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This research paper focuses on the optimization of the propulsion system of a blended wing body design. Two different aspects of the design, the engine placement and count, and the engine itself, are investigated. The pr...

Abstract- Electric propulsion has a promising system to create new possibilities in this technological era as well as control the harmful gaseous emission. This paper put a vision on several parameters of electric propul...

The present work focuses on the study of low thrust propulsion systems. Cold gas, thermal and monopropellant systems with a blow down depressurisation mode have been taken in consideration in this study. Most of propella...

Sailing yachts can achieve operationally zero-emission propulsion by integrating solar photovoltaic (PV), wind and hydrokinetic generation with battery-electric drive systems. This study applies a systems engineering mod...

Tesis Energía y Ambiente (maestría) - Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, 2023 "The present thesis proposes a conceptual design of a tiltable propulsi...

The present thesis proposes a conceptual design of a tiltable propulsion system for the ALBACOPTER® 1.0, an eVTOL aircraft with a take-off mass of800 kg. Usually, the propulsion systems of eVTOLs are direct drives due t...

Abstract The adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) has accelerated due to ongoing technological advancements, cost reductions, and a growing awareness of environmental issues. However, despite this progress, challenges per...

Spray burners form an essential part of any liquid propulsion system as they are responsible for injecting, atomizing, mixing and combusting the liquid fuel. Spray combustion used in aerospace applications like the liqui...

The purpose of this article is to investigate utilization of common-rail turbocharged diesel aero-engines as primary propulsion powerplant for light-to-medium helicopters and airplanes. This article summarizes the result...

Polymeric composites have been widely used in various structural and thermal aerospace applications. Polymeric composites having high strength and high modulus reinforcement are ideally suited for lot of critical aerospa...

In recent decades, alternative propulsion systems have been investigated and have attracted great interest in the space community. Most of these alternative propulsion systems need propellants. One alternative propulsion...

"En este trabajo se diseña un sistema de propulsión orbital de gas caliente del tipo Resisto-Jet a a base de agua, para su implementación en Cube-yMicroSats de al menos 6U, como sistema de maniobra orbital. Se busca o...

"Orbital maneuvering of microsatellite and nanosatellite requirements can be efficiently addressed by planar nozzles, in which realtime thrust control is gained actuating on the nozzle throat area. In the present work, t...

With ever increasing concern on energy diversification, energy efficiency and environmental protection, electric vehicles (EVs) including the pure EV (PEV), hybrid EV (HEV) and fuel-cell EV (FEV) are becoming attractive ...

"We report extensive numerical simulations of the flow of anisotropic self-propelled particles through a constriction. In particular, we explore the role of the particles’ desired orientation with respect to the moving...

Abstract Control of frontal plane mechanics requires active integration of sensory feedback to regulate stability in response to gait perturbations, such as split‐belt walking (SBW). In comparison to sagittal plane mec...

Abstract. During each voyage, the vessel's traction capacity decreases due to the gradual degradation of the characteristics of the propulsion complex. This process is influenced by factors such as fouling of the vessel'...

A conceptual and feasibility study of an RBCC SSTO catapult-launched reusable strap-on parallel-boosted gliding-reentry lifting-body spaceplane for economic manned short-duration 300-kg payload LEO access is presented an...

One of the main figures of merit in laser-ablative propulsion is the specific impulse, Isp, defined as the impulse per unit weight of fuel, and it is related to the exhaust velocity, ve, by the acceleration of gravity, I...

AUVs have essential applications in oceanic investigations, environmental characterization, and subsea surveys where accuracy in positioning and stability for navigation is challenging. AUV proposed in the present work a...

Excessive armature mass fraction in asynchronous induction coil thrusters critically constrains payload capacity and propulsion efficiency. This study addresses this limitation through two lightweight strategies: axial h...

In this paper it is presented the concept and design of a new type of spacecraft that could be used to make the first manned interstellar travel. Solar one would integrate three near-term technologies, namely: compact nu...

No commercial airplane in service today is able to fly half great-circle distances over the globe and achieve the non-stop or the global range to any antipodal location on Earth. A subsonic jetliner has the optimum cruis...

Abstract: During the last years, several thrust control systems of aerospace rocket engines have been developed. The fluidic thrust vectoring is one of them; it is simple in design and offers a substantial gain in weigh...