The application of plasma devices for controlling and enhancing aerodynamic phenomena encountered in atmospheric flight vehicles is actively being investigated by many research groups throughout the world. These devices operate using the generation of plasma within the flowfield, generally through an electrical discharge or injection of an electron beam, and then using either the effects of the...

Recent interest in fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid applications for the aerospace industry has led to the need for accurate computer simulation models to aid in system design and performance evaluation. To meet this requirement, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and fuel processor models have been developed and incorporated into the Numerical Propulsion Systems Simulation (NPSS) software package. The S...

Autonomous navigation methods for spacecraft formation flying in cislunar space Sergio Bonaccorsi Abstract. Due to the increasing number of deep missions following years, focus on and strategies that enable a perform critical operations autonomously is becoming crucial. In context space, this research aims investigate […]

Control and Modeling for stall and surge phenomenon in axial flow compressors have received great importance in recent times. In power generation plant and aerospace propulsion compression system are prone to the aerodynamic instabilities of stall and surge. In aero engine compressors higher pressure ratio has always been a growing stipulates which has over involved by diverse rotating stall an...

Due to the highly constrained schedules and budgets that NASA missions must contend with, the identification and management of cost, schedule and risks in the earliest stages of the lifecycle is critical. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) it is the concurrent engineering teams that first address these items in a systematic manner. Foremost of these concurrent engineering teams is Team X. S...

Three missions have successfully used aerobraking to reduce the spacecraft orbit period and achieve the desired orbit geometry. A fourth, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, will employ aerobraking following its orbit insertion in March, 2006. The propellant mass reductions enabled by the aerobraking technique allow the use of smaller launch systems, which translate to significant savings in launch co...

Due to the potential benefits resulting from the use of a phase order higher than three in transmission, some interest has also grown in the area of multi-phase machine. For machine drive applications, multi-phase system could potentially meet the demand for high power electric drive systems, which are both rugged and energy-efficient. High phase number drives possess several advantages over co...

Despite two decades of significant investments in R&D of Integrated System Health Management (ISHM), mission-critical applications of it in aerospace are few and far between. ISHM is subject to the general difficulty of transitioning technologies out of R&D labs and into practical applications. New and unproven methods such as ISHM introduce multiple mission risks (technology, schedule, cost), ...

Purpose: This study aimed to first investigate synchronous (SYN) versus asynchronous (ASY) mode of propulsion and, second, investigate the wheel camber effects on sprinting performance as well as temporal parameters. Method: Seven wheelchair basketball players performed four maximal eight-second sprints on a wheelchair ergometer. They repeated the test according to two modes of propulsion (SYN ...