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Aerospace, Volume 11, Issue 6

2024 June - 86 articles

Cover Story: UAVs need to traverse multiple essential target points in the shortest possible time in smart city and modern military scenarios. Such missions require UAVs to improve mission execution efficiency by optimizing trajectories. Multi-waypoint trajectory optimization is one of the key technologies for UAVs to perform this kind of complex task, and this paper discusses this technical field in depth, covering the core contents of trajectory planning and time optimization. By adopting the advanced Constrained Parameterized Differential Dynamic Programming (C-PDDP) algorithm, the UAV is able to optimize the flight time of each trajectory segment while meeting the path constraints, which significantly shortens the mission time and improves mission efficiency. View this paper
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  • Open Access
1,866 Views
13 Pages

The shape and structure of helicopter fuselage are complex, and it is difficult for a finite element method (FEM) to investigate helicopter fuselage projectile damage in a multi-projectile environment. An efficient analysis method for helicopter fuse...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,373 Views
32 Pages

To meet the time-coordinated requirement of hypersonic gliding vehicles to reach a single target simultaneously in the presence of no-fly-zone constraints, this paper proposes a time-coordinated A* path planning method considering multiple constraint...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics, Guidance and Control of Aerospace Vehicles)
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  • Open Access
1,858 Views
18 Pages

Traditional X-ray pulsar ranging and velocity measurement methods only estimate the radial position and velocity information of the pulsar. For non-linear orbits, errors in the transverse position and velocity of the pulsar lead to errors in the radi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Space Navigation and Control Technologies)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,257 Views
29 Pages

Summary of Lunar Constellation Navigation and Orbit Determination Technology

  • Xiao Zhang,
  • Zhaowei Sun,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Linxin Pan and
  • Yubin Zhong

The Moon is the closest celestial body to the Earth. Its rich unique resources are an important supplement to the Earth’s resources and have a profound impact on the sustainable development of human society. As large-scale exploration missions...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Space Navigation and Control Technologies)
  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,014 Views
23 Pages

The interest in flying wings dates as far as the early years of the aviation age. Early investigations of the feasibility of the concept demonstrated increased aerodynamic efficiency and reduced fuel consumption. However, structural, engine integrati...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,822 Views
18 Pages

Pixel-Wise and Class-Wise Semantic Cues for Few-Shot Segmentation in Astronaut Working Scenes

  • Qingwei Sun,
  • Jiangang Chao,
  • Wanhong Lin,
  • Dongyang Wang,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Zhenying Xu and
  • Shaoli Xie

Few-shot segmentation (FSS) is a cutting-edge technology that can meet requirements using a small workload. With the development of China Aerospace Engineering, FSS plays a fundamental role in astronaut working scene (AWS) intelligent parsing. Althou...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,378 Views
9 Pages

Fatigue in air traffic management (ATM) is a well-recognized safety concern. International organizations like ICAO and EASA have responded by advocating for fatigue risk management systems (FRMSs). EU Regulation 2017/373, implemented in January 2020,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Factors during Flight Operations)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,348 Views
26 Pages

A Smart Wing Model: From Design to Testing in a Wind Tunnel with a Turbulence Generator

  • Ioan Ursu,
  • George Tecuceanu,
  • Daniela Enciu,
  • Adrian Toader,
  • Ilinca Nastase,
  • Minodor Arghir and
  • Manuela Calcea

The paper concerns the technology of the design, realization, and testing of a flexible smart wing in a wind tunnel equipped with a turbulence generator. The system of smart wing, described in detail, consists mainly of: a physical model of the wing...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,055 Views
22 Pages

In the preliminary design of aircraft lifting surfaces, accurate mass and inertia properties can be difficult to obtain. Typically, such methods as computer-aided design or statistical processes are used to determine these properties. These methods r...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,994 Views
28 Pages

Electrostatic Signal Self-Adaptive Denoising Method Combined with CEEMDAN and Wavelet Threshold

  • Yan Liu,
  • Hongfu Zuo,
  • Zhenzhen Liu,
  • Yu Fu,
  • James Jiusi Jia and
  • Jaspreet S. Dhupia

A novel low-pass filtering self-adaptive (LPFA) denoising method combining complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN) and a wavelet threshold (WT) strategy is proposed to solve the problem of the aero-engine gas-path...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,212 Views
19 Pages

In astrodynamics, orbit cranking is usually referred to as an interplanetary transfer strategy that exploits multiple gravity-assist maneuvers to change both the inclination and eccentricity of the spacecraft osculating orbit without changing the spe...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,622 Views
21 Pages

Ensuring the integrity of aviation plug components is crucial for maintaining the safety and functionality of the aerospace industry. Traditional methods for detecting surface defects often show low detection probabilities, highlighting the need for...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,012 Views
23 Pages

Aircraft Wake Evolution Prediction Based on Parallel Hybrid Neural Network Model

  • Leilei Deng,
  • Weijun Pan,
  • Yuhao Wang,
  • Tian Luan and
  • Yuanfei Leng

To overcome the time-consuming drawbacks of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical simulations, this paper proposes a hybrid model named PA-TLA (parallel architecture combining a TCN, LSTM, and an attention mechanism) based on the concept of in...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,272 Views
22 Pages

The implementation of heat sinks in high-power pulse electronic devices within hypersonic aircraft cabins has been facilitated by the emergence of innovative phase change materials (PCMs) characterized by excellent thermal conductivity and high laten...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,592 Views
15 Pages

This paper proposes an advanced model predictive control (MPC) scheme for the attitude tracking of coaxial drones under wind disturbances. Unlike most existing MPC setups, this scheme embeds steady-input, steady-output, and steady-state conditions in...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,048 Views
16 Pages

A reliable initiation of oblique detonation is critical in oblique detonation engines, especially for oblique detonation engines under extreme conditions such as a high altitude and low Mach number, which may lead to excessive length of the induction...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Detonative Propulsion)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,284 Views
21 Pages

Evaluation of Sonic Boom Shock Wave Generation with CFD Methods

  • Samuele Graziani,
  • Francesco Petrosino,
  • Jacob Jäschke,
  • Antimo Glorioso,
  • Roberta Fusaro and
  • Nicole Viola

Over the past two decades, there has been a renewed interest in the development of a new generation of supersonic aircraft for civil purposes that could potentially succeed Concorde. However, the noise annoyance is still considered one of the hamperi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Civil Supersonic and Hypersonic Aircraft: Main Challenges and Latest Developments)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,599 Views
15 Pages

Research on the Heat Dissipation in Aviation-Integrated Communication Equipment Based on Graphene Films

  • Jingyi Qian,
  • Min Liu,
  • Quan Zhao,
  • Shimiao Luo,
  • Feng Xia and
  • Yunfeng Bai

Aviation-integrated communication equipment is integral to modern aircraft to ensure its performance and safety. The heat dissipation problems of equipment have become increasingly prominent for the high electronic integration and system power consum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Analysis of Advanced Composites and Structures in Aerospace)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,311 Views
23 Pages

Fluid–Structure Interactions between Oblique Shock Trains and Thin-Walled Structures in Isolators

  • Xianzong Meng,
  • Ruoshuai Zhao,
  • Qiaochu Wang,
  • Zebin Zhang and
  • Junlei Wang

Understanding aeroelastic issues related to isolators is pivotal for the structural design and flow control of scramjets. However, research on fluid–structure interactions (FSIs) between thin-walled structures and the isolator flow remains limi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aeroelasticity, Volume IV)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,026 Views
26 Pages

This study investigates the electrostatic induction characteristics of silicon carbide-fiber-reinforced silicon carbide (SiC/SiC) particles within aero-engine exhaust gases using a dedicated J20 turbojet engine experimental platform. Our comprehensiv...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,216 Views
13 Pages

Decomposing Carbon Intensity Trends in China’s Civil Aviation: A Comprehensive Analysis from 1998 to 2019

  • Jinglei Yu,
  • Mengyuan Lu,
  • Kaifeng Wang,
  • Jinmei Ge,
  • Zan Tao,
  • Zheng Xu and
  • Longfei Chen

Carbon emission intensity is an important index reflecting an entity’s low-carbon competitiveness. This paper presents an extended logarithmic mean divisia index (LMDI) model to dissect carbon intensity within China’s civil aviation from...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,531 Views
15 Pages

During the high-speed flight of a vehicle in the atmosphere, surface friction with the air generates aerodynamic heating. The aerodynamic heating phenomenon can create extremely high temperatures near the surface. These high temperatures impact mater...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,651 Views
15 Pages

This study investigates the impact of wind shear on the flight dynamics of commercial aircraft where C* and C*U control laws are employed during the approach phase. Given the high incidence of flight accidents during takeoff and landing attributed to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Aircraft Technology)
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  • Open Access
2,067 Views
14 Pages

When designing situational maps, selecting distinct and visually comfortable movement speeds for dynamic elements is an ongoing challenge for designers. This study addresses this issue by conducting two experiments to measure the human eye’s ab...

(This article belongs to the Topic Uncertainty Quantification in Design, Manufacturing and Maintenance of Complex Systems)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,624 Views
25 Pages

Concept Evaluation of Radical Short–Medium-Range Aircraft with Turbo-Electric Propulsion

  • W. J. Vankan,
  • W. F. Lammen,
  • E. Scheers,
  • P. J. Dewitte and
  • Sebastien Defoort

Ambitious targets for the coming decades have been set for further reductions in aviation greenhouse gas emissions. Hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) concepts offer potential for the mitigation of these aviation emissions. To investigate this potentia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Climate-Neutral Transport Aviation)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,299 Views
16 Pages

Water Recuperation from Regolith at Martian, Lunar & Micro-Gravity during Parabolic Flight

  • Dario Farina,
  • Hatim Machrafi,
  • Patrick Queeckers,
  • Christophe Minetti and
  • Carlo Saverio Iorio

Recent discoveries of potential ice particles and ice-cemented regolith on extraterrestrial bodies like the Moon and Mars have opened new opportunities for developing technologies to extract water, facilitating future space missions and activities on...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,486 Views
19 Pages

This paper studies a rotor dynamic stall control method using an alternating current dielectric barrier discharge (AC DBD) plasma actuator through numerical simulation methods. The flow field evolution during a dynamic stalling process under the exci...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,277 Views
24 Pages

The 4R-UAV project aims to develop aerodynamically efficient and environmentally friendly UAVs based on the 4R Circular Economy principle. In this study, the feasibility of the application of PFCDs (Passive Flow Control Devices) was investigated for...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,799 Views
14 Pages

Mechanical joint interfaces are widely found in mechanical equipment, and their contact stiffness directly affects the overall performance of the mechanical system. Based on the fractal and elastoplastic contact mechanics theories, the K-E elastoplas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State Monitoring and Health Management of Complex Equipment (2nd Edition))
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,715 Views
27 Pages

This paper identifies and classifies the essential constraints that must be addressed to allow U-space traffic autonomous guidance. Based on an extensive analysis of the state of the art in robotic guidance, physics of flight, flight safety, communic...

(This article belongs to the Topic Civil and Public Domain Applications of Unmanned Aviation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,381 Views
22 Pages

Effects of Leading Edge Radius on Stall Characteristics of Rotor Airfoil

  • Simeng Jing,
  • Guoqing Zhao,
  • Yuan Gao and
  • Qijun Zhao

The effects of leading edge radius on the static and dynamic stall characteristics of rotor airfoils are investigated. Initially, a parametric airfoil (PARFOIL) method is employed to generate four morphed airfoils with different leading edge radii ba...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,075 Views
20 Pages

In this work, we examine the possibility of converting a light propeller-driven aircraft, powered by a spark-ignition, reciprocating piston, and internal combustion engine running on AVGAS, into one powered by an electric motor driven by a proton exc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Power Systems and Components for All-Electric Aircraft)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,277 Views
19 Pages

In the last decades, electromechanical actuators started to be introduced in transport aircraft for primary and secondary flight control surfaces. Some innovative architectures have been proposed in the literature to use these actuators for high-lift...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electro-Mechanical Actuators for Safety-Critical Aerospace Applications (2nd Edition))
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,904 Views
12 Pages

The health assessment of airborne lithium batteries is crucial for flight testing, ensuring the safety and reliability of aircraft power systems. This paper proposes a support vector machine-based algorithm for the health assessment of airborne lithi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Flight Testing)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,496 Views
16 Pages

In a satellite-denied environment, a swarm of drones is capable of achieving relative positioning and navigation by leveraging the high-precision ranging capabilities of the inter-drone data link. However, because of factors such as high drone mobili...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UAV System Modelling Design and Simulation)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,856 Views
31 Pages

Experimental Pressure Gain Analysis of Pulsed Detonation Engine

  • Alina Bogoi,
  • Tudor Cuciuc,
  • Andrei Vlad Cojocea,
  • Mihnea Gall,
  • Ionuț Porumbel and
  • Constantin Eusebiu Hrițcu

A pulsed detonation chamber (PDC) equipped with Hartmann–Sprenger resonators has been designed and tested for both Hydrogen/air and Hydrogen/Oxygen mixtures. A full-factorial experimental campaign employing four factors with four levels each ha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Revolutionizing Aerospace Mobility: Green Hydrogen As the Sustainable Fuel of the Future)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,389 Views
19 Pages

Numerical Investigation of Model Support, Closed Engine Nacelle and Scale Effect on a Wind Tunnel Test Model

  • Ioan-Laurentiu Padureanu,
  • Dumitru Pepelea,
  • Gilbert Stoican,
  • Marco Marini,
  • Nicole Viola and
  • Matthew Clay

In the frame of the H2020 MORE&LESS project co-funded by European Commission, a test campaign for a hypersonic vehicle demonstrator took place at the INCAS Trisonic Facility. CFD analysis was used to quantify the effects of the wind tunnel model...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Civil Supersonic and Hypersonic Aircraft: Main Challenges and Latest Developments)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,363 Views
28 Pages

To enhance the performance of rigid coaxial rotors across both hovering and high-speed cruising conditions, this study develops a novel aerodynamic optimization method that differentiates between the upper and lower rotors. Utilizing the lifting line...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,256 Views
18 Pages

This paper introduces a new type of flexible rudder surface based on the cosine-type zero Poisson’s ratio honeycomb to enhance the adaptive capabilities of aircraft and enable multi-condition, rudderless flight. The zero Poisson’s ratio h...

(This article belongs to the Topic Innovation and Inventions in Aerospace and UAV Applications)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,163 Views
26 Pages

An Adaptive Similar Scenario Matching Method for Predicting Aircraft Taxiing Time

  • Peiran Qiao,
  • Minghua Hu,
  • Jianan Yin,
  • Jiaming Su,
  • Yutong Chen and
  • Mengxuan Yin

Accurate prediction of taxiing time is important in ensuring efficient and safe operations on the airport surface. It helps improve ground operation efficiency, reduce fuel waste, and improve carbon emissions at the airport. In actual operations, tax...

(This article belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,953 Views
20 Pages

Optimal Impulsive Orbit Transfers from Gateway to Low Lunar Orbit

  • Dario Sanna,
  • Edoardo Maria Leonardi,
  • Giulio De Angelis and
  • Mauro Pontani

Gateway represents a key element of the Artemis program for the upcoming lunar exploration aimed at establishing a sustainable presence by the mid-2030s. This paper investigates minimum-fuel bi-impulsive orbit transfers from Gateway to low lunar orbi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spacecraft Orbit Transfers)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,362 Views
27 Pages

With the significant expansion of civil aviation, particularly in the low-altitude economy, there is a significant gap between the escalating demand for airworthiness certification of novel aircraft designs, such as electric vertical take-off and lan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Flight Testing)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,525 Views
15 Pages

This study develops a robust 0–1 linear optimization programming model for airport group timetable coordination, aiming at assigning each flight at an airport to a unique time slot to avoid conflicts between multiple flights from different airp...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,484 Views
34 Pages

In this study, the influence laws of different parameters on the exclusion characteristics of hailstone and ice flake, and on the aerodynamic performance of the inlet are studied by numerical method. The motion of the hailstone and ice flake is simul...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,864 Views
55 Pages

Vision System for the Mars Sample Return Capture Containment and Return System (CCRS)

  • Brent J. Bos,
  • David L. Donovan,
  • John I. Capone,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Terra C. Hardwick,
  • Dylan E. Bell,
  • Yuqing Zhu,
  • Robert Podgurski,
  • Bashar Rizk and
  • Bartosz Blonski
  • + 33 authors

The successful 2020 launch and 2021 landing of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Perseverance Mars rover initiated the first phase of the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. The goal...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,439 Views
24 Pages

Detection of Precursors of Thermoacoustic Instability in a Swirled Combustor Using Chaotic Analysis and Deep Learning Models

  • Boqi Xu,
  • Zhiyu Wang,
  • Hongwu Zhou,
  • Wei Cao,
  • Zhan Zhong,
  • Weidong Huang and
  • Wansheng Nie

This paper investigates the role of chaotic analysis and deep learning models in combustion instability predictions. To detect the precursors of impending thermoacoustic instability (TAI) in a swirled combustor with various fuel injection strategies,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Flow Diagnostic Tools)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,516 Views
25 Pages

Study on the Influence of a Powered Nacelle on the Wake Vortex Characteristics of Wide-Body Aircraft

  • Hexiang Wang,
  • Junqiang Wu,
  • Qiuting Guo,
  • Guangyuan Liu,
  • Jifei Wu,
  • Dawei Liu,
  • Yang Tao and
  • Neng Xiong

The aircraft wake vortex is an important factor affecting flight safety; as an important part of the aircraft, the powered nacelle will inevitably have an important impact on the aircraft wake vortex, so it is of great practical significance to resea...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,926 Views
16 Pages

High-fidelity computations are often used in predicting the tonal and broadband noise of propellers and rotors associated with Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles (AAMVs). But LES is both CPU and storage intensive. We present here an investigation of the...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,069 Views
25 Pages

Operational Angular Track Reconstruction in Space Surveillance Radars through an Adaptive Beamforming Approach

  • Marco Felice Montaruli,
  • Maria Alessandra De Luca,
  • Mauro Massari,
  • Germano Bianchi and
  • Alessio Magro

In the last few years, many space surveillance initiatives have started to consider the problem represented by resident space object overpopulation. In particular, the European Space Surveillance and Tracking (EUSST) consortium is in charge of provid...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)

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