... and torque performance. Corresponding author Omer Bayraktar omerbayraktar@gazi.edu.tr 27 02 2026 10 06 2026 16 07 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only UAV Quadrotor Flight control Conceptual design...

...Harinkumar Patel; Bernd Chudoba Purpose This study aims to develop and present the methodologies for integrating propulsion–airframe integration effects at the early conceptual design phase by enhancing the existing Aerospace Vehicle Design Synthesis Parametric Sizing ( AVDS ^PS...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Optimization Active flow control Conceptual Design Hole-down-array Spanish Government PID2023-150014OBC21 PID2023-150029NB-I00 S.A. is a Serra Húnter Fellow. This work is supported by the Spanish Government under grants PID2023-150014OBC21...

..., but the design emphasis is on aerodynamic modeling and control with minimal attention to manufacturing and limited testing. In Palaia et al. (2021) , the authors propose a solid conceptual design methodology for an e-VTOL box-wing tilt-wing aircraft, yet the work remains confined to early-stage...

... (AR) wings (UHARW) on the realization of fully electric regional aviation. Design/methodology/approach The strut-braced wing (SBW) configuration is advantageous for UHARW due to its additional support. A conceptual design and analysis framework for UHARW aircraft with SBW and distributed...

...Nesij Ünal; Yahya Öz; Tugrul Oktay Purpose Throughout an aircraft development process, the conceptual design phase is an extremely important milestone; hence, the quality and success of this step directly affect the overall cost and lead time of the project. Because of this fact, the purpose...

... in the TOGM on the initial stages of conceptual design when finding new project solutions. Numerical calculations are given on the example of passenger aircraft. The dependence of SFM and TOGM and its functional masses on the value of the initial change of the structure mass are shown. This method is used...

... in this study. 06 12 2018 04 05 2020 29 06 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Conceptual design Formation flight Vibration total value Aircraft trailing vortex Passenger comfort The comfort level plays...

.../methodology/approach Conceptual design methodologies appropriate to low observable, tailless UCAVs have been integrated into a multidisciplinary aircraft design environment, GENUS, developed at Cranfield University’s aircraft design group. A basic Hi-Lo-Hi mission is designed and a baseline configuration...

... accurate analyses and to show relationships between design parameters and aircraft performance. Practical implications The presented approach can improve design results. Originality/value The new methodology, which includes enhanced numerical models for conceptual design, has not been presented...

...Alejandro Sanchez-Carmona; Cristina Cuerno-Rejado Purpose A conceptual design method for composite material stiffened panels used in aircraft tail structures and unmanned aircraft has been developed to bear compression and shear loads. Design/methodology/approach The method is based...

... Licensed re-use rights only Topology optimization Conceptual design Composite fuselage Lattice pattern Taking these situations into account, a full-scale load-bearing lattice structure (Wilmes et al., 2002 ; Herbeck et al., 2003 ; Vasiliev et al., 2012...

... at the conceptually designed aircraft with novel concept with optimum performance within the subsonic flight regimes. Major ideas derived from D8 and other novel concepts are appropriately applied in the work, which starts with fuel efficient motivation, and followed by wing aerodynamics and other critical factors...

..., Amendment 42. Andrzej Iwaniuk can be contacted at: andrzej.iwaniuk@ilot.edu.pl 28 02 2015 31 05 2015 17 12 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Aircraft design Conceptual design Engine...

...Ehsan A. Tahmasebi; Hasan Karimi M. Purpose – This study aims to present a method for conceptual design and simulation of hybrid propellant motors. Design/Methodology/Approach – The design methodology is based on previous studies and thermo-physical governor relations, and also...

... enough to fulfill the quality and sophistication of a conceptual design framework useful for present and future generations of rotorcrafts. In this paper, the estimation formulas for the sizing and weight of the rotorcraft subsystem were updated by referring to modern aircraft data. In addition, trend...

... within aircraft conceptual design. Design/methodology/approach The approach has been to address the challenges proposed by the customer of the demonstrator, how to design, manufacture and operate a scaled demonstrator of an aircraft study in conceptual design within five months. Similar research...