Local correlations for flap gap oscillatory blowing active flow control technology by Cătălin NAE

“…In 2.5D test cases this work has been extended so that the proposed system may be selected as a mature technology in the JTI Clean Sky, Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft ITD. Complex post-processing of the experimental and CFD data was mainly oriented towards system efficiency and TRL evaluation for this active technology.…”
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Parallel Hybrid 2-Opt Flower Pollination Algorithm for Real-Time UAV Trajectory Planning on GPU by Roberge Vincent, Tarbouchi Mohammed

“…In this paper, we use a parallel Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA) to deal with the problem's complexity and compute feasible and quasi-optimal trajectories for fixed-wing UAVs in complex 3D environments, taking into account the vehicle's flight properties. …”
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A Small UAV Optimized for Efficient Long-Range and VTOL Missions: An Experimental Tandem-Wing Quadplane Drone by Michał Okulski, Maciej Ławryńczuk

“…There are numerous research works on multi-rotor drones (e.g., quadcopters), fixed-wing drones, VTOL quadplanes, or tilt-motor/tilt-wing VTOLs. …”
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Computational Analysis of Flight Deck Structural Behaviour under Variable Loadings by Victoria G. Carter, Md Jahir Rizvi

“…In addition, the operation of fixed-wing aircraft presents unique structural requirements for the deck. …”
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Model-Based Tracking of Fruit Flies in Free Flight by Omri Ben-Dov, Tsevi Beatus

“…To obtain a faithful representation of the fly with minimum free parameters, our method uses a 3D model that includes two new aspects of wing deformation: A non-fixed wing hinge and a twisting wing surface. The method is demonstrated for free and perturbed flight. …”
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Drone Ground Impact Footprints with Importance Sampling: Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis by Jérôme Morio, Baptiste Levasseur, Sylvain Bertrand

“…This paper addresses the estimation of accurate extreme ground impact footprints and probabilistic maps due to a total loss of control of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles after a main engine failure. …”
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Modelling and controller design for tilt quadplane by Raj, Raunak

“…Tilt rotor quadplane is a relatively new concept for the world which empowers the fixed wing vehicle with the Vertical Take-Off and Landing capability. …”
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Aerodynamics of aerofoil sections measured on a free-flying bird by Carruthers, A, Walker, S, Thomas, A, Taylor, G

“…Birds are adapted to a wide range of flight conditions, from steady fixed-wing glides to high angle of attack manoeuvres involving unsteady separated flows. …”

Autonomous precision landing for commercial UAV: A review by Noor, M.B., Ismail, M.A., Khyasudeen, M.F., Shariffuddin, A., Kamel, N.I., Azzuhri, Saaidal Razalli

“…This paper reviews a various methods exploring the topic of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) autonomous precision landing, covering two types of commercial UAVs, multi-rotor and fixed-wing UAVs. Four general methods gain the most eminence for the autonomous precision landing, which generally known as visual processing landing, satellite navigations landing, ground station navigation landing, and arrestor recovery landing. …”
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Flight Simulation Assessment of a Novel FW-MR Hybrid Agriculture Drone by Mazlan Mukhriz, Nasir Rizal E.M., Ma’arof M.I.N.

“…This novel design combines the long flight capabilities of fixed-wing aircraft with the efficiency of the common multirotor UAV hence it is a hybrid of both. …”
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Adaptive backstepping controller design of quadrotor biplane for payload delivery by Nihal Dalwadi, Dipankar Deb, S. M. Muyeen

“…Abstract Performance of the UAVs for a particular application can be enhanced by hybrid design, where take‐off, hover, and landing happen like rotary‐wing UAVs, and flies like fixed‐wing UAVs. A backstepping controller and an adaptive backstepping controller are designed for trajectory tracking and payload delivery in a medical emergency or medical substance delivery like vaccine delivery in the presence of wind gust. …”
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A Camera-Based Target Detection and Positioning UAV System for Search and Rescue (SAR) Purposes by Jingxuan Sun, Boyang Li, Yifan Jiang, Chih-yung Wen

“…In this study, an all-in-one camera-based target detection and positioning system is developed and integrated into a fully autonomous fixed-wing UAV. The system presented in this paper is capable of on-board, real-time target identification, post-target identification and location and aerial image collection for further mapping applications. …”
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Study on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Tilting Wing Aircraft Considering Propeller Interference by Wei Wei, Han Qing, Sang Xiaoqing, Liu Xing

“…Tilting wing aircraft not only has the ability of vertical take-off and landing like helicopter, but also be provided with high speed cruise capability as traditional fixed-wing aircraft.Tilting wing aircraft is one of the hot spots of research in both military and civilian unmanned aerial vehicles.A new layout, tilt-tandem wing and quadrotor of vertical take-off and landing(VTOL)aircraft, is proposed to avoid the defects of low aerodynamic efficiency and complicated tilting mechanism.Conceptual design and aerodynamics simulation are carried out to analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of aircraft with the interference of propellers.Further more, prototypes are made and experienced several flight tests validation.Results show that this layout can avoid the disadvantages of low efficiency propellers and complicated tilting mechanism, which is reliable and practical.…”
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Fault-Tolerant Control for Carrier-Based Aircraft Automatic Landing Subject to Multiple Disturbances and Actuator Faults by Qilong Wu, Qidan Zhu

“…The direct lift control improves the performance of fixed-wing aircraft. Finally, comparative simulations were conducted under various actuator failures. …”
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Frequency of ADS-B Equipped Manned Aircraft Observed by the OpenSky Network by Weinert, Andrew J., Bardou, Marc, Guendel, Randal Edmund

“…Identifying the frequency of different aircraft types, such as rotorcraft or fixed wing single engine, given criteria such as altitude, airspace class, or quantity of seats can inform surveillance requirements, flight test campaigns, or simulation safety thresholds for detect and avoid systems. …”
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Development of unsteady three-dimensional lifting line model and its application in aeroelasticity by Chow, Earl Jun Zhong

“…Most fixed wing aircraft face a dangerous consequence of speed: aeroelasticity. …”
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Design, fabrication and experimental testing of IIUM free wing unmanned aerial vehicle (IIUM-FWUAV) by Omar, Ashraf Ali E., Kurban, Adel

“…The experimental results showed that for free wing UAV the distribution of pressure coefficients behaves differently compared to the fixed wing UAV. The results also showed that the use of free wing configuration can delay flow separation.…”
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Develop a remote control aircraft for crop spraying / Noor Shuhada Hussin by Hussin, Noor Shuhada

“…We had to decide which type of the UAV that is suitable for this project whether it is fixed wing type or rotary wing. After we had developed the sprayer model, testing was conducted in order to make sure that the model can be function well. …”
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Simulation framework for civil tiltrotor mission performance by Gires, Ezanee

“…The power requirements during the different phases of tiltrotor flight are also modelled including the transition phases between rotary- to fixed-wing. A mission framework is designed to show the estimated fuel burn and emissions. …”
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Application of sensors in a commercial airplane by Zainuddin, Muhammad Fikry, Muhammad Muni’m, Raden Muhammad Mu’az, Suhadi, Nur Aishah, Abd Rahman, Muhamad Syafiq, Mohd Yusof, Nurul Hannah, Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi

“…An airplane is a powered fixed wing aircraft that propelled forward by trust from a jet engine or propeller. …”
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