Wind estimation plays an important role in many aspects of our world, both for nowcasting and forecasting. This is also true for aircraft flight routes; where wind field knowledge can contribute to flight planning and safety. Aircraft can relay flight information back to ground-based receivers, from which local wind measurements can be derived. Suc...
For complex satellite missions that rely on agile and high-precision manoeuvres, the low-friction aspect of the space environment is a critical component in understanding the attitude control dynamics of the spacecraft. The Kinesthetic Node and Autonomous Table-Top Emulator (KNATTE) is a three-degree-of-freedom frictionless vehicle that serves as t...
Maintenance and diagnostics play a vital role in the aviation sector. This is especially true for the engines, being one of the most vital components. Lack of maintenance, or poor knowledge of the current health status of the engines, may lead to unforeseen disruptions and possibly catastrophic effects. To keep track of the health status, and there...
peer reviewed / In the view of reducing the global greenhouse gas emissions, it becomes fundamental to exploit the renewable energy sources at their maximum potential by developing effective strategies for their flexible use. Among the available solutions to realize these strategies are the electric energy storage including the innovative pumped th...
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Recently, lots of oscillating targets inspired from motions of some insects and birds have been applied extensively to many engineering applications. The aim of this work is to reveal the performance and detailed flow structures over the pitching corrugated hydrofoils under various working conditions, using the SST [Formula: see text] transition mo...
This work illustrates how a proposed method can be used to create optimization frameworks for early conceptual design studies and to increase overall knowledge at an early design stage. The method is intended to facilitate concept selection in challenging domains that typically involve multidisciplinary design problems with contradictory requiremen...
