Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 96 Issue 8

Guest editorial: Contemporary issues and emerging design tools in aviation sectors

Manigandan Sekar

Trend in tropopause warming and its influence aircraft performance

Mehmet Necati Cizrelioğullari, Tapdig Veyran Imanov, Tugrul Gunay, Aliyev Shaiq Amir

Temperature anomalies in the upper troposphere have become a reality as a result of global warming, which has a noticeable impact on aircraft performance. The purpose of this…

Hovering performance analysis of helicopter rotor blades using supercritical airfoil

Inamul Hasan, Mukesh R., Radha Krishnan P., Srinath R., Boomadevi P.

This study aims to find the characteristics of supercritical airfoil in helicopter rotor blades for hovering phase using numerical analysis and the validation using experimental…

Flame stabilization and emission reduction: a comprehensive study on the influence of swirl velocity in hydrogen fuel-based burner design

Prabhu Paramasivam, Sami Al Obaid, Arun Balasubramanian

This study aims to numerically analyse a full-scale burner across a wide range of operating pressure conditions and determine the effect of swirl velocity on flame stabilization…

Externally applied magnetic force effect on the Couette flow of a viscous incompressible fluid with heat source/sink

Sheeba Juliet S., Vidhya M., Govindarajan A.

This study aims to investigate the effect of externally applied magnetic force and heat transfer with a heat source/sink on the Couette flow with viscous dissipation in a…

Effect of Soret on MHD rotating fluid flow through a porous medium with heat and mass transfer

Lawanya T., Vidhya M., Govindarajan A.

The purpose of this paper to analyze the effect of Soret with heat and mass transfer on an unsteady two-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamics flow through a porous medium under the…

Aeroengine gas trajectory prediction using time-series analysis auto regressive integrated moving average

M. Mary Victoria Florence, E. Priyadarshini

This study aims to propose the use of time series autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict gas path performance in aero engines. The gas path is a…

Experimental study of the operating parameters on the performance of a single-stage Stirling cryocooler cooling infrared sensor for space application

Fayaz Kharadi, Karthikeyan A, Virendra Bhojwani, Prachi Dixit, Nand Jee Kanu, Nidhi Jain

The purpose of this study is to achieve lower and lower temperature as infrared sensors works faster and better used for space application. For getting good quality images from…

Role of spirulina microalgae blends in the micro gas turbine on engine performance and emission characteristics

Gokulnath R., Booma Devi

Diesel has traditionally been considered the best-suited and most widely used fuel in various sectors, including manufacturing industries, power production, automobiles and…

Effects of hydrogen and chicken waste blends in the internal combustion engines for superior engine performance and emission characteristics assisted with graphite oxide

Dinesh R., Stanly Jones Retnam, Dev Anand M., Edwin Raja Dhas J.

The demand for energy is increasing massively due to urbanization and industrialization. Due to the massive usage of diesel engines in the transportation sector, global warming is…

Experimental evaluation of bamboo natural fiber composite reinforced with SiO2 nanoparticles for aircraft applications

P. Gunasekar, Anderson A., Praveenkumar T.R.

Composite materials have revolutionized the aerospace industry by offering superior structural qualities over traditional elements. This study aims to focus on the development and…