...Fatma Yildirim Dalkiran; Mustafa Toraman Purpose The purpose of this study is to make artificial neural network (ANN)-based prediction about thrust using the flight control parameters of aircrafts. Design/methodology/approach In today’s transportation, airplanes have an important place because...

...Jafar Masri; Laurent Dala; Benoit Huard Purpose This paper aims to investigate the different analytical methods used to predict the performance of seaplanes to define the weaknesses in each method and be able to extend the analytical approach to include the nonlinear terms (unsteadiness...

...Huawei Wang; Jun Gao; Haiqiao Wu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze parameters that influence direct maintenance cost (DMC) in the civil aircraft operational phase. Reducing direct maintenance cost of civil aircrafts is one of the important ways to improve economy. DMC prediction...

...Marc P. Mignolet; Alejandro Rivas‐Guerra; Brandon LaBorde The objective of the present article is to provide a progress report on, and highlight, some ongoing efforts regarding the available techniques for the direct (i.e. not based on Monte Carlo simulations) prediction of the distribution...

... © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Data ESDU Lift Prediction ESDU Data Item predicts lift curve of wings with high-lift devices deployed Keywords Data,ESDU, Lift, Prediction ESDU International's new Data Item (96003) provides engineers with an empirical method...