Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 94 Issue 2

The effect of wavy surface on boundary layer instabilities of an airfoil

Zbigniew Rarata

The purpose of this paper is to investigate airfoil’s tonal noise reduction mechanism when deploying surface irregularities, such as surface waviness by means of spatial stability…

The requirements for automation systems based on Boeing 737 MAX crashes

Seref Demirci

This paper aims to show the current situation and additional requirements for the aircraft automation systems based on the lessons learned from the two 737 MAX crashes.

Microstructure analysis of AA6082/Si3N4 and AA6082/SiC composites

Deepak Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Bhushan

Parts that are to be used in aircraft, satellites, automobiles and ships should have sound microstructure. Components made from AA6082/Si₃N₄ and AA6082/SiC composites are in…

Predicting the response and perforation of fibre metal laminates subjected to projectile impact

Y.J. Liu, Z.H. Wang, H.M. Wen

The purpose of this paper is to predict the response and perforation of fibre metal laminates (FMLs) subjected to impact by projectiles at different velocities.

Estimation of aircraft turbofan engine exhaust emissions with environmental and economic aspects at a small-scale airport

Halil Yalcin Akdeniz

The purpose of this study is to estimate the nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions and their environmental and economic aspects during the…

A review of experimental techniques to predict aircraft spin and recovery characteristics

Bilal Malik, Jehanzeb Masud, Suhail Akhtar

This paper aims to provide a detailed review of the experimental research on the prediction of aircraft spin and recovery characteristics using dynamically scaled aircraft models.

Numerical analysis of supersonic co-flow jet with varying lip thickness

Sathish Kumar K, Naren Shankar R, Anusindhiya K, Senthil Kumar B.R.

This study aims to present the numerical study on supersonic jet mixing characteristics of the co-flow jet by varying lip thickness (LT). The LT chosen for the study is 2 mm, 7.75…

Local thermal non-equilibrium conjugate forced convection and entropy generation in an aircraft cabin with air channel partially filled porous insulation

Oktay Çiçek, A. Cihat Baytaş

The purpose of this study is to numerically investigate heat transfer and entropy generation between airframe and cabin-cargo departments in an aircraft. The conjugate forced…

Signal reconstruction and disturbance observer-based fault-tolerant control for civil aircrafts

Xinjian Ma, Shiqian Liu, Huihui Cheng, Weizhi Lyu

This paper aims to focus on the sensor fault-tolerant control (FTC) for civil aircraft under exterior disturbance.

A questionnaire-based musculoskeletal disorder assessment for aircraft maintenance technicians

Ebru Yazgan, Necmettin Firat Ozkan, Berna Haktanirlar Ulutas

Aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) is the most critical profession in the aircraft maintenance system. The tasks of a licensed AMT require expertise and involve repetitive…

Fault-tolerant control of spacecraft attitude regulation: a concise adaptive dual-mode scheme

Yu Lu, Pengpeng Ye, Ming-Zhe Dai, Jin Wu, Chengxi Zhang

This paper aims to address the spacecraft attitude regulation problem in the presence of extrinsic disturbances and actuator faults.

UAV trajectory optimisation with limited onboard energy budget

Joaquim Vasconcelos Reinolds de Sousa, Pedro Gamboa

The purpose of this paper is to generate optimised trajectories for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a forest fire detection mission. It is assumed that the UAV flies 3D…

Development of risk factors taxonomy in ramp operations for corporate sustainability

Ebru Yazgan, Vildan Durmaz, Ayse Kucuk Yilmaz

This research has the potential to contribute to the understanding of the sustainable ground handling operations framework. Ramp operations as the main system of ground handling…

An investigation on cutting of the MWCNTs doped composite plates by CO2 laser beam

Ferhat Ceritbinmez, Ahmet Yapici

The purpose of this study is to obtain strong materials with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) doped and investigate laser cut of MWCNTs also find the effect of the laser…

CFD analysis of variable geometric angle winglets

Ali Hussain Kazim, Abdullah Hamid Malik, Hammad Ali, Muhammad Usman Raza, Awais Ahmad Khan, Tauseef Aized, Aqsa Shabbir

Winglets play a major role in saving fuel costs because they reduce the lift-induced drag formed at the wingtips. The purpose of this paper is to obtain the best orientation of…

Active disturbance rejection attitude control of unmanned quadrotor via paired coevolution pigeon-inspired optimization

Yang Yuan, Haibin Duan

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel active disturbance rejection attitude controller for quadrotors and propose a controller parameters identification approach to…