Engineering Proceedings, Volume 142, 2026

As the number of old satellites and pieces of space debris in orbit grows rapidly, tracking them safely becomes very difficult. Traditional tracking filters can sometimes become unstable or lose accuracy when dealing with complex forces like atmosphe...

In recent years, there has been a proliferation in the launch of small satellites or low-cost constellations for operations related to the Internet of Things (IoT), the measurement of conditions in the space environment, and the testing of commercial...

This paper presents a standardized 3U CubeSat common bus architecture intended to interface directly with a mission-specific 3U payload to form a complete 6U spacecraft without recurring redesign of bus-level avionics, structure, or harnessing. The a...

The 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace (IOCAE 2026) was held virtually on 16–17 April 2026, providing an international forum for researchers and aerospace professionals to present and discuss recent advances across aeronautics and...

The dual active bridge (DAB) converter is one of the most common types of isolated bidirectional power converters in modern spacecraft EPS owing to its galvanic isolation, bidirectionality, soft switching, and good controllability. However, the goal...

Aerospace engineering applications typically entail complex high-performance systems with sustainable safety. They are usually designed by multidisciplinary development teams where collaboration efficiency is undermined by the diversity of views (mod...

Additively manufactured AlSi10Mg aluminum alloy was investigated at two-layer build orientations: 0° and 90°. Impact-induced fractures were generated per the ASTM standard Charpy test. The resulting fracture surfaces were analyzed using the m...

Politecnico di Milano is undergoing the design of a highly swept, low-aspect-ratio radio-controlled aircraft with reflex airfoils. This model is necessary to expand the automated flight-testing activities conducted inside the university, adding to th...

Reliability assessment in complex technical systems often involves capturing the interdependency between multiple subsystems and the gradual loss of their functional effectiveness. This challenge becomes particularly critical in the context of Unmann...

Existing studies mainly address single launch configurations and provide limited comparison across thrust levels, engine layouts, and launch altitudes. This study establishes a CFD framework coupling rocket dynamics, the VOF multiphase model, overset...

This research proposes a unified, modular method for the preliminary design of unmanned airships, bridging the gap between static balance and dynamic performance. While traditional algorithms focus solely on global parameters like mass and volume, th...

Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) offers new opportunities for improving aircraft efficiency and control authority, but the strong interaction between propeller slipstreams and lifting surfaces makes aerodynamic behavior difficult to predict with...

With contemporary advancements in additive manufacturing (AM), it has become possible to obtain hull structures for spacecraft made of relatively cheap materials. The possibility of substituting super-austenitic stainless steel Avesta SMO 254 X1NiCrM...

Onboard artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly limited less by raw processor availability than by spacecraft-level integration constraints. Modern commercial edge-AI processors can provide orders of magnitude more inference capability than trad...

Aircraft wing ribs form the skeletal backbone of the wing. They maintain the aerodynamic profile and transfer structural loads from the skin to the spars. Conventional manufacturing processes struggle to produce complex geometries, making these compo...

Hybrid rocket engines (HREs), which pair a fluid oxidizer with a solid fuel, offer safety and handling advantages, can reduce environmental impact relative to selected legacy systems, and are capable of deep throttling and restart, making them strong...

Composite aircraft panels are subjected to combined mechanical and thermal loading conditions requiring assessment approaches beyond conventional single-load stiffness evaluation. A design-oriented finite element framework is presented for the compar...

Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) is a propulsion integration concept that improves aircraft efficiency by recovering wake momentum deficit and reducing propulsive power requirements. In this study, a numerical methodology is created to study electrifie...

The safe and accurate measurement of liquid hydrogen (LH₂) tank fill levels is a critical enabling technology for the adoption of hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel. Although LH₂ fill level measurement techniques have been applied in industrial,...

UAVs operating in cluttered and dynamic environments face limitations when controlled using conventional Euclidean frameworks, which leads to degraded performance during aggressive maneuvers. This paper presents a geometry-aware predictive control fr...

The EU EFACA project considers two conceptual aircraft design configurations for cleaning European air traffic in future decades. Recently, several different technologies have led to propulsion designs with potential to reduce greenhouse gas emission...

Continuous population growth will lead to further expansion and densification of urban environments. In this context, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a new transportation solution through the use of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircra...

Birds actively modulate their wing and tail morphologies to achieve high aerodynamic efficiency and maneuverability, enabling long-duration gliding while retaining the ability to execute rapid maneuvers. Innovations in aircraft design and control are...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is increasingly used in aerospace applications; however, most machine-learning (ML) models remain alloy-specific and require retraining when applied to new materials. To address this limitation, this study proposes a Physi...