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Decarbonizing aviation, particularly for long-range operations, is critical for meeting international climate targets, yet it remains technically and operationally challenging. Experimental aircraft (EA) serve to enable flying research infrastructure...

To address coverage gaps in high-latitude space weather monitoring caused by constraints in energy, bandwidth, and labeled samples, this study presents a systematic solution deployed in Hailar, China. We constructed a Cloud–Edge–Terminal...

Low-Speed near-space aerostats (e.g., stratospheric airships and high-altitude balloons) are low-speed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) extensively utilized in communication coverage, remote sensing applications, environmental monitoring, aviation sup...

Spaceflight has become more accessible than ever due to increased launch reliability and significant advances in electronics. Among these advancements are small-sized PocketQubes, which are small satellites (5 × 5 × 5 cm for 1P) that can...

Satellite swarm operations require robust methodologies to distinguish between leader-induced reference frame biases (global errors) and individual follower anomalies (local deviations). This is the challenge of distributed fault diagnosis. In leader...

The spatial and temporal conflicts within terminal maneuvering areas, particularly in multi-airport systems, are growing increasingly complex. Traditional independent processing methods face inherent limitations when dealing with multi-source uncerta...

Systems with large physical size such as wind turbines, aircraft, and ships are dominated by the inertia of the flow. In conventional experimental facilities, a reduction in scale is required, which can introduce viscous effects that are not present...

To meet the integrated design requirements of the belly-mounted air-breathing vehicle forebody and inward-turning inlet, an integrated design method for the dual-stage compression inward-turning inlet (DCII) based on a conical forebody is developed,...

Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) propellants are widely used in aerospace applications owing to their excellent mechanical performance and storage stability, which are primarily governed by the crosslinked network formed during curing. Unders...

Drag reduction forms a key area of focus in aerodynamics with a significant emphasis on delaying the laminar-to-turbulent transition of boundary layers over the wings of aircraft. There is enough evidence to suggest that achieving such transition del...

Hypersonic aircraft represent a cutting-edge technology in aerospace engineering, where the shock angle serves as a critical aerodynamic parameter. However, existing studies remain limited by significant prediction errors for the shock angle. This st...

Cryogenic storage systems require precise management of boil-off gas (BOG) to prevent pressure buildup caused by external heat ingress. This study investigates sloshing-induced heat transfer and BOG generation in a double-shell vacuum-insulated cryog...

Two-dimensional C/SiC are promising candidates for use in high-temperature structures in aeroengines and thermal protection systems in the aerospace industry, which will be subjected to loads in various directions during service. In this paper, the i...

Root cause fault diagnostic reasoning is critical for ensuring the safety and reliability of airborne systems, where timely and accurate fault isolation can significantly reduce downtime and maintenance costs. However, the inherent complexity of faul...

This paper presents a hybrid AI framework for rescheduling tasks within UAM vertiports. This scheduling challenge is approached as a resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP), typically solved via mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)...

Remote towers are increasingly deployed at small-to-medium airports globally for cost efficiency, yet safety optimization for large airport remote apron control remains underexplored. This study proposes a human error identification framework for air...

Air transport, acknowledged as the safest and most efficient mode for long-haul travel, is confronted with diverse challenges aimed at improving its environmental performance. A notable aspect of this effort involves the formation of contrails, arisi...

In this study, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator was placed at the leading edge of a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0012 airfoil to act on the separation initiation point, rather than on an already separated flo...

Air transport networks function as strategic infrastructure whose structural evolution reflects broader geopolitical and economic forces. This study introduces a network-based interpretive framework for Geoeconomics in Air Transport by integrating co...

Accurate prediction of network-wide delay is crucial for air traffic management and passenger service. However, the inherent complexity of large-scale air traffic networks, with their dense interconnectivity and multi-dimensional operational dynamics...

Precise orbit determination for multi-spacecraft deep space missions faces challenges including long communication delays, sparse tracking, dynamic model uncertainties, and inefficient data fusion. Presenting a hybrid estimation architecture, this st...

The topic of reusability in the launch vehicle sector is of current worldwide interest, as a shift from expendable to partially reusable configurations can be observed. Based on the work realized in a nationally funded Nucleu project, INCAS has devel...

This study presents the high-speed visualization of the detonation wave structure in a small-scale hydrogen–oxygen rotating detonation combustor. A 68 mm Rotating Detonation Combustor was modified with a quartz-glass ring, such that radial opti...

For high-speed compound helicopters, such as the S-97 Raider, the reflection and diffraction effects of vertical/horizontal tails on pusher propeller noise are inevitable. To investigate the noise distortion effect of the rear-mounted pusher propelle...

Airport aprons are complex, multi-node operational hubs frequently affected by queue congestion resulting from control handovers, taxi conflicts, and external factors. To enable proactive congestion management, we propose a new and accurate method fo...

This paper presents a hardware-efficient field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation of a layered two-dimensional corrected normalized min-sum (2D-CNMS) decoder for quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes in very small aperture...

This paper addresses the attitude tracking control problem for laterally symmetric vehicles during the boost phase under aerodynamic parameter variations and high-altitude wind disturbances. A neural disturbance observer-based nonsingular predefined-...

Lunar dust exhibits exceptionally strong adhesion, abrasiveness, and electrostatic charging due to long-term exposure to extreme temperature cycling (−183 °C to 127 °C), high vacuum, and intense radiation. With the rapid advancement of...

The reliability of magnet wire insulation is critical for the safe and efficient operation of aerospace electric machines exposed to extreme electrical and environmental conditions. Polyimide-based insulations are widely used due to their excellent t...

To investigate the hypersonic boundary layer transition over complex three-dimensional configurations, this study conducted an experiment using infrared thermography, Rayleigh scattering visualization, and high-frequency pressure sensors in a Mach 6...

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) offer a promising future for aviation operations, even though it suffers larger cyber-related challenges. As such, cyber-resilience becomes a core property for drones’ operations. This paper presents a systemati...

Certified flight simulation training devices support pilot training and standardized instruction. However, high acquisition costs and vendor constraints on high-resolution operational/flight data can hinder academic research. This paper describes a l...

During the reentry terminal flight of lifting-body Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs) propelled by liquid fuel, the sloshing of liquid propellent presents new features that, if neglected, could lead to adverse flight oscillations or even worse. This pap...

The performance upgrading of stratospheric airships hinges on breakthroughs in the mechanical properties of envelope materials. As a multi-layer composite, the envelope’s load-bearing layer exhibits orthotropic and nonlinear mechanical behavior...

Time-dependent structural systems (TDSSs) in engineering involve high dimensionality, nonlinearity, and complex uncertainties, complicating the reliability analysis compared to time-independent assessments. To address these challenges, this paper pro...

Forced vibrations of turbine blades induced by airflow excitation can severely threaten the service life of radial flow turbines in aircraft environmental control systems (ECSs). However, existing studies on airflow excitation in ECS radial flow turb...

Floating-base robotic systems rely critically on their inertial geometry to maintain stability and regulate interaction forces in the absence of fixed ground constraints. Their control authority additionally depends on the placement and orientation o...

In this study, a calculation method for two-phase nonequilibrium flow in solid rocket motor nozzles is established, and an in-depth investigation into the nonequilibrium flow within the nozzle is conducted. Based on NEPE high-energy propellant, a sim...

The aviation industry aims to reduce environmental impact by adopting alternative propulsion systems, including hydrogen-based, hybrid-electric, and all-electric architectures, requiring a new Thermal Management System (TMS). In addition, new design...

The 2-segment even-split layout in various stator asymmetry layouts effectively mitigates the amplitude of the high-engine-order (HEO) forced response induced by the vane passing frequency (VPF). However, it may increase the level of the low-engine-o...

Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks are crucial for critical communications, yet the initial access for user equipment (UE) is hampered by signal blockage and dynamic loads, challenging traditional random access (RA) mechanisms in achieving low...

Efficient autonomous exploration in unknown environments is a core challenge for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications in unstructured settings. The primary challenges are exploration speed, coverage efficiency, and the autonomous, efficient, an...

A target state estimation method based on multiple quadrotors is proposed for unknown maneuvering targets, and a distributed formation control method Image-Based Visual Servoing (IBVS) is also proposed to achieve encirclement tracking of unknown mane...

Future in-orbit servicing missions, such as spacecraft capture, repair, and assembly, demand robotic systems capable of autonomously computing dynamically feasible, constrained trajectories in real time. Sequential Convex Programming (SCP) has emerge...

This research presents the design, numerical analysis, and experimental validation of a compact radial turbine intended for mini-turbocharger applications in UAV power systems. To meet the stringent requirements of UAV propulsion—such as lightw...

This study introduces an all-fiber optic sensing network based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technology for structural health monitoring (SHM) of launch vehicle payload fairings under extreme thermo-mechanical conditions. A wavelength–space dual...

Fatigue crack propagation in friction stir welded joints significantly affects aircraft structural integrity. This study investigates the influence of welding speed, rotational speed, specimen thickness, loading frequency, and stress ratio on the fat...

Pintle injectors offer variable thrust capability and combustion stability advantages for liquid rocket engines. This study presents experimental and numerical investigation of spray characteristics for a liquid–liquid pintle injector using wat...

To replace highly toxic hydrazin-driven reaction control systems, a number of non-toxic alternatives are under development. These are usually referred to as “green propellants”. One candidate is the bi-propellant combination of nitrous ox...

Delays during turnaround operations are a significant source of operational inefficiency for airlines. They reduce airline profit margins by resulting in rescheduled flights and missed connections for passengers. This research paper presents the find...