Advanced precision gap measurement technologies play a pivotal role in ensuring the design and operational efficiency of aerospace systems. Gaps between aircraft components directly influence assembly accuracy, performance, and safety. This review co...
This paper presents a redesign of the MAE 372 Aerospace Structures Laboratory at North Carolina State University (NCSU), incorporating both traditional laboratory demonstrations and an integrated student project to enhance hands-on learning. The rede...
The aerospace industry faces the challenge of maintaining product excellence amidst intricate processes and demands for cost and time efficiency. Mathematical modeling emerges as a valuable tool for optimizing the engineering process and enhancing qu...
Aerospace engine is the source of power for the development of national defense and aerospace. Engine bolt tightening is an important part of the aerospace engine production process. At present, most of the bolt tightening methods of aerospace engine...
An important step towards improving performance while reducing weight and maintenance needs is the integration of composite materials into mechanical and aerospace engineering. This subject explores the many aspects of composite application, from bas...
Over the past few decades, conjugate heat transfer (CHT) technology has been instrumental in predicting temperature fields within aerospace engines, guiding engine design with its predictive capabilities. This paper comprehensively surveys the founda...
This paper presents original research on the identification and modeling of quality requirements for structural products in aircraft structures. As the main objective of this research, the authors focused on identifying the relationship between the p...
Several applications, where extreme conditions occur, require the use of alloys often containing many critical elements. Due to the ever increasing prices of critical raw materials (CRMs) linked to their high supply risk, and because of their fundame...
Improving the prediction accuracy of aerospace engine production line yields is of significant importance for enhancing production efficiency and optimizing production scheduling in enterprises. To address this, a novel method called Convolutional Ne...
This paper presents a comprehensive technology-oriented review of aerospace development in Peru, integrating historical scientific infrastructure, suborbital experimentation, orbital satellite missions, and a systematic literature review of contempor...
This paper describes a laboratory set-up designed to support hands-on learning of heat transfer principles in aerospace engineering education. Developed within the framework of experiential and project-based learning, the set-up enables students to e...
The origin of life initiated an evolutionary continuum yielding biologically optimized systems capable of operating under extreme environmental constraints. Biomimetics, defined as the systematic abstraction and transfer of biological principles into...
In many modern engineering fields, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been adopted as a methodology to solve complex problems. CFD is becoming a key component in developing updated designs and optimization through computational simulations, resul...
This article analyzes the current status of the lighting quality at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (ETSIAE), the aerospace engineering faculty at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid...
Cybersecurity plays a relevant role in the new digital age within the aerospace industry. Predictive algorithms are necessary to interconnect complex systems within the cyberspace. In this context, where security protocols do not apply, challenges to...
As humans continue to explore the aerospace field, higher demands have been placed on new types of propulsion systems. Meanwhile, active secondary flow has been applied to various aspects of engines over the past seventy years, significantly enhancin...
This review examines the application of aramid fiber-reinforced plastics (AFRPs) in the aerospace industry, highlighting their significance in enhancing aircraft performance. Aramid fibers, such as Kevlar® and Twaron®, have emerged as key mat...
The classical V-Model has served as the foundational framework for aerospace systems engineering, but its scope terminates upon aircraft certification, creating a significant gap in addressing reliability degradation during operational service. This...
Aerospace heritage requires tools that allow its transfer and conservation beyond photographs and texts. The complexity of these engineering projects can be collected through digital graphic representation. Nevertheless, physical scale models provide...
Large forgings are crucial in aerospace applications; however, the residual stresses generated during their forming and heat treatment seriously affect their serviceability. Therefore, the non-destructive detection of residual stresses in large forgi...
With the growing demand for diverse and high-volume manufacturing of composite material parts in aerospace applications, traditional machining methods have faced significant challenges due to their low efficiency and inconsistent quality. To address...
Micro/nano structuring of KrF Excimer laser-irradiated Aluminum (Al) has been correlated with laser-produced structural and mechanical changes. The effect of non-reactive Argon (Ar) and reactive Oxygen (O2) environments on the surface, structural and...
Industrial engineering applications often require manufacturing large components in composite materials to obtain light structures; however, moulds are expensive, especially when manufacturing a limited batch of parts. On the one hand, when tradition...
This study explores classical and Bayesian estimation for the two-parameter Chen distribution with randomly censored data, where censoring times follow an independent two-parameter Chen distribution with separate shape and scale parameters. We first...
Spacecraft and satellites are equipped with cryogenic storage systems to maintain instruments and engines at optimal operating temperatures. However, in cryogenic storage tanks, the steep temperature gradient along the pipeline (arising from sections...
Bioinspired morphing offers a powerful route to higher aerodynamic and hydrodynamic efficiency. Birds reposition feathers, bats extend compliant membrane wings, and fish modulate fin stiffness, tailoring lift, drag, and thrust in real time. To captur...
The introduction of game-based learning techniques has significantly swayed learning, motivation, and information processing in both traditional and digital learning environments. This paper studies the footprint that the implementation of ten short-...
This article presents the effects of work performed during a software project for generative models and spreadsheets, allowing the quick creation of conceptual models for aircraft. The presented software at the current stage is suitable for the creat...
The backflow of high-temperature products in an engine’s combustion chamber is a key issue which can significantly reduce combustion efficiency. This is particularly problematic for hypergolic propellants, as the high-temperature products may s...
Sustainable and durable materials are in increasing demand as the aerospace sector seeks to reduce its environmental footprint while enhancing performance and safety. Biocomposites, recycled materials, nanomaterials, and advanced composites are being...
Near space, as a critical atmospheric domain with unique physical, electromagnetic, and biological characteristics, remains a frontier with extensive unresolved scientific questions in atmospheric physics, electromagnetic environment dynamics, and bi...
A new methodology is proposed for designing professional retraining programs for aviation, rocket, and space industry employees, focused on the formation of the necessary competencies. The novelty of the proposed method is in the formalization of the...
The implementation of distributed propulsion and boundary layer ingestion for unmanned aerial vehicles represents various challenges for the design of embedded ducts in blended wing body configurations. This work explores the conceptual design and ev...
Radical innovations for all aircraft systems and subsystems are needed for realizing future carbon-neutral aircraft, with hybrid-electric aircraft due to be delivered after 2035, initially in the regional aircraft segment of the industry. Electrical...
Aerospace systems are connected with the operational environment and other systems in general. The focus in aerospace product development is consequently shifting from a singular system perspective to a System-of-Systems (SoS) perspective. This incre...
In the history of civil aircraft transportation, ice formation has been identified as a key factor in the safety of flight. Anti-icing and deicing systems have emerged through the years with the aim to prevent or to eliminate ice formation on wing ai...
Avoiding ice accumulation on aerodynamic components is of enormous importance to flight safety. Novel approaches utilizing surface dielectric barrier discharges (SDBDs) are expected to be more efficient and effective than conventional solutions for p...
Background—In the field of aviation, maintenance and inspections of engines are vitally important in ensuring the safe functionality of fault-free aircrafts. There is value in exploring automated defect detection systems that can assist in this...
The design of an aircraft’s internal structure, and therefore the appropriate choice of material type, is a direct function of the performed tasks and the magnitude and type of the acting loads. The design of a durable aircraft structure with a...
This article focuses on the development of a 3D-printed 2-degree-of-freedom (DOF) joint for the payloads’ orientation on small satellites. This system is a compliant mechanism, meaning that this monolithic system composed of cross-axis flexural...
The aerospace industry is actively seeking sustainable solutions within the aviation sector to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions driven by increasing population demands. This study presents the first environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of...
This study addresses the selection and application of composite materials for aerospace systems operating in extreme environmental conditions, with a particular focus on high-altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS). This research is centered on the develop...
This paper presents a novel predefined-time attitude-control framework for fixed-wing aircraft with over-actuated systems, solving aerodynamic uncertainties and nonlinear couplings during high-angle-of-attack flight. The proposed methodology integrat...
The aerospace community is planning for growth in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) funding and research opportunities. The premise that UAS will revolutionize aerospace appears to be unfolding based on current trends. There is also an anticipation of an...
Welcome to Aerospace, an open journal covering aerospace science, engineering and technology. We seek to publish theoretical, fundamental, and applied results linked to potential applications related to research, design, manufacture, operations, cont...
Detonation-based combustion has re-emerged as a promising pathway for enhancing the efficiency and compactness of future aerospace propulsion systems, motivated by the intrinsic pressure-gain characteristics of detonative heat release. This review pr...
Green innovation refers to developing and implementing new technologies, practices, products, and processes that promote sustainability and reduce environmental impacts. This article postulates the conceptualisation and implementation of an intellige...
The joint configuration design of aerospace equipment requires a comprehensive balance of multiple factors, yet the process is often complex and time-consuming. Moreover, the Function–Behavior–Structure (FBS) conceptual design model lacks...
Nanolayers and microcoatings are most often used in the food industry, mechanical engineering tools, aerospace technologies, and in biomaterials [...]
Titanium and its alloys are widely used engineering materials within the aerospace, automotive, energy, and chemical industries [...]
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