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Kyle Blond, Thomas O?Brien, Nathaniel Thompson, David Piotrowski and Anne Clark
The KC-46A Pegasus, a Boeing 767 (B767) commercial derivative aircraft (CDA), is a key part of the United States Air Force?s (USAF) efforts to modernize their aging tanker fleet. The Department of Defense (DoD) and the USAF have heavily emphasized the de...
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Soo-Min Kim, Dae W. Kim and Moon K. Kwak
The membrane-type air spring can be used to suppress lateral vibration of a vibration isolation table. However, compared to voice coil actuators, pneumatic actuators are difficult to use for precise vibration control, because servo valves have nonlinear ...
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Shengjie Xiao, Yuhong Sun, Dapeng Ren, Kai Hu, Huichao Deng, Yun Wang and Xilun Ding
A key challenge in flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design is to generate high aerodynamic force/torque for improving the vehicle?s maneuverability. This paper presents a bio-inspired hover-capable flapping-wing micro air vehicle, named RoboFly.S,...
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Zhengqi Tai, Qian Chen, Xiaofei Niu, Zhenhua Lin and Hesen Yang
In order to explore plasma-assisted turbulent mixing in aerospace engines, the dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuation for the turbulent mixing of fuel droplets and oxidant air in a ramjet combustor was studied using computational fluid dynamics. A...
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Rhys Jones, Ramesh Chandwani, Chris Timbrell, Anthony J. Kinloch and Daren Peng
Adhesively bonded doublers and adhesively bonded repairs are extensively used to extend the operational life of metallic aircraft structures. Consequently, this paper focuses on the tools needed to address sustainment issues associated with both adhesive...
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