This paper investigates the application of alternative fuels in conventional tube-and-wing aircraft configuration. Potential alternative fuel choices include biofuel, liquid hydrogen, liquefied natural gas, ammonia and ...

Aircraft with advanced wing geometry, like the flying wing or blended wing body configuration, seems to be the seed candidate of future aircraft. Compared with conventional aircraft, there are significant aerodynamic ...

The desire to create an environmentally friendly aircraft that is aerodynamically efficient and capable of conveying large number of passengers over long ranges at reduced direct operating cost led aircraft designers to ...

This paper introduces a supersonic aircraft design model developed in a multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) environment. Low- to medium- fidelity methods are applied to the conceptual design model. A ...

The purpose of this research is to investigate and develop conceptual design methodologies and computational tools appropriate to the design and analysis of low-observable Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), performing ...

The experimental study presented herein, investigated the residual strength of bolted joints on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) airframe structures within the context of structural damage tolerance and airworthiness ...

This paper introduces the E-19 AEOLUS supersonic business jet designed by the authors (conceptual design) and a team of Staff and a team of graduate students (preliminary and detail design) from the Aerospace Vehicle Design ...

The aim of this research project was to investigate the benefits of hybrid-distributed propulsion and boundary layer ingestion applied to an airliner similar in size, range and cruise velocity to an Airbus A320 or a Boeing ...

Helicopters play a unique role in modern aviation providing a varied range of benefits to society and satisfying the need for fast mobility, particularly in metropolitan areas. However, environmental concerns associated ...

A major research programme into advanced technologies for Uninhabited Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) in June 2004. The £6.5M, five-year project represents a major investment in aerospace technology for BAE SYSTEMS and their ...