...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...

.... However, VTOL design presents distinct practical challenges. The purpose of this work is to present an accessible, low-cost design methodology for VTOL UAVs, addressing key technical hurdles relevant to resource-limited contexts. Design/methodology/approach This article details the design...

...Burhan Şahin Purpose This study aims to design and optimize mounting brackets for electric motors in rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to enhance operational efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and ensure mechanical reliability while accommodating diverse motor geometries for consistent...

...Khurrum Mahmood; Norilmi Amilia Ismail Purpose This paper aims to optimize the mass of a tethered aerostat to achieve optimum hull volume, and fins to generate aerodynamic lift to reduce the blow-by. Design/methodology/approach The design code of aerostat involving structure, aerostatics...

...Pericles Panagiotou; Efstratios Giannakis; Georgios Savaidis; Kyros Yakinthos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary design of a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), focusing on the interaction between the aerodynamic and the structural...

...Zdobyslaw Jan Goraj; Marek Malinowski; Andrzej Frydrychewicz Purpose This paper aims to present and discuss the requirements for flying targets which sometimes are contradictory to each other and to perform a trade-off analysis before the design activity is started. It also aims to demonstrate...

...Riti Singh; Fabio Furlan; Nicola Chiereghin; Timoleon Kipouros; Ernesto Benini; Mark Savill Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify efficient methods and tools for the design of distributed propulsion architectures. Design/methodology/approach – Multi-objective computational...

...Jacek Mieloszyk; Cezary Galiński; Janusz Piechna Purpose This is the first of two companion papers presenting the results of research into a contra‐rotating propeller designed to drive a super manoeuvrable micro air vehicle (MAV). The purpose of this first paper is to describe the design process...

...Zhang Xingwei; Zhou Chaoying; Zhang Tao; Ji Wenying Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of spanwise shape of the leading edge on unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of wings during forward flapping and gliding flight. Design/methodology/approach A computational...

...Jacek Mieloszyk; Cezary Galiński; Janusz Piechna; Jacek Brzozowski Purpose This is the second of two companion papers presenting the results of research into a contra‐rotating propeller designed to drive a super manoeuvrable micro air vehicle (MAV) and is devoted to the experimental results...

...S.H. Huo; F.S. Wang; Z. Yuan; Z.F. Yue Purpose Computational efficiency is always the major concern in aircraft design. The purpose of this paper is to investigate an efficient aeroelasticity optimization design method. Analysis of composite wing elastic axis is presented in the current study...

...Jihe Wang; Shinichi Nakasuka Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an intuitive and effective cluster flight orbit design method for fractionated spacecraft. Design/methodology/approach Based on the concept of fractionated spacecraft, orbit design requirements for cluster flight...

...Ngoc Anh Vu; Jae‐Woo Lee; Sangho Kim; Daniel Neufeld Purpose Rotor performance analysis and design are complex due to the wide variation in flow characteristics. Design tools that can rapidly and accurately compute aerofoil data are needed for rotorcraft design and analysis purposes. The purpose...

...Muhammad Aamir Raza; Wang Liang Purpose During any design phase, the associated process variations and uncertainties can cause the design to deviate from its expected performance. The purpose of this paper is to propose a robust design optimization (RDO) strategy for the 3D grain design of a dual...

...Giovanni Medici; Nicole Viola; Sabrina Corpino; Marco Fioriti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the tool and procedure developed in order to design the control laws of several UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) sub‐systems. The authors designed and developed the logics governing: landing...

...Mengmeng Zhang; Arthur Rizzi Purpose The goal for this paper is to bring the easy‐to‐use geometry drawing software RDS to a “solid” mesh, which could be analyzed and simulated in CEASIOM, to enhance both CEASIOM and RDS's capabilities. Design/methodology...

... 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...

...Pavel Zhuravlev; Vladimir Zhuravlev Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the design experience of creation of passenger airplane families. Methods of taking into account future modifications for family creation during the design of the basic airplane are proposed. Design/methodology...

...Valeriy A. Komarov; Andrey V. Boldyrev; Anton S. Kuznetsov; Marina Yu. Lapteva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the aircraft design problems which can be efficiently solved using a special solid finite‐element model of variable density. Design/methodology/approach...

...M. Nosratollahi; M. Mortazavi; A. Adami; M. Hosseini Purpose The purpose of this paper is the optimal design of a reentry vehicle configuration to minimize the mission cost which is equal to minimize the heat absorbed (thermal protection system mass) and structural mass and to maximize the drag...