Improving the Performance of Re-entry Vehicle in Hypersonic Flow by Morphing Nose cone by Bio-Mimicking Honey Bee Abdomen
type: CreativeWork
description: Aerospace vehicles that incorporate both aeronautics and astronautics functions are fully reusable, serving as a crucial asset for nations vying for dominance in air and space control. Nevertheless, the existing nose cone of the aerospace vehicle fails to adapt effectively to variations in the external environment. The rigid configuration of the nose cone significantly diminishes the range of motion and flexibility. Hypersonic re-entry vehicles are affected greatly by the gravity of the earth that results the vehicle damage due to high temperature and drag. So, reduce drag in atmosphere, the surface temperature and to improve the performance of re-entry vehicles hundreds of experiments are carried out focusing on nose cone, wings, leading edge geometry and thrust of a space shuttle. This work presents a biomimetic skeletal structure of a morphing nose cone, inspired by the changeable geometry mechanism of a honey bee 's abdomen, capable of continuous stretching and bending. The simulation analysis of the morphing nose cone is undertaken to assess aerodynamic performance. The ability to morph is crucial for aerospace vehicles to effectively utilise aerodynamics, mobility, and flight control while penetrating and re-entering the environment. Nevertheless, the present aerospace vehicle still faces the difficulty of being able to swiftly alter the structure of its nose cone. This research conducts numerous simulations on the abdomen of honey bee s to improve their flight qualities through the adjustment of their biomorphic morphology. The aerospace vehicle has a morphing structure inspired by the honey bee 's abdomen to enhance both its capacity to scale along the axis and its bending qualities. This innovation can result in exceptional flight manoeuvrability. A novel bionic morphing structure is introduced and utilised in the design of the morphing nose cone of an aeronautical vehicle, in conjunction with optimal design and topological methodologies. In this study, the…
abstract: Aerospace vehicles that incorporate both aeronautics and astronautics functions are fully reusable, serving as a crucial asset for nations vying for dominance in air and space control. Nevertheless, the existing nose cone of the aerospace vehicle fails to adapt effectively to variations in the external environment. The rigid configuration of the nose cone significantly diminishes the range of motion and flexibility. Hypersonic re-entry vehicles are affected greatly by the gravity of the earth that results the vehicle damage due to high temperature and drag. So, reduce drag in atmosphere, the surface temperature and to improve the performance of re-entry vehicles hundreds of experiments are carried out focusing on nose cone, wings, leading edge geometry and thrust of a space shuttle. This work presents a biomimetic skeletal structure of a morphing nose cone, inspired by the changeable geometry mechanism of a honey bee 's abdomen, capable of continuous stretching and bending. The simulation analysis of the morphing nose cone is undertaken to assess aerodynamic performance. The ability to morph is crucial for aerospace vehicles to effectively utilise aerodynamics, mobility, and flight control while penetrating and re-entering the environment. Nevertheless, the present aerospace vehicle still faces the difficulty of being able to swiftly alter the structure of its nose cone. This research conducts numerous simulations on the abdomen of honey bee s to improve their flight qualities through the adjustment of their biomorphic morphology. The aerospace vehicle has a morphing structure inspired by the honey bee 's abdomen to enhance both its capacity to scale along the axis and its bending qualities. This innovation can result in exceptional flight manoeuvrability. A novel bionic morphing structure is introduced and utilised in the design of the morphing nose cone of an aeronautical vehicle, in conjunction with optimal design and topological methodologies. In this study, the…
author: Alam, Mohammed Morshedul
language: eng
date published: 2026
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:40:03Z
provider: University of South Wales
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of South Wales