Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 96 Issue 4

A novel predefined performance barrier function based adaptive sliding mode control method for RLV under mismatched disturbance

Mingze Wang, Yuhe Yang, Yuliang Bai

This paper aims to present a novel adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) method based on the predefined performance barrier function for reusable launch vehicle under attitude…

Intelligent soaring and path planning for solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles

Yansen Wu, Dongsheng Wen, Anmin Zhao, Haobo Liu, Ke Li

This study aims to study the thermal identification issue by harvesting both solar energy and atmospheric thermal updraft for a solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) and…

Output redefinition-based active disturbance rejection control for nonminimum phase hypersonic vehicles

Qingli Lu, Ruisheng Sun, Yu Lu

This paper aims to propose and verify an improved cascade active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) scheme based on output redefinition for hypersonic vehicles (HSVs) with…

Mechanical and radar absorption properties of sheep wool/epoxy composites

Goksel Saracoglu, Serap Kiriş, Sezer Çoban, Muharrem Karaaslan, Tolga Depci, Emin Bayraktar

The aim of this study is to determine the fracture behavior of wool felt and fabric based epoxy composites and their responses to electromagnetic waves.

An information flow field model for human–machine interaction

Qiuqi Wu, Youchao Sun, Man Xu

About 70% of all aircraft accidents are caused by human–machine interaction, thus identifying and quantifying performance shaping factors is a significant challenge in the study…

Potential errors during final inspection and certification process of an aircraft component

Jibran Abbas, Ashish Khare

According to regulations, aircraft must be in an airworthy condition before they can be operated. To ensure airworthiness, they must be maintained by an approved component…

Numerical simulation of postlaunching behaviors for a “balloon-borne UAV system”

Hangyue Zhang, Yanchu Yang, Rong Cai

This paper aims to present numerical simulations for a series of flight processes for the postlaunching stage of the “balloon-borne UAV system.” It includes the balloon further…

Reducing airline accident risk and saving lives: financial health, corporate governance, and aviation safety

Hamed Khadivar, Miles Murphy, Thomas Walker

This study investigates the impact of financial health and corporate governance on aviation safety, aiming to fill a critical gap in existing research. The purpose of this study…

Multidisciplinary analysis and structural optimization for the aeroelastic sizing of a UAV wing using open-source code integration

Abdelkader Benaouali, Abdelwahid Boutemedjet

This paper aims to propose a structural sizing approach of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wing that takes into account the aeroelasticity effects through a fluid–structure…

Autonomous flight performance maximization for slung load carrying rotary wing mini unmanned aerial vehicle

Metin Uzun

This research study aims to minimize autonomous flight cost and maximize autonomous flight performance of a slung load carrying rotary wing mini unmanned aerial vehicle (i.e. UAV…

Mathematical modelling for compliance-assisted artificial muscle based ornithopter

Syam Narayanan S., Rajalakshmi Pachamuthu, Alex T. Biju, Srilekha Madupu

This study aims to discuss the mathematical modelling of a compliance-assisted flapping mechanism and morphable structures for an UAV.

Landing cushioning analysis of new generation heavy airborne armored vehicles

Chaoyu Lu, Jinbao Chen, Chen Wang, Zhicheng Song

The purpose of this study is to ensure the successful implementation of a landing cushion for the new generation armored vehicles with significantly enhanced quality. Furthermore…