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A Case Study on Investigating Probabilistic Characteristics of Wind Speed Data for Green Airport
Accurate estimation of wind distribution plays a vital role in modelling more efficiently and minimizing theoretical computation errors in terms of...
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Optimizing Distributed Electric Aero-Propulsion Integration for a Novel Canard Aircraft Design
An optimized configuration of electrically powered propellers, modelled as actuator disks, for a novel canard aircraft design has been found using...
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The Feasibility of Hydrogen Fuel Cells as a Solution Toward Zero Emissions in General Aviation Aircraft
In this chapter, hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology is investigated as a solution for the general aviation industry. A modified Cessna 172 installed...
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Cork Composites in Aerospace Applications
Advanced composite materials have been adapted to several applications in the aerospace industry. The main advantages of advanced composites are...
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Effect of Bypass Mass Injection on Thrust Vectoring of a Supersonic Micro-Nozzle: A DSMC Investigation
Converging-diverging thrust-vectoring micro-nozzle has the potential to become a prominent manoeuvring technique of flight control for small-scale...
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Paperless Operations in Apron: A Case Study
Documents that affect the aircraft load and balance calculations are kept in the trip file for the period specified according to the applicable local...
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SVD-Aided EKF for Nanosatellite Attitude Estimation Based on Kinematic Relations
Nanosatellite attitude angles are estimated using vector measurements of star trackers in this chapter. As an estimation method, a nontraditional...
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Stress–Strain State of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Specimens with [±45]2s Lay-Ups in Tensile and Compression Tests
The theoretical and experimental methods for determining the mechanical characteristics of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) based on tensile and...
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Geometric Nonlinearity and Stability Problems in Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Three-dimensional equations of elasticity theory composed for the case of finite displacements and deformations of solids have been analyzed. It is...
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Flat Internal Buckling Modes of Structural Elements of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Specimens with a [±45°]2s Lay-Up in Tensile and Compression Tests
The structure of a unidirectional fiber composite of two types—ELUR-P carbon fibre based on KhT-118 cold-curing binder and HSE 180 REM prepreg based...
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Tension–Compression and Shear of Plane Test Specimens from Laminated Composites with the [90°]s Structure
For shells of a layered structure based on the Timoshenko’s model, taking into account the transverse compression used for each layer, two versions...
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Experimental Studies of the Mechanisms of Formation of Residual Strain in Fibrous Composites Under Cyclic Loading
On the example of a unidirectional fibrous composite made from ELUR-P unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced plastic and KhT-118 cold curing binder,...
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The History of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the ability to observe, measure and manipulate material at the molecular and atomic level. (DMN). Nanoscaled materials have been...
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Multi-application Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials focused on carbon have taken center stage for many reasons. First, it is nontoxic therefore requiring less lab equipment and special...
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History of Space Exploration
Curiosity—many creatures have this innate feature of their being. And perhaps humans are the ones with the greatest level of curiosity. Since the...
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Laplace-Transformed Aeroelastic Equations and Use of Rational Function Approximation
This chapter presents the aeroelastic equations written in the Laplace domain. The Laplace-transformed generalized aerodynamic force matrix is...
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Introduction: Learning Aeroelasticity
The general terminology and concepts are introduced. The motivation and chapter organization of the book are also outlined.
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Vector Identities Used in Aerodynamics
Several mathematical identities are sometimes given as “granted” and skipped in the derivations. That is very often the most practical approach when...
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Laplace and Fourier Transforms
The definitions and relevant properties of Fourier and Laplace transforms are reviewed. These concepts will be used in the writing of the aerodynamic...
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Two-Dimensional Unsteady Incompressible Flow
The unsteady aerodynamics is usually presented in terms of a relatively complicated integral equation where the unknown pressure jump appears within...