Tag: flight dynamics

Mathematical modelling reveals that birds flap while landing because unpowered stops require excessive approach speeds and space.

Incorporating a rigidly-convected lifting-line vortex wake model into optimal control problems for airborne wind energy systems reduces predicted harvestable power ...

A research team at Delft University of Technology has developed a computationally efficient aerodynamic framework that accelerates leading-edge inflatable kite ...

A comprehensive review examines how active flow control technologies are transforming aircraft design by replacing mechanical rudders and drastically shortening ...

A cable-driven parallel suspension system has enabled wind tunnel tests of unstable, variable-frequency and variable-amplitude maneuvers, revealing complex aerodynamic hysteresis ...

ESA's JUICE spacecraft executed the first Lunar–Earth gravity assist in August 2024, using a Moon-then-Earth double flyby to boost its ...

A new Nature study suggests that butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics combine to create illusory motion cues that may ...

Researchers have derived a closed-form nonlinear model of longitudinal aircraft motion that, free of experimental data tables, recovers classic stability ...

Researchers at Konkuk University have developed a unified rigid-body kinematics framework that models diverse rotor hinge types within a single ...

Researchers at IIT Madras used bifurcation and continuation analysis to map the stability boundaries of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle and ...