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Present paper is the summit report of the simplified design and prototype construction of the FireHunter UAV for firefighting purposes as applied academic project comply of the Aeronautical Engineering Students enterprise; ColTech... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringWind EnergyAeronautical EngineeringUav
In an era of significant air traffic expansion characterised by a rising congestion of the radiofrequency spectrum and a widespread introduction of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are being... more
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      Electrical EngineeringControl Systems EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAeronautical Engineering
An Aircraft Dynamics Model (ADM) augmentation scheme for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) navigation and guidance is presented. The proposed ADM virtual sensor is employed in the RPAS navigation system to enhance continuity and... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringMEMSGPS ApplicationsNonlinear dynamics
This paper presents new efficient guidance algorithms allowing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to avoid a variety of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) continuity and integrity performance threats detected by an Aircraft Based... more
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      Electrical EngineeringElectronic EngineeringControl Systems EngineeringAerospace Engineering
The StopRotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is a new aircraft configuration capable of both rotary and fixed wing flight. The design combines the utility of the open rotor system with fixed wing efficiency by in flight configuration... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringComputational Fluid DynamicsFlight MechanicsUnmanned Aircraft Systems
Year 2 or Year 3 , Flight Mechanics, summary of all lectures
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      Flight MechanicsFlight Dynamics and ControlFlight mechanics and control
Aerial Vehicle) merupakan kendaraan tanpa awak yang dapat dikendalikan dari jarak jauh dengan atau tanpa seorang pilot. Bentuk yang kecil dan posisi yang jauh dengan pusat kendali menjadi permasalah utama dalam mengoperasikannya, terutama... more
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      Wind EnergyAdaptive ControlPID controller designUAVs
This document is the first annex of an attempted book that maybe never see the day. It contains a summary on the subject of the international standard atmosphere that I couldn't find in the literature and, therefore, I had to develop. The... more
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      MeteorologyFlight Simulators DesignFlight MechanicsFlight Dynamics and Control
The old flight instruments made by right brothers have only limited flight instruments that to only mechanical devices such as airspeed indicators, oil pressure gauge, fuel tank and single engine. The trend towards modern aircrafts have... more
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      Flight Test EngineeringFlight Simulators DesignFlight MechanicsFlight Dynamics and Control
Purpose Aeronautic transport has an effective necessity of reducing fuel consumption and emissions to deliver efficiency and competitiveness driven by today commercial and legislative requirements. Actual aircraft configurations scenario... more
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      Aircraft DesignEnergy efficiencyFlight Dynamics and ControlAutomatic Flight Control Systems
The basic role played by models of the diarthrodial joints in surgery, in pre-surgical planning and in prosthesis design has been widely stressed in the literature. Different approaches have been proposed to highlight the role of the main... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
In this paper, a modified backstepping approach will be developed and applied to control unmanned areial vehicles (UAVs), Quadrotor. In this modified backstepping approach, the number of control parameters is reduced by half compared with... more
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      AerodynamicsFlight Dynamics and ControlFlight mechanics and control
The innovative architecture of an advanced Flight Management System (FMS) for Unmanned Reusable Space Vehicle (URSV) applications is presented with the associated re-entry trajectory computation algorithm. The SL-12 unmanned space... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringSpace SciencesFlight MechanicsUnmanned Aircraft Systems
This paper presents a novel UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) designed for excellent low speed operations and VTOL performance. This aerial vehicle concept has been designed for maximizing the advantages by of the ACHEON (Aerial Coanda High... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAeronautical EngineeringEnergy
The rapid growth of air traffic in the Asia Pacific has brought about the need for more sustainable modes of flight. A key initiative is the development of next generation Decision Support Systems (DSS) for Air Traffic Management (ATM),... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringOptimal ControlAeronautical EngineeringSustainable Development
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      Military ScienceStrategy (Military Science)Air Force StudiesComputational Fluid Dynamics
The basic role played by models of the diarthrodial joints in surgery, in pre-surgical planning and in prosthesis design has been widely stressed in the literature. Different approaches have been proposed to highlight the role of the main... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
A new computational technique based on Pseudospectral Discretisation (PSD) and adaptive bisection-constraint methods is proposed to solve multi-objective aircraft trajectory optimisation problems formulated as nonlinear optimal control... more
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      EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringComputer Engineering
Automation is being used extensively in aviation, particularly in the aircrafts themselves. The airline industry benefits from automation because it often increases efficiency and performance. To date, automation research has focused... more
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      Wind EnergyConsumer PsychologyUAV systemsFlight mechanics and control
The DFRC is located within Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) and is 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is from the DFRC facilities that the two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft are being operated. This section... more
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      Wind EnergyUavAutomated Landing of UAVsUAVs
This paper presents an energy-optimal guidance and control strategy for 4-dimensional (4D) Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) in the descent phase, supporting the development of 4D Human-Machine Interface (HMI) formats. The vertical... more
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      Control Systems EngineeringAerospace EngineeringOptimal ControlHuman-machine Systems
— This paper describes a Kalman filter that integrates the measurements coming from inertial system, GPS receiver and air data system with self-aligning probes to provide accurate sensing of the aircraft state in all the flight phases. A... more
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      Sensor FusionFlight mechanics and controlAircraft flight control systems
The aim of this report is to analyze and estimate the aerodynamic force coefficients, longitudinal stability and glide performance of the parafoil/payload system. First, it presents a familiarization with parafoil/payload system by... more
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      AerodynamicsFlight mechanics and control
The pintle injectors are one of the most important part also known as propellant injector is used in liquid rocket engines. This injector consists of movable pintle, annular nozzle, fuel injection port and a centre pintle nozzle. The... more
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      AerodynamicsMaterial ScienceFlight mechanics and controlRocket and Space propulsion systems
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      Wind EnergyUavUAV systemsFlight mechanics and control
Automation is being used extensively in aviation, particularly in the aircrafts themselves. The airline industry benefits from automation because it often increases efficiency and performance. To date, automation research has focused... more
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      PsychologyWind EnergyConsumer PsychologyAirline Industry
Sangam M, Sabatini R, Ramasamy S and Gardi A. (2013). Advanced flight management system for an unmanned reusable space vehicle. International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering. 1(3): 48-67. The innovative architecture of an advanced... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringSpace SciencesFlight MechanicsUnmanned Aircraft Systems
Aspirations of Flight: the Power of Ascent and Descent Imagery (Understanding Aerial Track Dance: The Ungrounded Dream) by Lisa Giobbi 2016 On stage, Lisa Giobbi explores the physicality of the body in anti-gravitational space, and... more
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      AnthropologySocial SciencesArchitectureDance Studies
The document details of the modelling of a solar powered glider and the power requirements of the glider in a gliding flight. The model is based on the successful sky sailor powered glider which had achieved 24hr sustained flight. The... more
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      Electrical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAeronautical EngineeringMatlab
In this paper design and simulation of enhancements are presented for Cassino Hexapode Walking Machine. Simulation results are reported from kinematic and dynamic analyses of a suitable model for the current design and other proposed... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
ABSTRACT This paper has reported results of an investigation on main possible sources of unbalance in design and manufacturing process of pneumatic tyres. Main characteristics of a tyre, its components, and assembly operations are... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
Sophisticated virtual prototyping methods have become a standard in the modern vehicle design process. Unfortunately, in many cases automobile manufacturers (in particular bus manufacturers) still do not take advantage of numerical design... more
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      Vehicle DynamicsFlight mechanics and control
This paper describes a miniaturized model of a small size solar-hydrogen power installation with a reserve electricity source in the form of a fuel cell. The cell was powered with hydrogen generated in the electrolyzer in time periods... more
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      Flight mechanics and controlEnergy Storage
ABSTRACT In this paper, a numerical-experimental procedure is proposed for an identification of parameters in cam transmissions. Models with lumped parameters are defined specifically for cam transmissions. Experimental tests are carried... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
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    • Flight mechanics and control
The aim of this contribution is to propose a suitable design procedure for service robots. In particular, main characteristics and peculiarities of service robots are investigated in order to propose design criteria in the form of... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
Purpose Aeronautic transport has an effective necessity of reducing fuel consumption and emissions to deliver efficiency and competitiveness driven by today commercial and legislative requirements. Actual aircraft configurations scenario... more
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      Aerospace EngineeringFlight MechanicsAerodynamicsEnergy and Environment
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      Evolutionary BiologyHuman EvolutionPhilosophy of ScienceEnglish Literature
In recent years an intensive research activity into the application of guided waves (GWs) for structural health monitoring (SHM) can be observed. For instance, Lamb waves (LWs) have shown a great potential in monitoring of thin, planar... more
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      UltrasonicLamb waveNumerical SimulationFlight mechanics and control
This article discusses methods of assessment for the cleanliness of materials made of cotton and polyester soiled with oil and pigment. Cleanliness tests were carried out using the vision method as well as nanometre-scale examination of... more
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      ControlFlight mechanics and controlFabric
Technological advances for wildlife monitoring have expanded our ability to study behavior and space use of many species. But biotelemetry is limited by size, weight, data memory and battery power of the attached devices, especially in... more
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      EngineeringPhysicsChemistryEnvironmental Education
Taxiing of manned and remotely piloted aircraft is still performed by pilots without using a system of automatic control of direction and speed. Several reasons have emerged in recent years that make the automation of taxiing an important... more
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      Control Systems EngineeringFlight MechanicsAutomatic ControlFlight Dynamics and Control
Test of assessing a suitability of the phase trajectory pattern for diagnostics of condition changes of axial piston pumps is undertaken in the presented paper. Accomplishment reasons of investigations together with their laboratory... more
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      EngineeringFlight mechanics and control
In this paper design and simulation of enhancements are presented for Cassino Hexapode Walking Machine. Simulation results are reported from kinematic and dynamic analyses of a suitable model for the current design and other proposed... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
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      Aerospace EngineeringFlight MechanicsAerodynamicsEnergy and Environment
Safety automation of complex mobile systems is a current topic issue in industry and research laboratories, especially in aeronautics. The dynamic models of these systems are nonlinear, Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) and tightly coupled.... more
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      EngineeringAerospace EngineeringRobust controlFlight mechanics and control
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      EngineeringActive Vibration ControlFlight mechanics and controlJournal Bearings
Technological advances for wildlife monitoring have expanded our ability to study behavior and space use of many species. But biotelemetry is limited by size, weight, data memory and battery power of the attached devices, especially in... more
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      EngineeringPhysicsChemistryEnvironmental Education
This paper has reported results of an investigation on main possible sources of unbalance in design and manufacturing process of pneumatic tyres. Main characteristics of a tyre, its components, and assembly operations are analyzed by... more
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    • Flight mechanics and control
Bertetto immuno globulin 13.1% serum albumin 9.7% lactoperossidase 0.2% lacto-ferrina 0.5% alfalactalbumin 22.8% be talactoglobulin 53.7%
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      MechanicsFlight mechanics and control