Light-weighting in aerospace component and system design
June 2018
Light-weighting involves the use of advanced materials and engineering methods to enable structural elements to deliver the same, or enhanced, technical performance while using less material. The concept...
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Micro gas turbine: Developments, applications, and key technologies on components
March 2023
Owing to their precedent characteristics, micro gas turbines (MGTs) have been favored as popular power machinery in plenty of energy systems such as distributed energy systems, range extenders, solar...
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A review of cooling technologies for high temperature rotating components in gas turbine
September 2022
Modern gas turbines work under demanding high temperatures, high pressures, and high rotational speeds. In order to ensure durable and reliable operation, effective cooling measures must be applied...
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Review on film cooling of liquid rocket engines
March 2018
Film cooling in combination with regenerative cooling is presently considered as an efficient method to guarantee safe operation of liquid rocket engines having higher heat flux densities for long duration....
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Effects of injection timing, before and after top dead center on the propulsion and power in a diesel engine
June 2014
It is well known that injection strategies including the injection timing and pressure play the most important role in determining engine performance, especially in pollutant emissions. However, the...
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Numerical modelling of the hybrid rocket engine performance
March 2021
The purpose of this paper is to present method of the numerical modeling of the hybrid rocket engine's work as a tool for designing engines of this type. The model is intended as an accurate and simple...
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Design and analysis of annular combustion chamber of a low bypass turbofan engine in a jet trainer aircraft
June 2016
The design of an annular combustion chamber in a gas turbine engine is the backbone of this paper. It is specifically designed for a low bypass turbofan engine in a jet trainer aircraft. The combustion...
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Turbine blade temperature calculation and life estimation - a sensitivity analysis
June 2013
The overall operating cost of the modern gas turbines is greatly influenced by the durability of hot section components operating at high temperatures. In turbine operating conditions, some defects...
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Characterization and manufacturing of a paraffin wax as fuel for hybrid rockets
September 2018
The hybrid propulsion performed with paraffin waxes exhibits most attractive capabilities compared to solid or liquid engines, e.g., throttleability and re-ignition, alongside higher regression rates...
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Recent research progress on airbreathing aero-engine control algorithm
March 2022
Airbreathing aero-engines are regarded as excellent propulsion devices from ground takeoff to hypersonic flight, and require control systems to ensure their efficient and safe operation. Therefore,...
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Design of a two spool contra-rotating turbine for a turbo-fan engine
September 2020
Contra-rotating turbines offer enhanced performance over their conventional co-rotating configurations. In addition, vaneless contra-rotating turbine stages offer lesser stage length along with improved...
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Numerical and experimental investigation to design a novel morphing airfoil for performance optimization
March 2023
Optimizing flying objects' wing performance has attracted a significant attention in the last few decades. In this article, some of the main mechanisms for changing the geometry of the wing were investigated...
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Review: laser ignition for aerospace propulsion
March 2016
Renewed interest in the use of high-speed ramjets and scramjets and more efficient lean burning engines has led to many subsequent developments in the field of laser ignition for aerospace use and application....
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Combustion performance of hybrid rocket fuels loaded with MgB2 and carbon black additives
June 2023
Paraffin-based fuel has a great potential for several innovative missions, including space tourism, due to its safety, low environmental impact, high performance and low cost. Despite the fact that...
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Artificial neural network model of non-Darcy MHD Sutterby hybrid nanofluid flow over a curved permeable surface: Solar energy applications
September 2023
The conversion of solar radiation to thermal energy has recently much interest as the requirement for renewable heat and power grows. Due to their enhanced ability to promote heat transmission, nanofluids...
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Numerical computation of Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects on rotational micropolar nanomaterials with activation energy
September 2023
The current article investigates the numerical study of the micropolar nanofluid flow through a 3D rotating surface. This communication may manipulate for the aim such as the delivery of the drug, cooling...
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Improving the performance of LOX/kerosene upper stage rocket engines
September 2017
Improved liquid rocket engine cycles were proposed and analyzed via comparison with existing staged combustion and gas-generator cycles. The key features of the proposed cycles are regenerative cooling...
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Future aircraft cabins and design thinking: optimisation vs. win-win scenarios
June 2013
With projections indicating an increase in mobility over the next few decades and annual flight departures expected to rise to over 16 billion by 2050, there is a demand for the aviation industry and...
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Design of a high-performance centrifugal compressor with new surge margin improvement technique for high speed turbomachinery
March 2018
This paper presents the design of a centrifugal compressor for high-speed turbomachinery. The main focus of the research is to develop a centrifugal compressor with improved aerodynamic performance....
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In-service aircraft engines turbine blades life prediction based on multi-modal operation and maintenance data
December 2021
The in-service life of turbine blades directly affects the on-wing lifetime and operating cost of aircraft engines. It would be essential to accurately evaluate the remaining useful life of turbine...
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Experimental and numerical investigations of the dry-low-NOx hydrogen micromix combustion chamber of an industrial gas turbine
September 2015
Combined with the use of renewable energy sources for its production, hydrogen represents a possible alternative gas turbine fuel within future low emission power generation. Due to the large difference...
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Falkner-Skan aspects of a radiating (50% ethylene glycol + 50% water)-based hybrid nanofluid when Joule heating as well as Darcy-Forchheimer and Lorentz forces affect significantly
September 2023
Falkner-Skan aspects are revealed numerically for a non-homogeneous hybrid mixture of 50% ethylene glycol-50% water, silver nanomaterials Ag, and molybdenum disulfide nanoparticles MoS2 during its motion...
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Review of the development of the probabilistic damage tolerance assessment of life-limited parts in compliance with the airworthiness regulations
September 2023
Probabilistic damage tolerance is a critical method to understand and communicate risk and safety. This paper reviews recent research on the probabilistic damage tolerance design for life-limited parts....
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Design of hypersonic wavecatcher intake at Mach 12 with rectangular-to-elliptical shape transition
June 2023
Wavecatcher (inward-turning) intake flows, at design Mach 12, are investigated numerically, to display the effect of wall temperature on flow structures and intake performance. Hypersonic experiments...
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Nozzle geometry variations on the discharge coefficient
March 2016
Numerical works have been conducted to investigate the effect of nozzle geometries on the discharge coefficient. Several contoured converging nozzles with finite radius of curvatures, conically converging...
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