Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 96 Issue 3

An analytical solution and stability analysis of asymmetric non-actuator guided projectiles

Mahmoud Taban, Alireza Basohbat Novinzadeh

One of the challenges encountered in the design of guided projectiles is their prohibitive cost. To diminish it, an appropriate avenue many researchers have explored is the use of…

Fuel consumption estimation for jet aircraft: a mathematical model development

Amar Benkhaled, Amina Benkhedda, Braham Benaouda Zouaoui, Soheyb Ribouh

Reducing aircraft fuel consumption has become a paramount research area, focusing on optimizing operational parameters like speed and altitude during the cruise phase. However…

Optimization of landing gear under consideration of vibration comfort for civil aircraft

Shuowen Yan, Pu Xue, Long Liu, M.S. Zahran

This study aims to investigate the design and optimization of landing gear buffers to improve the landing-phase comfort of civil aircraft.

Research on vibration characteristics of rocket engine flow pipeline

Su Yong, Gong Wu-Qi

Abnormal vibrations often occur in the liquid oxygen kerosene transmission pipelines of rocket engines, which seriously threaten their safety. Improper handling can result in…

Formation fault-tolerant control for multiple UAVs with external disturbances

Ziyuan Ma, Huajun Gong, Xinhua Wang

The purpose of this paper is to construct an event-triggered finite-time fault-tolerant formation tracking controller, which can achieve a time-varying formation control for…

Adaptive sensor fault tolerant control with prescribed performance for unmanned autonomous helicopter based on neural networks

Min Wan, Mou Chen, Mihai Lungu

This paper aims to study a neural network-based fault-tolerant controller to improve the tracking control performance of an unmanned autonomous helicopter with system uncertainty…

Viewing electromagnetic scattering characteristics on air-brake of a stealth plane

Zeyang Zhou, Jun Huang

This study aims to learn the dynamic radar cross-section (RCS) of a deflection air brake.

Developing conceptual model for safety risk management in aviation as building capacity and resilience strategy

Ayse KUCUK YILMAZ, Konstantinos N. MALAGAS, Triant G. FLOURIS

This study aims to develop an inclusive, multidisciplinary, flexible and organizationally adaptable safety risk management framework, including diversity management, that will be…

Virtually constrained generalized relative motion modeling and a control parameter optimizer for automatic carrier landing

Yiwei Zhang, Daochun Li, Zi Kan, Zhuoer Yao, Jinwu Xiang

This paper aims to propose a novel control scheme and offer a control parameter optimizer to achieve better automatic carrier landing. Carrier landing is a challenging work…

A new high-frequency multilevel inverter effecting cables weight and energy efficiency of aircraft

Erol Can, Ugur Kilic

Static inverters are very important for the emergency energy distribution system of aircraft and similar machines. At the same time, the electrical energy produced at high…

Global fast terminal sliding mode control for automatic carrier landing with environmental disturbances

Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan, Daochun Li, Haoyuan Shao, Jinwu Xiang

The purpose of this paper is to solve the challenging problem of automatic carrier landing with the presence of environmental disturbances. Therefore, a global fast terminal…

Autonomous flight performance optimization of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle with morphing wingtip

Tugrul Oktay, Yüksel Eraslan

The purpose of this paper is to improve autonomous flight performance of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via simultaneous morphing wingtip and control system design…

To be, or not to be in formalization: the relationship between HR practices and work engagement in the aviation industry

Emine Nihan Koç, Serdar Bozkurt, Selin Karaca Varinlioğlu

This study aims to examine the moderating role of formalization in the relationship between human resources (HR) practices and work engagement (WE) in aviation industry employees…

Analysis of aero engine plume potential core infrared signature

Ashish Bhatt, Shripad P. Mahulikar

Aero-engine exhaust plume length can be more than the aircraft length, making it easier to detect and track by infrared seeker. Aim of this study is to analyze the effect of free…