Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review

F Afonso, M Sohst, CMA Diogo, SS Rodrigues… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate change is exacerbated and existing resources are depleted, the need for
sustainable industries becomes ever so important. Aviation is not an exception. Despite the …

A review of modelling and analysis of morphing wings

D Li, S Zhao, A Da Ronch, J **ang, J Drofelnik… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2018 - Elsevier
Morphing wings have a large potential to improve the overall aircraft performances, in a way
like natural flyers do. By adapting or optimising dynamically the shape to various flight …

[HTML][HTML] DESIGN and be SMART: Eleven engineering challenges to achieve sustainable air transportation under safety assurance in the year 2050

S Wandelt, H Blom, MM Krömer, D Li, M Mitici… - Journal of the Air …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aviation industry faces various challenges in meeting long-term sustainability goals
amidst surging demand for air travel and growing environmental concerns of the general …

[HTML][HTML] A new non-linear vortex lattice method: Applications to wing aerodynamic optimizations

OŞ Gabor, A Koreanschi, RM Botez - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new non-linear formulation of the classical Vortex Lattice Method
(VLM) approach for calculating the aerodynamic properties of lifting surfaces. The method …

A review on evolution of aeroelastic assisted wing

P Sivanandi, C Gupta, H Durai - International Journal of Aeronautical and …, 2023 - Springer
Aeroelastic wings have a significant capacity like normal flyers, to improve the aircraft's
overall performance and maneuverability. It is a plugin that allows changing the airfoil-level …

Numerical simulation and wind tunnel tests investigation and validation of a morphing wing-tip demonstrator aerodynamic performance

OŞ Gabor, A Koreanschi, RM Botez, M Mamou… - Aerospace Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results obtained from the numerical simulation and experimental
wind tunnel testing of a morphing wing equipped with a flexible upper surface and …

Glide performance analysis of underwater glider with sweep wings inspired by swift

Y Wang, C Wang, M Yang, Y Liang, W Han… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Underwater glider (UG) is one of the most promising autonomous observation platforms for
long-term ocean observation, which can glide through seawater columns by adjusting its …

Enhanced range and endurance evaluation of a camber morphing wing aircraft

BW Jo, T Majid - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flight range, endurance, maneuverability, and agility are the key elements that determine an
aircraft's performance. Both conventional and morphing wing aircraft have been well studied …

Comparison and analyses of a variable span-morphing of the tapered wing with a varying sweep angle

M Elelwi, MA Kuitche, RM Botez, TM Dao - The Aeronautical Journal, 2020 - cambridge.org
This work presents a comparative study of design and development, in addition, of analyses
of variable span morphing of the tapered wing (VSMTW) for the unmanned aerial vehicle …

Variable-span wing development for improved flight performance

P Santos, J Sousa, P Gamboa - Journal of Intelligent …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper describes the development and testing of a variable-span wing (VSW) concept.
An aerodynamic shape optimisation code, which uses a viscous two-dimensional panel …