Aerospace, Volume 10, Issue 1

A model-free control method is applied to the attitude and orbital operation of the post-capture combined spacecraft, which consists of a space robot and debris. The main contribution of this paper lies in the following three aspects. Firstly, the di...

On-orbit object detection has received extensive attention in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in space research. Deep-learning-based object-detection algorithms are often computationally intensive and rely on high-performance devices to run...

As one of the most complex and critical components of spacecraft, the structural design of the curved cabin door faces two challenges. On the one hand, it is difficult to obtain innovative configurations for the cabin door in the preliminary design s...

Upon reentering the Earth’s atmosphere from space, a reentry vehicle becomes enshrouded in an ionization layer. This layer is known as the reentry plasma sheath and is caused by aerodynamic heating. Owing to the oscillation of charged particles...

As defense technology develops, it is essential to study the pursuit–evasion (PE) game problem in hypersonic vehicles, especially in the situation where a head-on scenario is created. Under a head-on situation, the hypersonic vehicle’s sp...

This paper deals with the estimation of propulsive effects for a three-lifting surface turboprop aircraft concept, with rear engine installation at the horizontal tail tips, conceived to carry up to 130 passengers. This work is focused on how the pro...

Plastic trash can be found anywhere, around the marina, beaches, and coastal areas in recent times. This study proposes a trash dataset called HAIDA and a trash detector that uses a YOLOv4-based object detection algorithm to monitor coastal trash pol...

This article evaluates the redistribution of forces to the parachute harness during an opening shock load and also defines the ultimate limit load of the personal parachute harness by specifying the weakest construction element and its load capacity....

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming popular in various applications. However, there are still challenging issues to be tackled, such as effective obstacle avoidance, target identification within a crowd, and specific target tracking. This pa...

Urban air mobility is a rapidly growing field of research. While drones or unmanned aerial vehicles have been operated mainly in the private and military sector in the past, an increasing range of opportunities is opening up for commercial applicatio...

In this paper, a finite element model updating (FEMU) method is proposed based on the response surface model (RSM) and genetic algorithm (GA) to establish a high-precision finite element (FE) model of space station scientific experiment racks. First,...

Data-driven Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction is one of the core technologies of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM). Committed to improving the accuracy of RUL prediction for aero-engines, this paper proposes a model that is entirely based...

A mega constellation of Nano/microsatellites is the contemporary solution for global-level Earth observation demands. However, as most of the images taken by Earth-observing satellites are covered by clouds, storing and downlinking these images resul...

In order to explore plasma-assisted turbulent mixing in aerospace engines, the dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuation for the turbulent mixing of fuel droplets and oxidant air in a ramjet combustor was studied using computational fluid dynamic...

The current study addresses the effect of different designs of the exhaust mixer and aft-deck on the performance of a two-dimensional convergent nozzle represented by the internal and external flows and heat transfer process. The effect of different...

The design of efficient thermal ice protection systems is a challenging task as these systems operate in complex environments involving several coupled physical phenomena such as phase change, boundary-layer flow, and heat transfer. Moreover, certifi...

The wing planform and flapping kinematics are critical for the hovering flight of flapping wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs). The degree of influence of wing geometry and kinematic parameters on aerodynamic performance still lacks in-depth analysis. I...

This paper presents new techniques for the trajectory design and control of nonlinear dynamical systems. The technique uses a convex polytope to bound the range of the nonlinear function and associates with each vertex an auxiliary linear system. Pro...

The aeroderivative gas turbine is widely used as it demonstrates many advantages. Adding hydrogen to natural gas fuels can improve the performance of combustion. Following this, the effects of hydrogen enrichment on combustion characteristics were an...

Dissimilar materials brazing of Ti₂AlNb alloy to GH99 superalloy is of great pragmatic importance in the aerospace field, especially the lightweight space aircraft components manufacturing. In this work, TiZrCuNi amorphous filler alloy was used as br...

The increasing number of satellites for specific space tasks makes it difficult for traditional satellite task planning that relies on ground station planning and on-board execution to fully exploit the overall effectiveness of satellites. Meanwhile,...

The continuous pursuit of reducing weight and optimizing manufacturing processes is increasingly demanded in transportation vehicles, particularly in the aerospace field. In this context, additive manufacturing (AM) represents a well-known technique...

Droplet impact affects water collection, which is the key to investigating the icing process on an aero-engine spinner. Different from a stationary spinner, droplet impact is affected by Coriolis acceleration and centrifugal acceleration on rotating...

Severe oil particle-induced erosion to the prestage component progressively degrades the overall performance of the deflector jet servo valve (DJSV), even leading to valve failure. Herein, we present an approach for evaluating degradation in performa...

As the key load-bearing component of spacecraft, the strength evaluation of stiffened plate structures faces two challenges. On the one hand, the simulation results are sometimes inaccurate, due to the simplification of the true loading conditions an...

Liquid rocket engines with hydrogen peroxide and kerosene have the advantages of high density specific impulse, high reliability, and no ignition system. At present, the cooling problem of hydrogen peroxide engines, especially with regenerative cooli...

The efficiency increase that distributed propulsion could deliver for future hybrid-electric aircraft is in line with the urgent demand for higher aerodynamic performances and a lower environmental impact. Several consolidated proprietary tools (not...

The laser gyroscope of Laser Inertial Navigation System (LINS) eliminates the influence of the locked zone with mechanical dither. The output information of laser gyroscopes must be filtered before use to eliminate vibration noise. Laser gyroscope fi...

Decision support tools for arrival sequencing and scheduling could assist air traffic controllers in managing the arrival aircraft in terminal areas. However, one critical issue is that the current method for dealing with the arrival sequencing and s...

This paper presents how the Inspection Development Framework’s (IDF) novel maintenance scheduling technique increased aircraft utilization and availability in a sample of the United States Air Force’s (USAF) C-5M Super Galaxy fleet. The h...

Metallic additive manufacturing technology is seeing increasing use from aviation companies manufacturing prototypes or components with complex geometric shapes, which are then tested and put into operation. This paper presents the design, fabricatio...

This paper presents the real-time implementation of an altitude-embedded flight controller using proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) control, adaptive PID (APID) control, and adaptive PID control with a fuzzy compensator (APIDFC) for a micro...

While the growth of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) usage over the next few years is indisputable, cooperative operation strategies for UAV swarms have gained great interest in the research community. Mission capabilities increase while contingencies c...

This paper studies the effect of morphing rate on the aeroelasticity of a polymorphing wing capable of active span extension and passive twist/pitch. A variable domain size finite element model is developed to capture the dynamic effects due to the p...

An aircraft nacelle acoustic liner is a key mean of aircraft noise reduction. The success of its design depends strongly on the development of experimental technology, which is generally divided into two stages: impedance eduction and the modal verif...

Aircraft hydraulic fault diagnosis is an important technique in aircraft systems, as the hydraulic system is one of the key components of an aircraft. In aircraft hydraulic system fault diagnosis, complex environmental noises will lead to inaccurate...

The rising interest in the evolvability of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) promises substantial potential in the field of urban air mobility (UAM). Challenges in energy storage density and geometry restriction both emphasize the propell...

One of the challenges of the Internet of Things (IoT) is to provide connectivity to devices around the globe. Long Range (LoRa) is one of the most practical technologies due to its low-power and long-range capabilities to be used by the Low Earth Orb...

When the problem of the reaction force under the receiver structure is complicated, the existing force-based transfer path analysis method is not suitable for its analysis. Therefore, an improved reaction force transfer path analysis method is propos...

With the need for more condensed airborne clusters in a shortened time, there are increased risks of parachute collision and other interactions in the air. In this paper, the flight dynamics model of the parachute system is proposed for the whole dep...

Queueing theory is currently a widely used method for optimizing activities not only in air transport but also in other sectors, in both production and the use of personnel. Using this theory, it is possible to simulate in advance various scenarios t...

This work develops a morphing decision strategy to optimize the cruising efficiency for a variable-sweep morphing aircraft, and a simple and practical guidance and control system is given as well. They can work in tandem to accomplish a cruise missio...

The tubed vortex reducer in the axial compressor can destroy the vortex in the disk cavity, by a thin-walled tube, to reduce the total pressure loss. The tube may suffer from vibration problems, such as flutter and forced vibration, which are closely...

With the increasing requirements for aerodynamic performance, aerodynamic configuration design of aircraft based on traditional design experience has gradually failed to meet the needs of the future. Therefore, the new concept aerodynamic shape desig...

Extensively used in modern gas turbine engines in various applications, ranging from aerospace, marine and terrestrial propulsion to power generation and gas pumping, the axial flow turbines have been continuously updated and are now capable of high...

Aluminum particle ignition behavior in open atmosphere rocket propellants fires is of particular interest for preventing accidents for rockets carrying high-value payloads. For nominal motor pressures, aluminum particles oxidize to aluminum oxide in...

To develop technologies for the stable operation of electric propulsion systems, the effects of charge exchange (CEX) on the exhaust plume of a Hall thruster were studied using the particle-in-cell direct simulation Monte Carlo (PIC-DSMC) method. For...

Stratospheric airships have much potential in military and commercial applications. Design, analysis and optimization of stratospheric airships involves complex trade-off of different disciplines, and hence a multidisciplinary approach is essential....

Outgassing or thruster’s generated contaminants are critical for optical surfaces and optical payloads because scientific measurements and, in general, the performances can be degraded or jeopardized by uncontrolled contamination. This is a wel...

Ground-based optical observation of GEO space debris plays an essential role in tracking, identifying, cataloging, and classifying space debris. The factors that affect the brightness of space debris include size, surface material, illumination geome...