This thesis documents the development of an adaptive controller designed to control the elastic aircraft dynamics of a generic general aviation aircraft. The elastic aircraft equations of motion are derived using ...

Voice over IP is fast emerging as a strong contender to the traditional circuit-switched PSTN networks. Unlike the PSTN network, which requires dedicated lines, VoIP can share the network that is laid out to carry data ...

In an effort to increase general aviation safety, a simplified model reference adaptive control (MRAC), adapting to modeling error with only a bias neuron, is applied to a desktop simulation of the Hawker Beechcraft Corporation ...

An algorithm is developed and validated for automatic avoidance of restricted airspaces. This method is devised specifically for implementation with an advanced flight control system designed for general aviation application. ...

Recent interest in advanced materials has paved the way for exploring joining options besides the traditional mechanical or thermal methods such as riveting or welding. Because of the availability of highly advanced ...

Aircraft in-flight icing is a major safety issue for civil aviation, having already caused hundreds of accidents and incidents related to aerodynamic degradation due to post takeoff ice accretion. Airplane makers have ...

The crack arrest capabilities and the load bearing characteristic of a stiffened and unstiffened panel subjected to remote tension loading is examined in this work. We make use of cohesive interface elements to predict the ...

The use of atmospheric updrafts as an energy source for long endurance flight has proven to be extremely advantageous for birds, remote control sailplanes, and manned soaring vehicles. Recent research conducted by Michael ...

Decreasing noise and improving efficiency is an important trend for the future jetliner industry. The predominant sources of aerodynamic noise are created from attached turbulent boundary layers (TBL) as well as separated ...

This master’s-level thesis work had focused on the boundary treatments for computational fluid dynamics problems, especially those with unbounded domains. Therefore, it involved a rigorous literature survey on boundary ...