Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 96 Issue 9

Multi-UAV path planning using DMGWO ensuring 4D collision avoidance and simultaneous arrival

Sami Shahid, Ziyang Zhen, Umair Javaid

Multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems have succeeded in gaining the attention of researchers in diversified fields, especially in the past decade, owing to their capability…

Cooperative mission planning based on game theory for UAVs and USVs heterogeneous system in dynamic scenario

Hong Long, Haibin Duan

The purpose of this paper is to present and implement a task allocation method based on game theory for reconnaissance mission planning of UAVs and USVs system.

Conceptual design and analysis of a box fan-in-split-wing tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft

Yukei Oyama, Mohsen Rostami, Joon Chung

With the advancements in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology such as batteries, mechanisms, motors, configurations and so on, designers and…

Parameter tuning for active disturbance rejection control of fixed-wing UAV based on improved bald eagle search algorithm

Dukun Xu, Yimin Deng, Haibin Duan

This paper aims to develop a method for tuning the parameters of the active disturbance rejection controller (ADRC) for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The bald eagle…

Numerical simulation of ice accretion on helicopter rotor blades with trailing edge flap

Man Tang, Yihua Cao, Guo Zhong

This paper aims to describe a numerical simulation method of ice accretion on BO105 helicopter blades for predicting the effects of trailing edge flap deflection on ice accretion.

Distributed safety flight control for LAV swarm in a hostile environment under multi-constraints and sudden appearing risks

Meijiao Zhao, Yidi Wang, Wei Zheng

Loitering aerial vehicle (LAV) swarm safety flight control is an unmanned system control problem under multiple constraints, which are derived to prevent the LAVs from suffering…

Effect of the countersunk rivet head dimensions on fatigue behavior of riveted specimens of 2024-T3 alloy

Guocheng Lv, Dawei Jia, Changyou Li, Chunyu Zhao, Xiulu Zhang, Feng Yan, Hongzhuang Zhang, Bing Li

This study aims to investigate the effect of countersunk rivet head dimensions on the fatigue performance of the riveted specimens of 2024-T3 alloy.

Analysis and control of an active balance tail for the tilting dual-rotor UAV

Yurui Xu, Liang Gao, Benshan Liu, Junming Zhang, Yanhe Zhu, Jie Zhao, Liyi Li

Compared to quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the tilting dual-rotor UAV is more prone to instability during exercises and disturbances. The purpose of this paper is using…

Concurrent learning-based trajectory tracking control of a novel multi-node flexible lander for asteroid missions

Jingxuan Chai, Jie Mei, Youmin Gong, Weiren Wu, Guangfu Ma, Guoming Zhao

Asteroids have the characteristics of noncooperative, irregular gravity and complex terrain on the surface, which cause difficulties in successful landing for conventional…

Heavy fuel preparation effects on the operation of a spark ignition unmanned aerial vehicle engine

Peter Hooper

This paper aims to conduct an experimental and theoretical investigation into fuel pre-delivery effects for a heavy fuel crankcase scavenged spark ignition two-stroke cycle engine…

A review on computational studies on hydrogen combustion for gas turbine applications

Shankar A., Parammasivam K.M., Subramanian Surya Narayanan

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the computational progress in the development of hydrogen-fired gas turbines. This review aims to identify suitable…

An experimental investigation on surface integrity and wire wear in rough and trim cut modes of WEDM for hybrid composite

Nilesh Kumar, Jatinder Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the surface integrity features, including surface roughness (SR), recast layer (RL), material migration, topography and wire wear…

Maintenance satellite modular docking mechanism design for on orbit servicing to nanosatellites

Melih Toklu

As a result of space debris problem, it is necessary to deorbit uncontrollable satellites or repair them to extend mission duration to avoid sending a new satellite. The purpose…

Wind tunnel investigation of hemispherical forebody interaction on the drag coefficient of a D-shaped model

Suresh V., Kathiravan Balusamy, Senthilkumar Chidambaram

An experimental investigation of hemispherical forebody interaction effects on the drag coefficient of a D-shaped model is carried out for three-dimensional flow in the…

Stability analysis of flying wing layout aircraft based on radial basis function neural network model

Wenqi Zhang, Zhenbao Liu, Xiao Wang, Luyao Wang

To ensure the stability of the flying wing layout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during flight, this paper uses the radial basis function neural network model to analyse the…