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  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,897 Views
15 Pages

Ant-Inspired Bionic Design Method for the Support Structure of the Fengyun-3 Satellite Payload Infilled with Lattice Structure

  • Hang Li,
  • Ruiyao Liu,
  • Haijun Wang,
  • Renlong Xin and ,
  • Zhenbang Xu and
  • Zhenglei Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 January 2023

Owing to their high design freedom and excellent performance, lattice structures have shown outstanding capabilities and great potential in aeronautics and astronautics fields. In this paper, we propose a method to construct lattice structures by par...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
13,861 Views
30 Pages

20 February 2023

Non-destructive testing (NDT) of aerospace structures has gained significant interest, given its non-destructive and economic inspection nature enabling future sustainable aerospace maintenance repair operations (MROs). NDT has been applied to many d...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Conference Report
  • Open Access
328 Views
46 Pages

8 October 2026

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...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace)
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
11,177 Views
15 Pages

Topology Optimization Design and Experimental Research of a 3D-Printed Metal Aerospace Bracket Considering Fatigue Performance

  • Yisheng Chen,
  • Qianglong Wang,
  • Chong Wang,
  • Peng Gong and ,
  • Yincheng Shi,
  • Yi Yu and
  • Zhenyu Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 July 2021

In the aerospace industry, spacecraft often serve in harsh operating environments, so the design of ultra-lightweight and high-performance structures is a major requirement in aerospace structure design. In this article, a lightweight aerospace brack...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Element-Based Methods for the Solution of Engineering Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,663 Views
16 Pages

Thermoplastic Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Carbon Fiber PEEK Lattices

  • Carolyn Carradero Santiago,
  • Bharat Yelamanchi,
  • Jose Angel Diosdado De la Peña,
  • Jeffrey Lamb and ,
  • Krzysztof Roguski,
  • Filip Turzyński,
  • Ron Faruqui,
  • Kyosung Choo,
  • Anton Du Plessis and
  • Pedro Cortes
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

25 November 2021

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has been the focus of substantial additive manufacturing research for two principal reasons: (a) the mechanical performance approaches that of aluminum at relatively high temperatures for thermoplastics and (b) the potenti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Processing, Characterization and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
19,647 Views
20 Pages

14 July 2022

Many companies try to follow Toyota’s production model to achieve better performance. In their attempts, however, they primarily focus on Lean Production tools, often overlooking the role of employees and HRM practices. In this work, we aim to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,244 Views
21 Pages

16 March 2021

In the aerospace industry, thin-layer composites are increasingly used for load-bearing structures. When designing such composite structures, particular attention must be paid to the development of an appropriate geometric form of the structure to in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Finite Element Modeling for Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
303 Views
8 Pages

Lider Project–Bus Techno Brick: Sustainable Bumper for a Helicopter by Polycarbonate

  • Eduardo Javier Martín,
  • Juan Manuel Jiménez García and
  • Dario Crespo Molera

Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic material well known for its high impact resistance and thermal stability, making it a strong candidate for non-structural aerospace applications. Within the framework of the LIDER project for the techno brick BUS, the...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space Towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow”)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,851 Views
19 Pages

Tailoring 3D Star-Shaped Auxetic Structures for Enhanced Mechanical Performance

  • Yulong Wang,
  • Naser A. Alsaleh,
  • Joy Djuansjah,
  • Hany Hassanin and ,
  • Mahmoud Ahmed El-Sayed and
  • Khamis Essa
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Auxetic lattice structures are three-dimensionally designed intricately repeating units with multifunctionality in three-dimensional space, especially with the emergence of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. In aerospace applications, these st...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
3,275 Views
21 Pages

28 October 2021

New concepts of lightweight components are conceived nowadays thanks to the advances in the manufacture of composite structures. For instance, mature technologies such as Automatic Fibre Placement (AFP) are employed in the fabrication of structural p...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,039 Views
17 Pages

Probing Augmented Intelligent Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Methods Toward Industry 5.0

  • Qingwei Nie,
  • Yiping Shen,
  • Ye Ma,
  • Shuqi Zhang and ,
  • Lujie Zong,
  • Ze Zheng,
  • Yunbo Zhangwa and
  • Yu Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Facing the demands of Human–Robot Collaborative (HRC) assembly for complex products under Industry 5.0, this paper proposes an intelligent assembly method that integrates Large Language Model (LLM) reasoning with Augmented Reality (AR) interact...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human–Robot Interaction and Communication Towards Industry 5.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,030 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2020

To certain degree, multi-objective optimization problems obey the law of symmetry, for instance, the minimum of one objective function corresponds to the maximum of another objective. To provide effective support for the multi-objective operation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,165 Views
19 Pages

28 August 2024

Honeycomb structures made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) are increasingly used in the aerospace field due to their excellent energy absorption capability. Attention has been paid to CFRP structures in order to accurately simulate their pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,530 Views
13 Pages

There is an urgency to produce novel high-performance resins to support the rapid development of the aerospace field and the electronic industry. In the present work, we designed and consequently synthesized a benzoxazine monomer (oHPNI-fa) bearing b...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,191 Views
29 Pages

Advancing Sustainability in Aerospace: Evaluating the Performance of Recycled Carbon Fibre Composites in Aircraft Wing Spar Design

  • Naomi Bouman,
  • Sofia Salles Lantyer Marques,
  • Naiara Poli Veneziani Sebbe,
  • Antoine Gerritse and ,
  • Heide Heloise Bernardi,
  • William Marcos Muniz Menezes,
  • Francisco José Gomes da Silva,
  • Jorge Tadao Matsushima,
  • Lucas Giovanetti and
  • Rita de Cássia Mendonça Sales-Contini
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

The aerospace industry is increasingly turning to composite materials due to their exceptional strength, stiffness, and beneficial physical properties. However, increased reliance on carbon fibre composites has substantial environmental implications,...

(This article belongs to the Collection Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Fibre Composite Materials)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
599 Views
19 Pages

9 July 2026

Aerospace die forgings are safety-critical structural products whose service performance is governed by coupled microstructural evolution across multiple length scales rather than by any single descriptor. This review critically synthesizes recent pr...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
10,236 Views
20 Pages

Progress of Stewart Vibration Platform in Aerospace Micro–Vibration Control

  • Zepeng He,
  • Xiangchao Feng,
  • Yeqing Zhu,
  • Zhibo Yu and ,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Yinhang Wang,
  • Pengfei Wang and
  • Liangyu Zhao
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

In order to support the development of high–precision spacecraft, the current state of the Stewart vibration isolation platform in the field of aerospace micro–vibration was surveyed. First, based on analyses of the causes and characteris...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,757 Views
21 Pages

11 December 2024

The increasing demands on global resources due to technological development driven by consumer expectations and demands have resulted in significant problems with ecological sustainability and material availability. The creation of biocomposites has...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,329 Views
54 Pages

23 June 2026

This paper provides a systematic synthesis of recent developments in physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) applied to aerospace engineering, with an emphasis on their role in physically consistent surrogate modeling, forward simulation, and invers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,312 Views
20 Pages

Electronic devices play an extremely important role in the aerospace field. Aluminum nitride (AlN) is a promising ceramic material for high-reliability electronic packaging structures that are subjected to impact loads during service. Quasi-static an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,131 Views
18 Pages

Laser Directed Energy Deposition of Inconel625 to Ti6Al4V Heterostructure via Nonlinear Gradient Transition Interlayers

  • Wenbo Wang,
  • Guojian Xu,
  • Yaqing Hou,
  • Chenyi Zhang and ,
  • Guohao Cui,
  • Pengyu Qin,
  • Juncheng Shang and
  • Xiuru Fan
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 December 2025

Heterostructure (HS) refers to a class of structural materials composed of two or more different chemical components or crystal structures. Integration of Inconel 625 (IN625) nickel-based superalloy and Ti6Al4V (TC4) titanium alloy to a HS material o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of Advanced Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Processing—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,848 Views
20 Pages

The existing literature investigates organizational capabilities for servitization in exploratory studies based predominantly on interviews with managers. This has led to classification frameworks that tend to reflect managerial perceptions regarding...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Servitization, Logistics and Manufacturing in Resilient and Digital Supply Chains)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
53 Citations
8,354 Views
13 Pages

Composites in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

  • Stelios K. Georgantzinos,
  • Georgios I. Giannopoulos,
  • Konstantinos Stamoulis and
  • Stylianos Markolefas

19 November 2023

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...

(This article belongs to the Topic Composites in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,131 Views
27 Pages

14 November 2023

This study focuses on Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM), an emerging method known for its ability to create lightweight components and intricate designs. However, Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), a prominent AM technique, faces a major challenge due t...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Simulation and Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
2,674 Views
19 Pages

Comprehensive Study on the Properties of AZ91/x-Si3N4 Composites for Their Prospective Application

  • Md Tanwir Alam,
  • Tarique Ahmad,
  • Abdulnaser M. Alshoaibi,
  • Abdul Aziz and ,
  • Dilawar Husain and
  • Shameem Ahmad
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 May 2024

Metal alloy matrix composites are generally lightweight structural materials with a high strength-to-weight ratio. They can be extensively used in various fields of modern engineering applications, such as aerospace and automotive components and biom...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,142 Views
22 Pages

2 September 2025

The frame of a quadcopter drone is the most important component, as it supports all other systems and plays a vital structural role, supporting the stresses that appear during flight. The objective was to reduce the weight of the frame (18% reduction...

(This article belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,478 Views
17 Pages

Study on the Microstructure and Properties of TC4 Alloy Based on Water-Jet-Guided Laser Technology

  • Hao Yang,
  • Mingrui Lu,
  • Jibin Zhao,
  • Chongyang Han and ,
  • Dongming Li and
  • Boyu Sun
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2025

Ti–6Al–4V (TC4) dual-phase titanium alloy is widely used in aerospace components owing to its excellent strength-to-weight ratio and high-temperature stability. However, conventional machining often generates a wide heat-affected zone (HA...

(This article belongs to the Section Structural Integrity of Metals)
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,951 Views
41 Pages

Drilling is fundamental to the assembly of aerospace structures, where millions of fastening holes must meet stringent structural and geometric requirements. Despite significant technological advances, hole quality remains sensitive to nonlinear and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technological Advances and Industrial Applications in Intelligent Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,645 Views
14 Pages

An Interactive Web-Based Platform for Support Generation and Optimisation for Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion

  • Antonios Dimopoulos,
  • Giorgos Chryssinas,
  • Dimitra Mavroforaki,
  • Tat-Hean Gan and
  • Panagiotis Chatzakos

3 April 2024

Powder bed fusion—laser beam (PBF-LB), a prevalent and rapidly advancing additive manufacturing (AM) technology nowadays, serves the industry by producing thin, complex, and lightweight components for various sectors, including healthcare, auto...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Application of Additive Manufacturing: Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,965 Views
19 Pages

23 September 2025

Focusing on the practical application requirements of adhesive-bonded structures in aerospace engineering, this study aims to investigate the mechanical performance and failure mechanisms of adhesive interfaces. Adhesive bonding, valued for its unifo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fatigue Damage, Fracture Mechanics of Structures and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
663 Views
25 Pages

An Enhanced Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Aerospace Cable Routing

  • Bingyan Li,
  • Weixiong Peng,
  • Huiping Huang,
  • Wenzhi Xiao and ,
  • Gongping Liu and
  • Xiaoli Qiao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 February 2026

To address the challenges of dense structural layouts, limited path feasibility, and stringent assembly constraints in cable routing within complex compartments of aerospace equipment, this paper proposes a cable path planning method that integrates...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,455 Views
15 Pages

25 April 2024

Ti-Cr-V-based alloys have been utilized across various domains, including aerospace structural and functional materials and hydrogen storage materials. Investigating the phase relations in the Ti-Cr-V system is significant in supporting the material...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thermodynamic Assessment of Alloy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
688 Views
17 Pages

Enhancing Formability of High-Inclination Thin-Walled and Arch Bridge Structures via Tilted Laser Wire Additive Manufacturing

  • Genfei Li,
  • Junjie Qiao,
  • Qiangwei Ding,
  • Peiyue Li and ,
  • Zhiqiang Li,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • He Liu,
  • Zhihao Wu and
  • Hongbiao Han
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

29 November 2025

Laser wire additive manufacturing (LWAM) offers high deposition efficiency and excellent material utilization. However, manufacturing thin-walled structures with large inclination angles and no support remains a challenge. In this study, the influenc...

(This article belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,482 Views
16 Pages

Multidimensional Phononic Bandgaps in Three-Dimensional Lattices for Additive Manufacturing

  • Waiel Elmadih,
  • Wahyudin P. Syam,
  • Ian Maskery,
  • Dimitrios Chronopoulos and
  • Richard Leach

11 June 2019

We report on numerical modelling of three-dimensional lattice structures designed to provide phononic bandgaps. The examined lattice structures rely on two distinct mechanisms for bandgap formation: the destructive interference of elastic waves and i...

(This article belongs to the Collection Damping Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,408 Views
12 Pages

Bionic Design of the Vertical Bracket of Wide Angle Auroral Imager by Additive Manufacturing

  • Hang Li,
  • Ruiyao Liu,
  • Shuai He,
  • Renlong Xin and ,
  • Haijun Wang,
  • Zhenglei Yu and
  • Zhenbang Xu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 May 2022

In the aerospace field, lightweight design is a never-ending pursuit. By integrating structural bionics and structural optimization, the vertical bracket of a wide angle auroral imager is designed and manufactured by additive manufacturing technology...

(This article belongs to the Topic Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,632 Views
16 Pages

21 August 2025

Lightweight composite structures like fiber metal laminates (FMLs) are widely used to manufacture aircraft structures and substitute metallic parts. While the superior mechanical performance of FMLs, including their high specific strength and excelle...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
6,417 Views
22 Pages

12 December 2017

Measurement of dynamic responses plays an important role in structural health monitoring, damage detection and other fields of research. However, in aerospace engineering, the physical sensors are limited in the operational conditions of spacecraft,...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
373 Views
26 Pages

This research establishes critical process–property relationships for the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) of rigid (PLA) and functional flexible (TPU) polymers. By systematically evaluating the influence of key manufacturing parameters—in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of 3D Printing Technology in Manufacturing and Material Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
662 Views
21 Pages

11 March 2026

Cylinder–plate combined structures (CPCS) are widely used in aerospace, marine engineering, and offshore platform systems. During service, they are frequently subjected to stochastic excitations induced by turbulent boundary layers, acoustic lo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Vibration of Composite Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,366 Views
15 Pages

Direct Ink Writing of Phenylethynyl End-Capped Oligoimide/SiO2 to Additively Manufacture High-Performance Thermosetting Polyimide Composites

  • Keda Li,
  • Jinghong Ding,
  • Yuxiong Guo,
  • Hongchao Wu and ,
  • Wenwen Wang,
  • Jiaqi Ji,
  • Qi Pei,
  • Chenliang Gong,
  • Zhongying Ji and
  • Xiaolong Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

30 June 2022

The three-dimensional (3D) printing of a SiO2-filled thermosetting polyimide (SiO2@TSPI) composite with outstanding performance is realized via the direct ink writing (DIW) of polyamide acid (PAA) composite ink and thermal treatment conducted thereaf...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,932 Views
23 Pages

10 November 2022

This paper was concerned with the current level of progress towards the development of chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) sensors that are capable of sensing strain and temperature. More specifically, it was interested in the possibility...

(This article belongs to the Topic Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,944 Views
10 Pages

A MEMS Pirani Vacuum Gauge Based on Porous Silicon

  • Yuzhe Lin,
  • Zichao Zhang,
  • Jifang Tao and
  • Lianggong Wen

28 February 2025

Vacuum gauges based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) technology have the advantages of small size, high reliability, and low cost, so they are widely used in semiconductor, chemical, laboratory, and aerospace. In this paper, a high-reliabili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,223 Views
14 Pages

This paper investigates Ring Beam Modulation-assisted Laser (RBML) welding as a novel approach for joining dissimilar materials, specifically aluminum and copper, which are essential in high-performance applications such as electric vehicle batteries...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Dissimilar Metal Joining and Welding)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,384 Views
23 Pages

Finite Element Analysis of Functionally Graded Mindlin–Reissner Plates for Aircraft Tapered and Interpolated Wing Defluxion and Modal Analysis

  • Ali Hajjia,
  • Mohammed Berrada Gouzi,
  • Bilal Harras,
  • Ahmed El Khalfi and ,
  • Sorin Vlase and
  • Maria Luminita
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 February 2025

This paper explores and discusses how wing structures vibrate by using the Mindlin–Reissner plate theory, which takes into consideration the effects of transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia. This theory works well for thicker structur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods and Applications for Numerical Analysis, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
467 Views
23 Pages

15 June 2026

The AS/EN9100 standard represents the primary quality management framework governing aerospace supply chains. However, its implementation remains challenging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) due to limited resources, fragmented processes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Systems Approach in Organizational Innovation and Change Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,243 Views
19 Pages

25 November 2025

Catapult systems enable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to take off without runways and must therefore meet key requirements such as safety, reliability, portability, efficiency, and durability. These systems contain mechanically complex components t...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,624 Views
23 Pages

25 April 2023

Additive manufacturing of continuous carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CCFRP) parts enables the production of high-strength parts for aerospace, engineering and other industries. Continuous fibres allow for parts to be reinforced along the load path,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Manufacturing of Functional Fibers and Textiles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,979 Views
23 Pages

29 August 2023

Aerospace structural components are in a complex stress state when they undertake load due to their specific geometric construction. Their fatigue behavior is quite different from the materials that undertake the standard stress state. The research o...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,126 Views
19 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Laser-Welded GFRP–PBT Joints for Aerospace Components

  • Ana-Teodora Untariu,
  • Katarina Monkova,
  • Liviu Marșavina,
  • Nicușor-Alin Sîrbu and
  • Sergiu-Valentin Galațanu

This study investigates laser transmission welding of 30% glass fiber-reinforced polybutylene terephthalate (PBT-GF30). Injection-molded plates were used as base material, from which specimens were prepared, welded, and experimentally tested. The inf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 15th EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation & Space Towards Sustainability Today and Tomorrow)
  • Article
  • Open Access
425 Views
19 Pages

Influence of a Simulated Marine Atmosphere on the Fatigue Performance of TC25 Alloy

  • Guangming Kong,
  • Yichen Jiang,
  • Jianglong Ma,
  • Zhiguo Liu and
  • Ang Tian

10 June 2026

Titanium alloys have been extensively employed in the aerospace industry, and their service performance is largely governed by high-temperature low-cycle fatigue damage. However, investigations into the fatigue behavior of TC25 titanium alloy subject...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)

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