Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 92 Issue 6

Barrier Lyapunov function and disturbance observer based omnidirectional robust gust response stabilization for multi-control-effectors aircraft

Jinglong Liu, Zhonghua Wu, Xiaowen Xing, Qizhi He

The purpose of this paper is to find an omnidirectional robust gust response stabilization (GRS) scheme with anti-disturbance and state-limited features.

Safe RPAS integration in non-segregated airspace

Javier A. Pérez-Castán, Fernando Gómez Comendador, Álvaro Rodríguez-Sanz, Rosa M. Arnaldo Valdés, Jose Felix Alonso-Alarcon

This paper aims to assess the implications in safety levels by the integration of remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS). The goal is to calculate the number of RPAS that can…

Evaluation of variable pitot inlet concepts for transonic and supersonic civil aviation

Stefan Kazula, Klaus Höschler

This paper aims to describe the selection of the ideal variable inlet concept group by using results of aerodynamic investigations, system safety analyses and integration studies.

Performance comparison of population-based optimization algorithms for air traffic control

Nurcan Sarikaya Basturk, Abdurrahman Sahinkaya

The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed performance comparison of recent and state-of-the-art population-based optimization algorithms for the air traffic control…

Experimental and computational study of ice accretion effects on aerodynamic performance

Prasad G., Bruce Ralphin Rose J.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse an actual representation of ice accretions, which are important during the certification process.

Lateral autonomous carrier-landing control with high-dimension landing risks consideration

Lipeng Wang, Zhi Zhang, Qidan Zhu, Xingwei Jiang

This paper aims to propose a novel model predictive control (MPC) with time varying weights to develop a lateral control law in an automatic carrier landing system (ACLS), which…

Optimal energy management for hybrid-electric aircraft

José Pedro Soares Pinto Leite, Mark Voskuijl

In recent years, increased awareness on global warming effects led to a renewed interest in all kinds of green technologies. Among them, some attention has been devoted to…

Finding an optimal blade-profile to improving the performance of partially admitted turbines

Reza Aghaei Togh, Mohammad Mahdi Karimi

This paper aims to present the designing and investigating various types of impulse blade profiles to find the optimal profile that has better performance than the first or…

Numerical investigation of circulation control applied to flapless aircraft

Zhi-Jie Fu, Yu-Wei Chu, Yi-Sheng Cai, He-Yong Xu, Yue Xu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the equivalent control authority of the conventional and circulation control (CC) wing of the aircraft and assess the energy…

Aircraft parameter estimation using ELM network

Hari Om Verma, Naba Kumar Peyada

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the estimation methodology with a highly generalized cost-effective single hidden layer neural network.

A methodology for multirotor aircraft power budget analysis

Federico Barra, Matteo Scanavino, Giorgio Guglieri

The primary purpose of this study is to analyse the performance of multirotor unmanned aircraft system platforms for passenger transport and compare them with an ordinary…

Fleet modelling in strategic multi-criteria decision-making of approved training organization from capacity building and resource dependency theory perspective: risk taxonomy methodology

Selim Başar, Ayse Kucuk Yilmaz, Mustafa Karaca, Hilal Tuğçe Lapçın, Sibel İsmailçebi Başar

In this study, research problem has been designed as a fleet-based optimization problem. This paper aims to present fleet modelling with risk taxonomy. Fleet modelling has been…

Payload parameter identification method of flexible space manipulator

Zhiyu Ni, Yewei Zhang, Xinhui Shen, Shunan Wu, Zhigang Wu

When a manipulator captures an unknown space object, inertia parameters of endpoint payload should be timely obtained to handle possible unexpected parameter variations and…

Propulsive modelling for JT9D-3, JT15D-4C and TF-30 turbofan engines using particle swarm optimization

Ridvan Oruc, Tolga Baklacioglu

The purpose of this paper is to create high-accuracy thrust modelling for cruise flight using particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm.