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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"airframe design"”.
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Novel Airframe Design for the Dual-Aircraft Atmospheric Platform Flight Concept
… high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial airframe was designed for the innovative Dual-Aircraft Atmospheric Platform flight concept that exploits stratospheric wind velocity gradients to remain aloft indefinitely. Classical aircraft preliminary design techniques and high-fidelity tools …
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Verification and Validation of Open-Source Simulation Tools for Supersonic Aircraft Aerodynamic Analysis
… to conventional, large-scale, manned, supersonic airframe design. High-fidelity numerical simulation of these concepts in academic settings often requires the use of in-house or available open-source tools instead of expensive commercial software or those with export-control restrictions. The …
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A structural design process for a next generation aerospace design environment
The current structural sizing process used to design military aircraft was developed when the emphasis was on the design of the most advanced products possible, with the customer bearing the associated risks of its development. However the marketplace has evolved into where the customer expects …
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Bird strike risk assessment at commercial airports: sub-model development accounting for strike occurrence and severity with strike contributory factors
… but also suggest improvements in engine and airframe design for safety considerations. The study also highlights the importance of managing accurate bird strike reports and applying new statistical approaches in the future as more data becomes available.
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Development of an Efficient Solar Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with an Onboard Solar Tracker
Methods were developed for the design of a solar powered UAV capable of tracking the sun to achieve maximum solar energy capture. A single-axis solar tracking system was designed and constructed. This system autonomously rotated an onboard solar panel to find the angle of maximum solar irradiance …