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Showing papers in "Progress in Aerospace Sciences in 2016"


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TL;DR: This paper provides review and comparison of the existing technologies on active space debris capturing and removal, and reviews research areas worth investigating under each capture and removal method.

527 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the current technical issues and challenges associated with the design of hypersonic vehicles, focusing on the three major challenge areas associated with these vehicles: aerothermodynamics, propulsion, and structures.

233 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the current state of the art of solar sail technology is reviewed, focusing mainly on areas such as solar sail dynamics, attitude control, design and deployment, and mission and trajectory analysis.

138 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the design, implementation, and demonstration of energy harvesting devices that exploit flow-induced vibrations as the main source of energy is presented, including limit cycle oscillations of plates and wing sections, vortex-induced and galloping oscillation of bluff bodies, and atmospheric turbulence and gusts.

122 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the main results on the shock train structure and its associated phenomena inside isolators, studied using the aforementioned tools are brought together, and several promising flow control techniques that have more recently been applied to manipulate the shock wave/boundary layer interaction are also examined.

121 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review emerging trends in the design of the Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft and highlight design challenges that have hindered the development of a passenger transport aircraft.

109 citations


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TL;DR: A review of studies on the United States joined-wing SensorCraft, Strut- and Truss- Braced Wings, Box Wings and PrandtlPlane shows potential in terms of aerodynamic efficiency, reduction of emissions and superior performances, strongly supporting the technical advantages of Joined Wings.

100 citations


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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of Multi-Objective Trajectory Optimisation (MOTO) techniques for transport aircraft flight operations, with a special focus on the recent advances introduced in the CNS+A research context.

100 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of the vision-based See and Avoid problem for unmanned aircraft is provided, where the unique problem environment and associated constraints are detailed, followed by an in-depth analysis of visual sensing limitations.

74 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a review of various modeling techniques in studying the mechanical response of carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced lightweight and high strength polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) is presented.

71 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, an overview of the literature on exergy-based assessment of aircraft gas turbine engines is presented, and a lack of agreement on the exergy analysis paradigms and assumptions is noted by the authors.

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the tubercle leading edge (TLE) can be found in this paper, where the authors provide a critical overview of the work on tubercles in the past decade.

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TL;DR: The aging mechanisms of the adhesives used in the space environment and the effect of thermal cycling, stress, electromagnetic radiation and ionizing particles on the properties of polymers and optical devices are reviewed to provide the reference basis for selection, modification and reliability analysis of materials used inThe space environment.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the literature dealing with three types of soft impacts of concern for the aerospace applications, namely impacts of rain drops, hailstones and birds against aircraft.

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of typical improved Monte Carlo methods and summarizes their characteristics to aid the uncertainty-based multidisciplinary design optimization (UMDO).

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of shape memory polymer (SMP) foam research is presented, highlighting the recent progress in characterization, evaluation, and proposed applications of SMP foams mainly for aerospace applications.

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TL;DR: In this article, the Northwestern (NU-Daniel) theory was proposed for predicting lamina yielding and failure under multi-axial states of stress including strain rate effects, which is primarily applicable to matrix-dominated interfiber/interlaminar failures.

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TL;DR: The main objective of this analysis is to support a trade-off for the selection of the type of facility to be developed in order to give Europe a ground test with the capabilities to support future exploration and sample return missions.

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TL;DR: Main aim is to categorize previous laminated plate theories in a general sense and give an overview on the development, characteristics and applications of numerical methods on the response of laminated composite plates subjected to blast loads.

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TL;DR: In this article, the behavior of stiffened composite panels, with omega shaped stringers, under low velocity impacts is numerically investigated by means of non-linear explicit FEM analyses, and correlation with experimental data is provided, in terms of impact force, displacement and energy.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact load on composite laminates was investigated by using a modular falling weight tower and the results of the measurements were compared with data obtained on the same specimens by holographic analysis (ESPI).

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TL;DR: A systematic overview of the investigation of the possible use of magnetic levitation technology to assist the commercial aircraft take-off and landing processes and the demonstrations, validations showing the feasibility of the radically new concept are outlined.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the current state-of-the-art of LPOs including the dynamical structure of phase space, the transfer trajectories and homoclinic/heterclinic connections, the station-keeping strategies, and some constellation deployments employing LPO.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared low-pressure and supercharged operation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells with respect to performance and efficiency criteria, and showed that the power demand for supercharging the fuel cell is about the same as the loss in power output of the fuel cells due to low pressure operation.

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TL;DR: The results of the investigation suggest that the uncertainty of a cost estimate at any future point in time may be determined by the geometric symmetry of the cost variance data in its point cloud form at the time of estimation.