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Aerospace, Volume 7, Issue 3

March 2020 - 15 articles

Cover Story: The morphing camber system (MCS) is a combination of two subsystems: the morphing trailing edge (MTE) and the morphing leading edge (MLE). The study shows that the aerodynamics effects of the two subsystems are combined without any interference between them on the wing. The MCS acts only on the lift coefficient at a 0° angle of attack when the MTE is active, and only on the stall angle when the MLE is employed. The estimation of the performances of the MCS on an unmanned aerial system indicates that the MCS allows a drag reduction when the lift coefficient is higher than 0.48. View this paper
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Articles (15)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,926 Views
9 Pages

Pinned Droplet Size on a Superhydrophobic Surface in Shear Flow

  • Mitsugu Hasegawa,
  • Katsuaki Morita,
  • Hirotaka Sakaue and
  • Shigeo Kimura

The recent development of a superhydrophobic surface enhances the droplet shedding under a shear flow. The present study gives insights into the effects of shear flow on a pinned droplet over a superhydrophobic surface. To experimentally simulate the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,262 Views
15 Pages

In this work, an approach for enabling miniaturized, low-voltage hardware for active structural health monitoring (SHM) based on ultrasonic guided waves is investigated. The proposed technique relies on S-parameter measurements instead of time-domain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,885 Views
26 Pages

Supersonic inlets are a key component of present and future air-breathing propulsion systems for high-speed flight. The inlet design is challenging because of several phenomena that must be taken under control: shock waves, boundary layer separation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,688 Views
19 Pages

A Dynamic Testbed for Nanosatellites Attitude Verification

  • Dario Modenini,
  • Anton Bahu,
  • Giacomo Curzi and
  • Andrea Togni

To enable a reliable verification of attitude determination and control systems for nanosatellites, the environment of low Earth orbits with almost disturbance-free rotational dynamics must be simulated. This work describes the design solutions adopt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,898 Views
16 Pages

Nowadays, aircraft safety is based on different systems and four of them share the same data-link protocol: Secondary Surveillance Radar, Automatic Dependent Surveillance System, Traffic Collision Avoidance System, and Traffic Information System use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,539 Views
25 Pages

Many high-strength composite materials have been developed for aircraft structures. GLAss fiber REinforced aluminum (GLARE) is one of the high-performance composites. The review of articles, however, yielded no study on the impact damage of heated GL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,247 Views
13 Pages

The focus of the work is on the evaluation, development and integration of a robust actuator system for three-dimensional flow control of a blown Coanda flap to improve the high lift system of commercial aircraft. As part of the research work present...

  • Review
  • Open Access
91 Citations
23,541 Views
20 Pages

The Bird Strike Challenge

  • Isabel C. Metz,
  • Joost Ellerbroek,
  • Thorsten Mühlhausen,
  • Dirk Kügler and
  • Jacco M. Hoekstra

Collisions between birds and aircraft pose a severe threat to aviation and avian safety. To understand and prevent these bird strikes, knowledge about the factors leading to these bird strikes is vital. However, even though it is a global issue, data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,297 Views
13 Pages

This paper presents the issues concerning calibration of a measurement system for monitoring the cross-sectional forces and moments of an unmanned aircraft’s wing. A composite cantilever wing with built-in measurement systems based on electrica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,636 Views
24 Pages

Additive Manufacturing (AM) provides several benefits for aerospace companies in terms of efficient and innovative product development. However, due to the general lack of AM process understanding, engineers face many uncertainties related to product...

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