Aerospace, Volume 10, Issue 6

The Loewner framework has recently been proposed for the system identification of mechanical systems, mitigating the limitations of current frequency domain fitting processes for the extraction of modal parameters. In this work, the Loewner framework...

This work investigates a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer over a $7^{°}$ half angle cone at a wall-to-total temperature ratio of 0.1, $M_{\infty }=7.4$ and $R{e}_{\infty m}=4.2\times {10}^6$ m${}^{-1}$, in terms of density fluctuations and the convection velo...

Since modern transport aircraft cruise at transonic speeds, shock buffet alleviation is one indispensable challenge that civil transport research needs to be addressed. Indeed, in the transonic flow regime shock-induced separation and transonic buffe...

In aerospace engine delivery systems, “one-in-two-out” bifurcation structures are commonly used for flow distribution to downstream pipelines. There are two common “one-in-two-out” bifurcation structures in aircraft engines: t...

Propellant gauging is crucial for a spacecraft approaching the end of its lifespan. Current gauging systems for satellites typically have an accuracy rate of a few months to a year at the end of their operational life. Therefore, it is essential to d...

Present work investigates the potential of a long-range commercial blended wing body configuration powered by hydrogen combustion engines with future airframe and propulsion technologies. Future technologies include advanced materials, load alleviati...

The study of managing risk in aviation is the key to improving flight safety. Compared to the other flight operation phases, the approach and landing phases are more critical and dangerous. This study aims to detect and analyze unstable approaches in...

At an extremely high Mach number, the regenerative cooling of traditional kerosene cannot meet the requirement of the heat sink caused by aerodynamic heating and internal combustion in a scramjet propulsion system. As a supplement of traditional rege...

Pitch control of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using fluidic thrust vectoring (FTV) is a relatively novel technique requiring no moving control surfaces, such as elevators. In this paper, the authors’ previous work on the characterization of...

The obstacle avoidance system of a drone affects the quality of its flight path. The artificial potential field method can react quickly when facing obstacles; however, the traditional artificial potential field method lacks consideration of the posi...

To address the problem that the black coating for spacecraft optical stealth easily falls off, this study constructs a light-absorbing spacecraft surface based on a micro/nanostructure through imitating a natural light-trapping structure. In this pap...

Assistant Based Speech Recognition (ABSR) systems for air traffic control radiotelephony communication have shown their potential to reduce air traffic controllers’ (ATCos) workload. Related research activities mainly focused on utterances for...

The results of in-flight experiments to determine the structure of the sound field in the cabin and pressure fluctuation fields on the surface of the fuselage of the RRJ-95NEW-100 prototype aircraft are presented here. Wall pressure fluctuation spect...

Compressors are important components in various power systems in the field of energy and power. In practical applications, compressors often operate under non-design conditions. Therefore, accurate calculation on performance under various operating c...

With the aim to enhance automation in conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) tasks in the air traffic management (ATM) domain, this article studies the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) methods to learn air traffic con...

This study investigates the use of Mn_xO_y/Al₂O₃ and Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in thrusters. It describes the purpose, procedures, performance, and conclusions coming from the test campaign of the catalyst lifetimes....

The world has been proactively seeking solutions to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus since 2020. A major defensive action is implementing contactless services into everyday activities to reduce viral spread. Drones can provide contactless ser...

This study focuses on the flapping mechanisms found in recently developed biometric flapping-wing air vehicles (FWAVs). FWAVs mimic the flight characteristics of flying animals, providing advantages such as maneuverability, inconspicuousness, and exc...

The interaction between shock waves and turbulent boundary layers (SBLI) is a common phenomenon in transonic and supersonic aircraft wings. In this study, we simulated the SBLI of a classical NACA0012 wing at an angle of attack (AOA) of 1.4° and...

A new idea of nosebleed air jets with strong coupled internal and external flow is put forward using the lateral jet control principle to improve the maneuverability and fast reaction capabilities of hypersonic vehicles. The hypersonic vehicle’...

The flow separation occurring in the S-shaped diffuser with boundary layer ingestion (BLI) has a significant effect on the performance of the embedded engine. Previous studies have found that the area ratio (AR) as well as the length-to-offset ratio...

This paper proposes a framework for accurately estimating the state-of-charge (SOC) and current sensor bias, with the aim of integrating it into urban air mobility (UAM) with hybrid propulsion. Considering the heightened safety concerns in an airborn...

This study numerically investigates the effects of diluent gas proportion, the overdrive factor, and throat width on the wave structure and thrust performance of a ram accelerator operating in super-detonative mode. For premixed gas of a high energy...

The traditional blade cooling method can no longer meet the requirements of high cooling efficiency in modern engines. In order to solve this cooling problem, this paper proposes cooling turbine guide blades based on liquid metal. The feasibility was...

This paper proposes a sensorless electromagnetic docking method suitable for micro- and nanosatellites. Based on the circuit model of the electromagnetic docking device, an algorithm for calculating the distance between two satellites on the basis of...

Firing test campaigns were carried out on a 200 N thrust-class hybrid rocket engine, using gaseous oxygen as an oxidizer and a paraffin-wax-based fuel. Different fuel grain lengths were adopted to extend the fuel characterization under different oper...

This paper presents a numerical simulation analysis of the flow and combustion characteristics of a fuel-rich LOX (liquid oxygen)/kerosene gas generator in an ATR (air turbo rocket) engine, examining the effects of local parameters on the combustion...

The ejection of the plasma plume produced by laser ablation is an important process for inducing mechanical effects. Therefore, in this paper, the characteristics of the plasma plume are investigated in order to analyze the impulse coupling mechanism...

The growing number of space objects leads to increases in the potential risks of damage to satellites and generates space debris after colliding. Conjunction assessment analysis is the one of keys to evaluating the collision risk of satellites and sa...

Hot fire tests of a multi-injector research combustor were performed with liquid-oxygen and liquefied-natural-gas (LOX/LNG) propellants at chamber pressures from 30 up to 67 bar, hence at conditions similar to an upper stage rocket engine. Within the...

This paper is dedicated to identifying stable equilibrium positions of the tether systems attached to the L₁ or L₂ libration points of the Mars–Phobos system. The orbiting spacecraft deploying the tether is at the L₁ or L₂ libration point and i...

Pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT) have demonstrated enormous potential since the 1960s. One major shortcoming is their low thrust efficiency, typically <30%. Most of these losses are due to joule heating, while some can be attributed to poor efficienc...

The expected growth of air traffic in the coming decades demands an increase in airspace capacity, which is already close to saturation in many scenarios. One of the limiting factors of this capacity is the separation minima. At present, the separati...

Automatic speech recognition and understanding (ASRU) for air traffic control (ATC) has been investigated in different ATC environments and applications. The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of ASRU support for air traffic controlle...

This study explores attitudes towards urban air mobility (UAM) for e-commerce deliveries. UAM, which utilizes drones, has the potential to revolutionize transport services and logistics, leading to economic benefits and reductions in congestion and p...

At transonic flight conditions, the buffet caused by the shockwave/boundary-layer interaction can degrade aircraft performance and even threaten their safety. In this paper, a closed-loop control using an active shock control bump (SCB) has been prop...

Multirotors are gaining great importance in the layout of innovative and more agile mobility. In this framework, a possible solution to developing an aircraft complying with the stringent size requirements characterizing this type of application may...

System integration is one of the key challenges to bringing future hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft into the market. In addition, retrofitting and redesigning existing aircraft are potential paths toward achieving hybrid and all-electric fli...

The conceptual design of a hybrid aerial vehicle for the exploration of the upper Venus atmosphere is presented. The vehicle will float like a balloon and harvest solar energy which is stored in batteries. The neutral buoyancy reduces the energy cons...

Acquiring accurate space object orbits is crucial for many applications such as satellite tracking, space debris detection, and collision avoidance. The widely used two-line element (TLE) method estimates the position and velocity of objects in space...

Gas fuel control valves play important roles in the control of gas flow in high-precision gas turbines. To clarify the influence of coupling between the structure and the fluid system, a thermal fluid–solid coupling mechanism is presented based...

The low-frequency disturbances transmitted by flexible cables are difficult to be attenuated for a novel disturbance-free payload spacecraft, which decreases the payload’s pointing accuracy and stability. In this research, a new spacecraft conf...

Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) could be part of the solution to decrease emissions associated with regional commercial aviation. This study presents results for the aircraft level fuel reduction potential of a regional turboprop concept with an HEP...

This paper presents a novel concept of a modular multirotor aerial robotic platform that can be used for specific profiles of heavy payload missions. A comprehensive mathematical model of the multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is presented, whi...

As researchers around the globe develop applications for the use of Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU) in the Air Traffic Management (ATM) domain, Air Traffic Control (ATC) language ontologies will play a critical role in enabling...

High-precision collaborative observation is urgently needed due to the increasing demands of space science missions. Based on a conventional DFP (disturbance-free-payload) configuration, this paper presents a novel DFP that has great potential to dea...

In this paper, the aerodynamic performance of an orthogonal octorotor UAV considering horizontal wind disturbances is investigated with numerical simulations and experiments. To obtian the effect of horizontal wind on the flight efficiency of the ort...

This paper presents a study on the modeling and control of an aero-engine within the full flight envelope using the Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy theory. A highly accurate aero-engine small deviation state variable model (SVM) was developed using t...

In this paper, a new hybrid structure of body-centered cubic lattice-filled thin-walled tube is designed, and the hybrid structure specimens of one-piece printing and split-printing are prepared by laser melting technique. The deformation mode and en...

A new laboratory Orbitrap^TM cell-based mass spectrometer, OLYMPIA (Orbitrap anaLYseur MultiPle IonisAtion), without a C-trap module, has been developed and constructed. The first operation of the Orbitrap^TM cell-based device with the continuous ion s...