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Aerospace, Volume 12, Issue 2

February 2025 - 90 articles

Cover Story: This study explores a mission concept for a recoverable LEO satellite carrying a scientific payload, through the comparison between one using an aero-brake heat shield without propulsion assistance and another with the same system but supported by a thruster. Aerodynamic analysis via DSMC assessed drag and stability. A ∆V of ~100 m/s cut descent time from 54 days to under 1 h, maintaining trajectory. Drag uncertainties caused ~100 km dispersion, while a ±1% impulse error increased it to 400 km. A 4 kg monopropellant thruster was designed within a 250 mm high and 350 mm diameter casing, supporting three layout options. View this paper
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Articles (90)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,207 Views
14 Pages

Aeroacoustic Study of Synchronized Rotors

  • Fabio Del Duchetto,
  • Tiziano Pagliaroli,
  • Paolo Candeloro,
  • Karl-Stéphane Rossignol and
  • Jianping Yin

19 February 2025

The main goal of the present study is to explore the noise mitigation potential using an active control strategy based on rotor phase synchronization. This work is focused on the effects of the inflow velocity on the noise interference effect. The in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,238 Views
15 Pages

Research on the Damage Characteristics of a UAV Flight Control System Irradiated by a Continuous Laser

  • Le Liu,
  • Chengyang Xu,
  • Sheng Cai,
  • Jiamin Wang,
  • Dandan Huang,
  • Kun Yang,
  • Changbin Zheng and
  • Jin Guo

19 February 2025

To improve laser anti-UAV technology and UAV laser protection capabilities, research on continuous laser damage to a UAV flight control system has been carried out. Combining waveform and function monitoring, the performance of the flight control sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
948 Views
21 Pages

19 February 2025

The spacecraft microgravity simulation air-bearing platform is a crucial component of the spacecraft ground testing system. Special disturbances, such as the flatness and roughness of the contact surface between the air bearings and the granite platf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
980 Views
19 Pages

Thickness Model of the Adhesive on Spacecraft Structural Plate

  • Yanhui Guo,
  • Peibo Li,
  • Yanpeng Chen,
  • Xinfu Chi and
  • Yize Sun

19 February 2025

This paper establishes a physical model for the non-contact rotary screen coating process based on a spacecraft structural plate and proposes a theoretical expression for the adhesive thickness of the non-contact rotary screen coating. The thickness...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,238 Views
12 Pages

18 February 2025

Although various studies on nitrous oxide as a prospective green propellant have been recently explored, a polyethylene nitrous oxide catalytic decomposition hybrid thruster was barely demonstrated due to an inordinately high catalyst preheating time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
946 Views
19 Pages

Investigation of the Thermal Vibration Behavior of an Orthogonal Woven Composite Nozzle Based on RVE Analysis

  • Lin Wang,
  • Xiaoniu Li,
  • Congze Fan,
  • Wenzhe Song,
  • Yiwei Chen,
  • Yufeng Jin,
  • Xiaobo Han and
  • Jinghua Zheng

18 February 2025

Carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, known for their high specific stiffness, specific strength, and toughness are one of the primary materials used for composite nozzles in aerospace industries. The high temperature vibration behaviors of the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,365 Views
23 Pages

Foundations for Teleoperation and Motion Planning Towards Robot-Assisted Aircraft Fuel Tank Inspection

  • Adrián Ricárdez Ortigosa,
  • Marc Bestmann,
  • Florian Heilemann,
  • Johannes Halbe,
  • Lewe Christiansen,
  • Rebecca Rodeck and
  • Gerko Wende

18 February 2025

The aviation industry relies on continuous inspections to ensure infrastructure safety, particularly in confined spaces like aircraft fuel tanks, where human inspections are labor-intensive, risky, and expose workers to hazardous exposures. Robotic s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
725 Views
19 Pages

18 February 2025

To address the inadequacies of traditional Advanced Orbiting Systems (AOS) multiplexing algorithms in accommodating the networked and diverse transmission demands of space data, this paper proposes an efficient network AOS integrated multiplexing alg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,601 Views
16 Pages

Numerical Predictions of Low-Reynolds-Number Propeller Aeroacoustics: Comparison of Methods at Different Fidelity Levels

  • Guangyuan Huang,
  • Ankit Sharma,
  • Xin Chen,
  • Atif Riaz and
  • Richard Jefferson-Loveday

18 February 2025

Low-Reynolds-number propeller systems have been widely used in aeronautical applications, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and electric propulsion systems. However, the aerodynamic sound of the propeller systems is often significant and can lea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,503 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2025

The development of modern solid rocket technology with high-performance and high-loading ratio propellants places higher requirements on the safety and stability of the solid rocket motor. The propellant of the solid rocket motor will creep during lo...

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Aerospace - ISSN 2226-4310