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Yilin Qu, Xiao Xie, Shucheng Zhang, Cheng Xing, Yong Cao, Yonghui Cao, Guang Pan and Baowei Song
The manta ray, exemplifying an agile swimming mode identified as the median and paired fin (MPF) mode, inspired the development of underwater robots. Robotic manta typically comprises a central rigid body and flexible pectoral fins. Flexible fins provide...
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Mirko Dinulovic, Aleksandar Benign and Bo?ko Ra?uo
In the present work, the potential application of machine learning techniques in the flutter prediction of composite materials missile fins is investigated. The flutter velocity data set required for different fin aerodynamic geometries and materials is ...
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Wenjie Shen, Suofang Wang, Mengyuan Wang, Jia Suo and Zhao Zhang
Improving airflow pressure is of great significance for the cooling and sealing of aeroengines. In a co-rotating cavity with radial inflow, vortex reducers are used to decrease the pressure drop. However, the performance of traditional vortex reducers is...
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Riccardo Cadamuro, Maria Teresa Cazzola, Nicolò Lontani and Carlo E. D. Riboldi
Sounding rockets constitute a class of rocket with a generally simple layout, being composed of a cylindrical center-body, a nosecone, a number of fins placed symmetrically around the longitudinal axis (usually three or four), and possibly a boat-tail. T...
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Jian He, Xiang Luo, Yang Bai, An Song and Tao Yang
In aero-engines, a secondary air system is used to cool the rotor discs and seal cavities between rotor and stator parts. The pressure loss caused by bleed air can be effectively reduced by setting the finned vortex reducer. Thus, the bleed system design...
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Keyvan Salehi Paniagua, Pablo García-Fogeda and Félix Arévalo
In this work, the aeroelastic stability of an aerial refueling system is investigated. The system is formed by a classical hose and drogue, and the novelty of our work is the inclusion of a grid fin configuration to improve its stability. The unsteady ae...
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Alice De Oliveira and Michèle Lavagna
This paper introduces a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) descent dynamics simulator coupled with closed-loop guidance and control (G&C) integration. The studied vehicle?s first-stage booster, evolving in the terrestrial atmosphere, is steered by a Thrus...
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Marwa Kamal Fahmy, Ahmad Eltaweel, Rana Abdollahi Rizi and Negin Imani
Insufficient daylighting can negatively affect working quality and productivity and increase lighting energy consumption in buildings. Particularly, the western orientation has a non-uniform daylighting distribution, especially at the zone next to the wi...
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Entao Guo, Weiqiang Huang, Xian Shi, Yuce Zhu, Yimin Cui, Xianming Wang, Chuanyang Lu, Yumin Lou and Yanming He
The background of deep peak-shaving poses demanding requirements for the performance of metal components in thermal power plants. The cracking of the connecting fins on the side wall of the flue seriously endangers the safe operation of the system. Herei...
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Giacomo Nicorelli, Diego Villa and Stefano Gaggero
A pre-swirl fin (PSF), pre-swirl duct (PSD) and wake-equalizing duct (WED) energy-saving devices (ESD) are designed for the Duisburg Test Case (DTC). To this aim, a simulation-based design optimization method, combining RANSE analyses (ship resistance) w...
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