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When a vehicle travels at hypersonic speeds during launch, cruise or atmospheric re-entry
it is subject to extremely high surface flow temperatures. As well as on the vehicle forebody, extreme heating can take place close ...
Current developments of civil and military applications may require the installation of
aero-engines embedded into the aircraft structure. Consequently, complex diffusing Sducts are necessary to convey air from the intake ...
Among all aeronautical structures prone to develop MSD, riveted lap joints in the
fuselage have been identified as being the most susceptible. Recent recommendations
by regulators to avoid MSD threat stipulate an Inspection ...
The employment of CFD methods for the analysis of multistage turbomachinery flows is restricted for the foreseeable future to steady-state methods of which the most widespread one employs the mixing-plane approach. The ...
The aim of this research was to develop a model for successfully managing the development of e-government in Oman. E-government refers to the transaction of government business with citizens by electronic means, including ...
Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) escapes the bounds of conventional ideas and opens a big window of new opportunities in combat aircraft design. A conceptual design methodology was produced to investigate the packaging ...
Heavy oil production has drawn more and more attention in petroleum industry. The amount of heavy oil in the world is twice more than the conventional oil (low
viscosity), which has been consumed rapidly from the past. ...
Abdulnabi, I. O. N.(Cranfield University, 2008-04)
There are five M.O.L. Centrifugal pumps “Main Oil Line” in Ghani oil field for
transporting crude oil from Ghani oil field to Joffra oil field at a distance of about 81.25
miles (130Km) then from Joffra oil field to Ras ...
The topic of this thesis is Aircraft Icing and Aircraft Icing and Thermo-Mechanical Expulsion De-icing Technology. The main objectives are to investigate aircraft icing meteorology and effects on aircraft, ice protection ...
The present study investigated the impact of a number of assessor characteristics upon the relative contribution of individual assessor ratings to the final assessment centre decision. Berger, Cohen and Zelditch (1966) ...
Kaduoka, Carlos Yoshihiro(Cranfield University, 2016-12)
The evolution of the airport business is demonstrated by airports that are adopting
new business strategies and commercial models, which allow them to be, for
example, service providers instead of real-estate managers, ...
It is widely acknowledged that bearing failures are the primary reason for
breakdowns in rotating machinery. These failures are extremely costly,
particularly in terms of lost production. Roller bearings are widely used ...
Geometrical parameterisation has an important role in the aircraft design process due to its impact on the computational efficiency and accuracy in evaluating different configurations. In the early design stages, an aircraft ...
Renewable energy is an environmentally friendly alternative to the use of fossil fuels. In
response to reducing the dependency on fossil fuels, the European Wind Energy Association
(EWEA) has made a policy to increase ...
Gas turbine design needs of high-speed turbomachinery whose layout is organised in
compressor-turbine pairs mechanically linked by concentric shafts. The mechanical
failure of a shaft leads to compressor-turbine decoupling ...
The aerodynamic integration of an aero-engine intake system with the airframe
can pose some notable challenges. This is particularly so for many military air-
craft and is likely to become a more pressing issue for both ...
The combat aircraft and the gas turbine engine interact with one another. These
interactions have become of even greater significance than previously due to the fact
that the modern aircraft have increased requirements ...
With an increased urgency for global action towards climate change mitigation,
this research was undertaken with the aim of evaluating post-combustion CO2
capture as an emission abatement strategy for gas-fired power ...
Botrytis species affect over 300 host plants in all climate areas of the world, at both pre
and post-harvest stages, leading to significant losses in agricultural produce. Therefore,
the development of a rapid, sensitive ...
There are many pieces of flight deck research on general use of written English language
technical information and problem solving using technical documentation. Contributory
causes of aircraft accidents have been due ...