and analyse the NASA35 axial compressor performance based on a numerical approach.

Editorial

Renuganth Varatharajoo