Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 91 Issue 4

Reliability analysis for a hypersonic aircraft’s wing spar

Yuhui Wang, Peng Shao, Qingxian Wu, Mou Chen

This paper aims to present a novel structural reliability analysis scheme with considering the structural strength degradation for the wing spar of a generic hypersonic aircraft…

Comparative analysis of lunar capture braking method based on particle swarm optimization

Chengchao Bai, Jifeng Guo, Wenyuan Zhang, Tianhang Liu, Linli Guo

The purpose of this paper is to verify the feasibility of lunar capture braking through three methods based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) and compare the advantages and…

Prediction of the development cost of commercial aviation aircraft

Xiaonan Chen, Jun Huang, Mingxu Yi, Yalin Pan

The purpose of this paper is to develop a flexible design-oriented development cost method for commercial aviation aircraft based on small sample and poor information.

Flow characteristics of two-dimensional synthetic jets under diaphragm resonance excitation

Chi-Yu Lin, Jih Lung Lin

This paper aims to experimentally study the external flow characteristic of an isolated two-dimensional synthetic jet actuator undergoing diaphragm resonance.

Spin flight mode identification with OEEMD algorithm

S. Abolfazl Mokhtari, Mehdi Sabzehparvar

The paper aims to present an innovative method for identification of flight modes in the spin maneuver, which is highly nonlinear and coupled dynamic.

Deflection analysis of the airship structure based on the tapered inflatable beam

Zheng Chen, Haitao Zhao, Xiaowang Li, Ji’an Chen

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the deflection of the flexible airship structure in a new way which can decrease the calculation amount and improve the calculation speed.

Definition and representation of stiffened shell structures in the context of an integrated development process

Joscha Krieglsteiner, Peter Horst, Carsten Schmidt

A novel development process aims at finding solutions for lightweight stiffened shell structures and their efficient production. To respect the strong interdependency of…

RBF-based mesh morphing approach to perform icing simulations in the aviation sector

Corrado Groth, Emiliano Costa, Marco Evangelos Biancolini

Numerical simulation of icing has become a standard. Once the iced shape is known, however, the analyst needs to update the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) grid. This paper…

On-line orbit planning and guidance for advanced upper stage

Liang Zhang, Changzhu Wei, Yin Diao, Naigang Cui

This paper aims to investigate the problem of on-line orbit planning and guidance for an advanced upper stage.

Oil spill remote monitoring by using remotely piloted aircraft

Aleksandrs Urbahs, Vladislavs Zavtkevics

This paper aims to analyze the application of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) for remote oil spill sensing.

Strategic approach to managing human factors risk in aircraft maintenance organization: risk mapping

Ayse Kucuk Yilmaz

Aviation has multi-cultural business environment in all aspects as operational and management. Managing aviation requires high awareness on human factor risk which includes…

Rapid trajectory optimization for hypersonic entry using convex optimization and pseudospectral method

Jinbo Wang, Naigang Cui, Changzhu Wei

This paper aims to develop a novel trajectory optimization algorithm which is capable of producing high accuracy optimal solution with superior computational efficiency for the…

Disturbances rejection based on sliding mode control

Muhammad Taimoor, Li Aijun, Rooh ul Amin

The purpose of this paper aims to investigate an effective algorithm for different types of disturbances rejection. New dynamics are designed based on disturbance. Observer-based…

Influence of Gurney flaps on aerodynamic characteristics of a canard-configuration aircraft

Zhongcheng Wei, Jingxia Zhan, Xi He, Jinjun Wang

The purpose of this paper is to mount Gurney flaps at the trailing edges of the canards and investigate their influence on aerodynamic characteristics of a simplified…

Fatigue stress analysis of the DV-2 engine turbine disk

Jozef Čerňan, Karol Semrád, Katarína Draganová, Miroslava Cúttová

The purpose of this study is to improve life prediction of certain components. Fatigue of the high-stressed structural elements is an essential parameter that affects the lifetime…