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Catharina Moreira, Nikolai Herzog and Christian Breitsamter
Recent developments in electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles show the need for a better understanding of transient aero-mechanical propeller loads for non-axial inflow conditions. The variety of vehicle configurations conceptualized w...
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Andry Sedelnikov, Evgenii Kurkin, Jose Gabriel Quijada-Pioquinto, Oleg Lukyanov, Dmitrii Nazarov, Vladislava Chertykovtseva, Ekaterina Kurkina and Van Hung Hoang
This paper describes the development of a methodology for air propeller optimization using Bezier curves to describe blade geometry. The proposed approach allows for more flexibility in setting the propeller shape, for example, using a variable airfoil o...
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José Azinheira, Reginaldo Carvalho, Ely Paiva and Rafael Cordeiro
This paper proposes a new kind of airship actuator configuration for surveillance and environmental monitoring missions. We present the design and application of a six-propeller electrical airship (Noamini) with independent tilting propellers, allowing i...
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Alessandro Capone, Francisco Alves Pereira and Fabio Di Felice
The design of super-cavitating propellers takes advantage of the development of air cavities on the blades? surface to reduce drag and, ultimately, increase efficiency. The mechanism of flow modification induced by the development of a cavity on the prop...
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Jianfeng Zhu, Guochen Huang, Maoguang Xu, Ming Liu, Bo Diao and Po Li
Combined with the development trend of high speed generators and the high voltage of DC microgrids in high-power series hybrid aero propulsion system, a set of hybrid systems with a power of 200 kW, voltage of 540 V, and speed of 21,000 r/min is establis...
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Omkar Walvekar and Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy
A conceptual framework is presented to determine the improvement in the aerodynamic performance of a canard aircraft fitted with distributed propellers along its main wing. A preliminary study is described with four airframe?propeller configurations pred...
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Hyung-Gon Lee, Ok-Hwan Yu, Sang-Lyeol Kim, Jung-Hoon Kang and Kyoung-Soon Shin
Global ecological concern regarding the transfer of fouling organisms to ship hulls is increasing. This study investigated the species composition, dominant species, distribution patterns, community structure, and life-cycle differences of hull-fouling m...
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Danilo Ciliberti, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Vincenzo Orticalco and Fabrizio Nicolosi
The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of the aero-propulsive effects on a UAV wing model with distributed propulsion. An array of three propellers is placed ahead of the leading edge of a rectangular wing with flap. The investigation was performed ...
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Veronica Vigna and Massimo Figari
The harvesting of wind energy and its transformation into a thrust force for ship propulsion are gaining in popularity due to the expected benefit in fuel consumption and emission reductions. To exploit these benefits, a proper matching between the conve...
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Mai The Vu, Seong Han Kim, Van P. Nguyen, Nguyen Xuan-Mung, Jiafeng Huang, Dong-Wook Jung and Hyeung-Sik Choi
Underwater vehicles have capacity limits for control inputs, within which their time-optimal trajectories (TOTs) can be formulated. In this study, the fastest trajectory for the depth control of a hybrid underwater glider (HUG) was found using buoyancy e...
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