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Yoichi Suenaga and Kojiro Suzuki
This study examines the wing hinge oscillations in an aircraft concept that employs multiple wings, or small aircraft, chained at the wing tips through freely rotatable hinges with minimal structural damping and no mechanical position-locking system. Thi...
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Ligang Qu, Peng Li, Guangming Lv, Jing Li and Xian Luo
Within the double-sided countersunk riveting process of aircraft wings with a composite wedge structure, riveting consistency is poor, and composite damage is severe, which seriously affects the performance and reliability of the aircraft structure. This...
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Luigi Di Palma, Mariacristina Nardone, Claudio Pezzella and Marika Belardo
This paper presents a methodology that involves the development of high-fidelity modeling and simulation procedures aimed at supporting virtual certification for crashworthiness requirements specific to tiltrotor aircraft, addressing the critical need fo...
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Touraj Farsadi, Majid Ahmadi, Melin Sahin, Hamed Haddad Khodaparast, Altan Kayran and Michael I. Friswell
In the field of aerospace engineering, the design and manufacturing of high aspect ratio composite wings has become a focal point of innovation and efficiency. These long, slender wings, constructed with advanced materials such as carbon fiber and employ...
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Fernando Montano, Ignazio Dimino and Alberto Milazzo
Morphing structures are a relatively new aircraft technology currently being investigated for a variety of applications, from civil to military. Despite the lack of literature maturity and its complexity, morphing wings offer significant aerodynamic bene...
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Spyridon Kilimtzidis and Vassilis Kostopoulos
The race towards cleaner and more efficient commercial aviation demands novel designs featuring improved aerodynamic and structural characteristics, the main pillars that drive aircraft efficiency. Among the many proposed and introduced, the increase in ...
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Aris Ikiades
Ice accretion on an aircraft affects the aerodynamic performance of the wings by disrupting the airflow, increasing drag, and altering its flight characteristics, leading to a main or tail wing-stall and altimetry to aircraft loss. The current generation...
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David I. Barton, Cesare A. Hall and Matthew K. Oldfield
Contrails are responsible for a significant proportion of aviation?s climate impact. This paper uses data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to identify the altitudes and latitudes where formed contrails will not persist. This re...
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Yuki Kishi, Risato Yashiro and Masahiro Kanazaki
Forward-swept wings can be expected to be lower-boom planforms with similar amount of drag as backward-swept wings because of their good lift distributions. In this study, the equivalent area distribution of a ten-seater supersonic forward-swept wing air...
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Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan and Daochun Li
The spanwise morphing wing can change its aerodynamic shape to suit its flight environment, thereby having the potential to improve the flight performance of the aircraft, especially in gusty conditions. To investigate the potential of morphing wings, th...
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