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    The effect of folding wingtips on the worst-case gust loads of a simplified aircraft model

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    Balatti, Davide / Haddad Khodaparast, Hamed / Friswell, Michael I et al. | SAGE Publications | 2022
    In recent years, the development of lighter and more efficient transport aircraft has led to an increased focus on gust load alleviation. A ...

    The consensus of non-linear agents under switching topology using dynamic inversion in the presence of communication noise and delay

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    Mondal, Sabyasachi / Tsourdos, Antonios | SAGE Publications | 2022
    issues have been considered to study the performance of the DNDI controller. The simulation results are found to be satisfactory. ...

    The effect of a tandem vane crossover diffuser configuration on the performance of a MGT mixed flow compressor

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    van Eck, Hano / van der Spuy, Sybrand Johannes | SAGE Publications | 2024

    Due to the inherent geometric restrictions of a micro gas turbine (MGT) mixed flow compressor design, diffuser design has a major impact

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    Implementation of a finite element modelling strategy for the prediction of aircraft tyre response

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    Ramji, Amit / Grasso, Marzio / Chase, James et al. | SAGE Publications | 2023
    This paper presents the finite element modelling (FEM) strategy to identify the structural response of aircraft tyres under quasi-static ...

    Fault-tolerant consensus of nonlinear agents considering switching topology in the presence of communication noise

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    Mondal, Sabyasachi / Tsourdos, Antonios | SAGE Publications | 2022
    In this paper, the consensus of nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) is discussed, considering actuator fault and switching topology in the ...

    Vertical tail sizing of propeller-driven aircraft considering the asymmetric blade effect

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    Rostami, Mohsen / Chung, Joon / Neufeld, Daniel | SAGE Publications | 2022
    An engineering approach is presented to analyse the asymmetric blade thrust effect with the help of analytical and semi-empirical methods ...

    On the underlying dynamics of traffic conflicts related to stochastic behaviour

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    Öreg, Zsombor / Shin, Hyo-Sang / Tsourdos, Antonios | SAGE Publications | 2023
    The aim of this paper is to analyse why and how air traffic conflicts occur as a result of the stochastic behaviour of both the ownship and ...

    BiGlobal stability analysis of the wake behind an isolated roughness element in hypersonic flow

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    Montero, Iván Padilla / Pinna, Fabio | SAGE Publications | 2020
    Numerical results are presented for the stability analysis of the wake induced by a cuboidal roughness element mounted on a flat plate ...

    The influence of yaw on the unsteady surface pressures over a two-wheeled landing-gear model

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    Graham, WR / Gatto, A | SAGE Publications | 2021
    Landing-gear noise is an increasing issue for transport aircraft. A key determinant of the phenomenon is the surface pressure field ...

    Surface toughening – An industrial approach to increase the robustness of pure adhesive joints with film adhesives

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    Schollerer, MJ / Kosmann, J / Holzhüter, D et al. | SAGE Publications | 2020
    Bonding is known for its wide range of advantages over bolted joints when joining different materials together. However, the advantages e.g ...

    Analysis of the free-space acoustic signature of a BBMF Rolls-Royce Merlin engine from 842 rpm to 2740 rpm

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    Bennett, John C | SAGE Publications | 2022
    A technique has been developed to analyse the free-space acoustic signature of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in order to provide diagnostic ...
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    Surface roughness of real operationally used compressor blade and blisk

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    Gilge, Philipp / Kellersmann, Andreas / Friedrichs, Jens et al. | SAGE Publications | 2019
    -pressure compressor reduces the pressure rise and thus efficiency, thereby increasing the specific fuel consumption of an engine. Therefore, it is ...

    Performance analysis of an electrically assisted propulsion system for a short-range civil aircraft

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    Ang, A W X / Gangoli Rao, A / Kanakis, T et al. | SAGE Publications | 2019
    With civil aviation growing at around 4.7% per annum, the environmental footprint of aviation is increasing. Moreover, the use of kerosene ...

    Behaviour of under sleeper pads at switches and crossings – Field measurements

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    Le Pen, Louis / Watson, G / Hudson, A et al. | SAGE Publications | 2018
    Major growth in rail traffic in many parts of the world in recent years has brought railway networks close to capacity and restricted the ...

    Transonic flutter characteristics of an airfoil with morphing devices

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    He, Shun / Guo, Shijun / Li, Wenhao | SAGE Publications | 2021
    An investigation into transonic flutter characteristic of an airfoil conceived with the morphing leading and trailing edges has been ...

    Generating and storing power on the moon using in situ resources

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    Ellery, Alex | SAGE Publications | 2022
    constructed from lunar-derived materials and NiFe asteroidal ores on the Moon. Given that the majority of energy required for ISRU is thermal ...

    Framework for estimation of nacelle drag on isolated aero-engines with separate jets

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    Ramirez-Rubio, Santiago / MacManus, David G | SAGE Publications | 2020
    Typically, the evaluation of nacelle drag in preliminary design is required to find an overall optimum engine cycle and flight trajectory ...

    Conceptual-level evaluation of a variable stiffness skin for a morphing wing leading edge

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    Wang, C / Haddad Khodaparast, H / Friswell, MI et al. | SAGE Publications | 2019
    this paper, a conceptual-level method is proposed to evaluate the morphing leading edge structure. The feasibility of the skin design is ...

    Passive flow control of shock-induced dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators

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    Al-Jaburi, Khider / Feszty, Daniel | SAGE Publications | 2022
    dynamics simulations of an SC1095 airfoil with surface-based trapped vortex generator (STVG) type passive flow control were conducted. The airfoil ...

    Embedded large eddy simulation of transitional flow over NACA0012 aerofoil

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    Lin, Yujing / Wang, Jian / Savill, Mark | SAGE Publications | 2021
    number. It aims to evaluate the performance of the ELES method in aerodynamics simulation for wall-bounded aerospace flow in terms of accuracy ...