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Elena Karpovich, Timur Kombaev, Djahid Gueraiche, Daria Evdokimova and Kirill Alexandrov
The paper presents specifications for the Long-Endurance Mars Exploration Flying Vehicle (LEMFEV), which will be used as future design input data. The specifications are based on the analysis of previous Mars missions and scientific data collected by the...
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Yu Gu, Guoxin Zhang, Ying Bi, Wenyue Meng, Xiaoping Ma and Wenjun Ni
Moving mass control (MMC) is considered a promising approach to regulating the attitude of an aircraft via the motion of internal moving masses. The present investigation proposes a moving mass control scheme for a high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unm...
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Yunxiang Cui, De Yan and Zhiqiang Wan
Soaring birds can use thermal updrafts in natural environments to fly for long periods or distances. The flight strategy of soaring birds can be implemented to gliders to increase their flight time. Currently, studies on soaring flight strategies focus o...
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Runfeng Zhang, Wendong Niu, Xu Wan, Yining Wu, Dongyang Xue and Shaoqiong Yang
Combination prediction models have gained great development in the area of information science, and are widely applied in engineering fields. The underwater glider (UG) is a new type of unmanned vehicle used in ocean observation for the advantages of lon...
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Magdalena Peciak, Wojciech Skarka, Krzysztof Mateja and Maik Gude
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that allows for flight in harsh weather for surveillance and access to remote areas. VTOL can be performed without a runway. As such, VOTL UAVs are used in areas where ther...
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Yang Liu, Ziyuan Xu, Huafei Du and Mingyun Lv
Stratospheric airships with a solar array have demonstrated overwhelming superiority in many aspects, such as earth observation, meteorological survey, and communication relay. The solar array supplies sufficient power for the airship to be in flight for...
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Tingyu Guo, Liangtao Feng, Chenhua Zhu, Xiaopeng Zhou and Haixin Chen
The operation of aircrafts with high aspect ratio wings is usually vulnerable to low-standard airports and bad weather. A new concept for a mono-biplane aerodynamics-driven morphing aircraft is proposed. The movable and fixed wings form a biplane mode du...
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Yuan Yao, Dongli Ma, Liang Zhang, Xiaopeng Yang and Yayun Yu
This study aims to improve the design optimization of low Reynolds number propellers and the long-endurance capability of ultra-high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Liang Zhang, Dongli Ma, Muqing Yang, Yuan Yao, Yayun Yu and Xiaopeng Yang
This study is meaningful for the design and analysis of the flexible skin wings for long-endurance low-speed aircraft.
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Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Alberto Rolando and Gregory Regazzoni
When ground observation or signal relaying in the vicinity of an unfriendly operative scenario are of interest, such as for military actions or disaster relief, high-altitude airships (HAA) offer some technical benefits. Featuring a milder cost and highe...
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