Newsletter #16

Words From The Editor

Dear Colleague,

2016 is well underway and this is the second newsletter to date. As in the previous newsletter, we have an experimental section of patent applications recently published at the European Patent Office of interest for our readers.

These selected patents could suggests certain areas of research or could show how research has (potentially) found its way into everyday life.

One of our readers attracts our attention on the incoming Virtual Reality (r)evolution, what could mean for researchers rather than consumers.

 Another reader proposes a new website with interesting job offers (see below and in the EUCASS website in the job offers section).

In the meantime, please find some info about interesting publications that have been released since newsletter #15.

Please note that we will shortly update our main website moving to another CMS.

Surely the new website will be up before next newsletter/announcement, make sure of visiting it from time to time.

JP Taran

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In this issue

News from Journals

News from Readers

Recently Published Patents of interest

How to browse the EPO patent list

News from Journals

For your convenience, starting from newsletter #10 we  provide for each article the keywords selected by the respective journal editor.

At the same time, our newsletter editor or his helper is classifying the most interesting articles for EUCASS according to our areas of interest.

You'll find below first the EUCASS classification with links to the proper article in the classical article list based on the different journals presented in this newsletter.

Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

 

Since last newsletter, Volume 22 Issue 6 has been released: 

  • Volume 22, Issue N.6 of November 2015 (toc available here)

The toc for the this issue is reported below for your convenience.

Investigation of a wake decay behind a circular disk in a hydro channel at high reynolds numbers
Naumov, I. V. and Litvinov, I. V. and Mikkelsen, R. F. and Okulov, V. L.
Pages: 657–665
Keywords: free-stream flow turbulence level, wake flow past a body,
Abstract

Gas dynamics of a supersonic radial jet. part i
Kosarev, V. F. and Klinkov, S. V. and Zaikovskii, V. N. and Kundasev, S. G.
Pages: 667–676
Keywords: cold spraying, pressure profile, supersonic radial jet,
Abstract

Turbulent mixing of small-obstacle-induced perturbations with the separated shear layer behind a backward-facing step
Dyachenko, A. Yu. and Smul’sky, Ya. I. and Terekhov, V. I. and Yarygina, N. I.
Pages: 677–688
Keywords: backward-facing step, turbulent separated flow,
Abstract

Separated flow behind a backward-facing step under a stationary temperature disturbance
Boiko, A. V. and Dovgal, A. V. and Sorokin, A. M.
Pages: 689–700
Keywords: hydrodynamic instability, laminar flow separation, separation control, temperature perturbation,
Abstract

Experimental investigation of the temperature field in the gas-liquid two-layer system
Gatapova, E. Ya. and Filipenko, R. A. and Lyulin, Yu. V. and Graur, I. A. and Marchuk, I. V. and Kabov, O. A.
Pages: 701–706
Keywords: evaporation, liquid-gas interface, microthermocouple, temperature jump,
Abstract

Enhancement of transient heat transfer at boiling on a plate surface with low thermoconductive coatings
Tsoi, A. N. and Pavlenko, A. N.
Pages: 707–712
Keywords: cooling rate, film boiling, heat transfer coefficient, liquid nitrogen, low thermoconducting coating, nucleate boiling, transient heat transfer,
Abstract

Boiling heat transfer of refrigerant r-21 in upward flow in plate-fin heat exchanger
Kuznetsov, V. V. and Shamirzaev, A. S.
Pages: 713–721
Keywords: heat transfer in boiling, plate-fin heat exchanger, refrigerant R-21, upward flow,
Abstract

Evaluation of optimal thermal-hydraulic characteristics ratio in microchannel heat exchangers
Garyaev, A. B. and Prun, O. E. and Klimenko, A. V.
Pages: 723–732
Keywords: microchannel heat exchangers, microchannels, optimization of thermal and hydraulic characteristics,
Abstract

The pulsating laminar flow in a rectangular channel
Valueva, E. P. and Purdin, M. S.
Pages: 733–744
Keywords: hydrodynamics, pulsation laminar flow,
Abstract

Correlation algorithm for computing the velocity fields in microchannel flows with high resolution
Karchevskiy, M. N. and Tokarev, M. P. and Yagodnitsyna, A. A. and Kozinkin, L. A.
Pages: 745–754
Keywords: microchannel, micro-PIV, Particle Image Velocimetry, Single Pixel Resolution, velocity field, velocity fluctuations,
Abstract

Regenerative heat exchanger with a periodic change in the airflow direction for room ventilation
Nizovtsev, M. I. and Borodulin, V. Yu. and Letushko, V. N.
Pages: 755–765
Keywords: air-to-air heat exchanger, energy efficient ventilation, regenerative packing,
Abstract

On the determination of the position of laminar-turbulent transition in boundary layer by optical methods
Bountin, D. A. and Gromyko, Yu. V. and Maslov, A. A. and Polivanov, P. A. and Sidorenko, A. A.
Pages: 767–770
Keywords: laminar-turbulent transition, optical flow diagnostics methods,
Abstract

Experimental investigation of liquid drop evaporation on a heated solid surface
Semenov, A. A. and Feoktistov, D. V. and Zaitsev, D. V. and Kuznetsov, G. V. and Kabov, O. A.
Pages: 771–774
Keywords: contact angle, evaporation, three-phase contact line,
Abstract

Investigation of thermal plasma generator of technological function
Anshakov, A. S. and Urbakh, E. K. and Cherednichenko, V. S. and Kuzmin, M. G. and Urbakh, A. E.
Pages: 775–778
Keywords: arc discharge, current-voltage arc characteristics, electrode lifetime, heat losses, plasmatorch,
Abstract

75th Anniversary of Vasiliy M. Fomin
Pages: 779–780
Abstract

 

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

 

Since last newsletter, two new issues have been released:

  • Volume 230, Issue N.3 of March 2016 (toc availabe here)
  • Volume 230, Issue N.4 of March 2016 (toc available here)

The toc for this last issue N.4 is reported below for your convenience.

Guidance scheme for operating multiple ship defense missiles with dual seekers
Jeon, B.-J. and Bang, J. and Park, B.-G. and Ahn, J. and Tahk, M.-J.
Pages: 601–614
Keywords: Ship defense missile,optimal guidance law,radio frequency seeker,strapdown imaging infrared seeker,field of view constraint,multipath
Abstract

Deployment analysis and optimization of a flexible deployable structure for large synthetic aperture radar antennas
Wang, Y. and Guo, H. and Yang, H. and Liu, R. and Deng, Z.
Pages: 615–627
Keywords: Large synthetic aperture radar antenna,deployable structure,deployment experiment,flexible dynamics,optimization design
Abstract

Simplified compound suction schemes of an aspirated highly loaded compressor cascade
Guo, S. and Lu, H. and Gao, N. and Liu, J. and Wu, C.
Pages: 628–638
Keywords: Axial compressors,flow control,boundary layer suction,compound suction scheme,suction flow distribution
Abstract

Effects of pitch, yaw, and roll on delta wing skin friction topology
Woodiga, S. and Liu, T. and Ramasamy, R. V. and Kode, S. K.
Pages: 639–652
Keywords: Delta wing,skin friction,topology,visualization,luminescent oil,pitch,yaw,roll
Abstract

Stability analysis of a visibility-reduced monocopter
Kang, S. and Wang, J. and Shan, J.
Pages: 653–667
Keywords: Rotational stability,single-winged rotorcraft,flight dynamics,blade flapping,samara
Abstract

Active control of multifrequency helicopter vibrations using discrete model predictive sliding mode control
Lu, Y. and Ma, X.
Pages: 668–680
Keywords: Helicopter,vibration,active control of structural response,multifrequency control,sliding mode control,model predictive control
Abstract

A novel adaptive control scheme with model-based error compensation for a prototype unmanned helicopter
Sheng, S. and Sun, C.
Pages: 681–689
Keywords: Adaptive control,error compensation,tracking control,unmanned helicopter,flight test
Abstract

Modeling of aluminum particle ignition behavior in open atmosphere rocket propellant fires
Yilmaz, N.
Pages: 690–697
Keywords: Modeling,computational fluid dynamics,aluminum,rocket propellant,fires
Abstract

A new tightly-coupled ins/cns integrated navigation algorithm with weighted multi-stars observations
Wang, R. and Xiong, Z. and Liu, J. and Shi, L.
Pages: 698–712
Keywords: Integrated navigation,tightly-coupled inertial navigation system/ celestial navigation system integration model,multi-stars observations,adaptive filter,observation weighting
Abstract

The attitude estimation of three-axis stabilized satellites using hybrid particle swarm optimization combined with radar cross section precise prediction
Zhong, W.-J. and Wang, J.-S. and Ji, W.-J. and Lei, X. and Zhou, X.-W.
Pages: 713–725
Keywords: Attitude estimation,hybrid particle swarm optimization,multi-phase particle swarm optimization,fast multipole method
Abstract

Adaptive fault-tolerant control of reentry vehicle considering actuator and sensor faults based on trajectory optimization
Ming-Zhou, G. and Guo-Ping, C. and Ying, N.
Pages: 726–746
Keywords: Reentry vehicle,adaptive fault-tolerant control,actuator and sensor faults,trajectory optimization,computational fluid dynamics
Abstract

Improved multiple model target tracking algorithm based on particle filter
Chen, Z. and Qu, Y. and Liu, B. and Bo, Y. and Fu, M. and Chen, J.
Pages: 747–759
Keywords: Particle filter,target tracking,resampling,tracking model
Abstract

Stationkeeping strategy for quasi-periodic orbit around earth-moon l2 point
Qian, Y.-J. and Liu, Y. and Zhang, W. and Yang, X.-D. and Yao, M.-H.
Pages: 760–775
Keywords: Libration point,quasi-periodic orbit,Earth–Moon–Sun–space craft,four-body model,stationkeeping,Gauss pseudospectral method
Abstract

Acta Astronautica

A few issues have been released since the last time our newsletter wrote about this journal sponsored by the International Academy of Astronautics. The last volume, currently in progress, is number 122 and it is due for May/June 2016 (see journal page here).

The toc at the time of this writing is reported below for your convenience.

A satellite formation flying approach providing both positioning and tracking
Nurge, Mark A. and Youngquist, Robert C. and Starr, Stanley O.
Pages: 1–9
Keywords: Spacecraft formation flying; Satellite swarms; Satellite propulsion; Satellite tracking; Satellite positioning
Abstract

In-orbit offline estimation of the residual magnetic dipole biases of the popsat-hip1 nanosatellite
Seriani, S. and Brama, Y.L. and Gallina, P. and Manzoni, G.
Pages: 10–18
Keywords: Residual magnetic moment; Nanosatellite; Cubesat; Magnetic field; Igrf; Genetic algorithm
Abstract

Ranking upper stages in low earth orbit for active removal
Anselmo, L. and Pardini, C.
Pages: 19–27
Keywords: Space debris; Environment criticality; Ranking; Active removal; Upper stages; Rocket bodies
Abstract

Experimental study on combustion modes and thrust performance of a staged-combustor of the scramjet with dual-strut
Yang, Qingchun and Chetehouna, Khaled and Gascoin, Nicolas and Bao, Wen
Pages: 28–34
Keywords: Staged-combustor; Injection scheme; Combustion mode; Thrust performance; Dual-mode scramjet
Abstract

Study of the quasi-static motion of a droplet expelled from a pipe in microgravity
Li, Guang-Yu and Chen, Xiao-Qian and Huang, Yi-Yong and Chen, Yong
Pages: 35–41
Keywords: Droplet; Free energy; Surface force; Microgravity
Abstract

A stereo-vision hazard-detection algorithm to increase planetary lander autonomy
Woicke, Svenja and Mooij, Erwin
Pages: 42–62
Keywords: Hazard detection; Hazard avoidance; Planetary landings; Terrain mapping; Landing autonomy
Abstract

Thermal mathematical model correlation through genetic algorithms of an experiment conducted on board the international space station
Garmendia, Iñaki and Anglada, Eva
Pages: 63–75
Keywords: Model correlation; Thermal Mathematical Model; Space vehicle; Thermal control; Genetic algorithm
Abstract

Covariance study to evaluate the influence of optical follow-up strategies on estimated orbital parameters
Cordelli, E. and Vananti, A. and Schildknecht, T.
Pages: 76–89
Keywords: Space debris; Orbit determination; Covariance; Optical measurements; GEO; GTO
Abstract

Design and analysis of a moment control unit for agile satellite with high attitude stability requirement
Zhang, Yao and Li, Mou and Song, Zhuoyue and Shan, Jinjun and Guan, Xin and Tang, Liang
Pages: 90–105
Keywords: Control moment unit; Vibration isolation; Control moment gyro; Attitude control
Abstract

Evo-seti theory and information gap among civilizations
Maccone, Claudio
Pages: 106–113
Keywords: SETI; Darwinian Evolution; Central Limit Theorem of Statistics; Shannon Entropy; lognormal probability distributions
Abstract

Suboptimal lqr-based spacecraft full motion control: theory and experimentation
Guarnaccia, Leone and Bevilacqua, Riccardo and Pastorelli, Stefano P.
Pages: 114–136
Keywords: Spacecraft; Optimal control; Linear quadratic regulator; Six-degree-of-freedom; Real-time; Experimental test
Abstract

Transient three-dimensional side-loads analysis of a thrust-optimized parabolic nozzle during staging
Jia, Ruyan and Jiang, Zhenyu and Zhang, Weihua
Pages: 137–145
Keywords: Stage separation; Thrust-optimized parabolic nozzle; Nozzle flow separation; Nozzle side loads; Numerical simulation
Abstract

Spacecraft dynamics under the action of y-dot magnetic control law
Zavoli, Alessandro and Giulietti, Fabrizio and Avanzini, Giulio and De Matteis, Guido
Pages: 146–158
Keywords: Spacecraft control; Underactuated systems; Magnetic control; Non-linear systems
Abstract

Finite-time output feedback attitude coordination control for formation flying spacecraft without unwinding
Guo, Yong and Song, Shen-Min and Li, Xue-Hui
Pages: 159–174
Keywords: Finite-time stability; Attitude coordination control; Rotation matrix; Homogeneous method; Output feedback control
Abstract

Flap effectiveness appraisal for winged re-entry vehicles
de Rosa, Donato and Pezzella, Giuseppe and Donelli, Raffaele S. and Viviani, Antonio
Pages: 175–184
Keywords: Computational fluid dynamics; Hypersonic flow; Shock-wave-boundary layer interaction; Shock–shock interaction; Reacting flow
Abstract

A self-adjusting compliant bilateral control scheme for time-delay teleoperation in constrained environment
Chen, Zhang and Liang, Bin and Zhang, Tao
Pages: 185–195
Keywords: Teleoperation system; Bilateral control; Communication delay; System stability; Hybrid position/force
Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ros) generation by lunar simulants
Kaur, Jasmeet and Rickman, Douglas and Schoonen, Martin A.
Pages: 196–208
Keywords: Reactive Oxygen Species;; Hydroxyl Radical;; Lunar Simulants;; Inhalation exposure;Dust;Mineral reactivity
Abstract

Autonomous robotic capture of non-cooperative target by adaptive extended kalman filter based visual servo
Dong, Gangqi and Zhu, Zheng H.
Pages: 209–218
Keywords: Adaptive extend Kalman filter; Visual servo; Robotic manipulator; Autonomous capture; Non-cooperative target
Abstract

Design and test of a semiandrogynous docking mechanism for small satellites
Olivieri, Lorenzo and Francesconi, Alessandro
Pages: 219–230
Keywords: Docking; Small satellites; Androgyny
Abstract

Full-genome study of gene expression in lumbar spinal cord of mice after 30-day space flight on bion-m1 biosatellite
Islamov, R.R. and Gusev, О.А. and Tanabe, A. and Terada, M. and Tyapkina, O.V. and Petrov, K.A. and Rizvanov, А.А. and Kozlovskaya, I.B. and Nikolskiy, E.E. and Grigorjev, A.I.
Pages: 231–236
Keywords:
Abstract

Response of saos-2 cells to simulated microgravity and effect of biocompatible sol–gel hybrid coatings
Catauro, M. and Bollino, F. and Papale, F.
Pages: 237–242
Keywords: Random Positioning Machine; Microgravity-induced apoptosis; Biocompatible hybrid coatings
Abstract

Trade space visualization applied to lambert׳s problem for elliptical insertion orbits
Spencer, David B. and Shank, Brian S.
Pages: 243–257
Keywords: Trade space visualization; Lambert׳s problem; Design optimization
Abstract

Numerical and experimental study of the thermal degradation process during the atmospheric re-entry of a tial6v4 tank
Prévereaud, Y. and Vérant, J.-L. and Balat-Pichelin, M. and Moschetta, J.-M.
Pages: 258–286
Keywords: Space debris; Entry prediction; Conduction; Oxidation; Ablation
Abstract

Impact of cabin environment on thermal protection system of crew hypersonic vehicle
Zhu, Xiao Wei and Zhao, Jing Quan and Zhu, Lei and Yu, Xi Kui
Pages: 287–293
Keywords: Hypersonic crew vehicle; Thermal protection system (TPS); Cabin; Boundary condition; Heat transfer; Optimized
Abstract

Switching control of a hypersonic vehicle based on guardian maps
Xiao, Dibo and Liu, Mengying and Liu, Yanbin and Lu, Yuping
Pages: 294–306
Keywords: Hypersonic vehicles; Guardian maps; Switching control; Linear parameter varying; Wide flight envelope
Abstract

Impact risk assessment and planetary defense mission planning for asteroid 2015 pdc
Vardaxis, George and Sherman, Peter and Wie, Bong
Pages: 307–323
Keywords: Impact risk; Impact probability; Asteroid 2015 PDC; Planetary defense; Mission design; Keyholes
Abstract

 

News from Readers

An interesting web site for job offers in UK

A reader points out that a wide variety of Aerospace jobs in UK is available at the Neuvoo website: he himself found his current position thanks to this website. We dutifully pass on the information.

The VR (r)evolution?

One of our readers is pointing out that this 2016 is shaping as a big year for Virtual Reality, at least from a consumer perspective, see for example this article here.

What we (as scientific community) hope to gain from this consumer VR (r)evolution is a similar effect to the one seen for the evolution of graphic cards for games that has led to the development of GPGPU computing.

GPGPU computing is not the panacea for all kind of simulations, but with ever more increasingly powerful GPGPU units, and, most importantly, with rethinking the problems in increasingly distributed and parallel terms, the speed-up that can be obtained are more and more difficult to ignore.

GPGPU acceleration is available for many kind of scientific software, both in closed and open source variants, and it is an area of extremely active research that is bringing fruitful advancements.

While it cannot be stated with certainty, it is difficult to object to the statement that a lot of R&D of GPGPU has been sponsored directly by the consumer market related to the gaming oriented GPUs.

See on the topic a relatively old (2010) but still interesting presentation of Nvidia (a key player in the market) here.

What can be the side-benefits of the VR (r)evolution? It is easy to imagine that manufacturing, designing and drawing could benefit immensely from a more immersive technique. Scientific visualization could evolve beyond cave like environments and already many researchers and developers are exploring ways to exploit the new hardware and software that will soon be available in the coming months. 

Consider for example some papers available from the WEVR 2015 : 1st Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality and in particular this one.

It is difficult to know in advance if this time the announced "revolution" will have success. Sometimes new technologies trumpeted as revolutionary have an abysmal success (think of 3D televisions).

What experts think will make or break this new vague of VR devices are spatial audio (think Head Related Transfer Function audio), latency, spatial tracking and most importantly, applications, and, probably, games.

After all, already in 2015, the gaming industry was bigger then Hollywood.

 

Recently Published Patents of Interest

The following patents have been selected from the EPO database using the following criteria:  "APP = rolls royce aerospacelab_12_2014 aerospacelab_AL09_2015 aerospacelab_AL09_2015.out AND PUA12 >= 20160101". In this case, this means all patents whose A1/A2 documents have been published after the fist January 2016, filed by a subsidiary of the Rolls Royce group. Since patents can be filed towards different organizations, sometimes the data available in the EPO database (the version available for free online) is not the most complete. In that case an external link is used (for example the first item in this list).

How to browse the EPO patent list

There are different tools online to browse/search patents, for example google and the wipo. Here we will be using the EPO Patent information services for experts, from this address. It is possible to browse patents based on many parameters, inventor name, applicant/proprietor (usually a company), application date, etc. etc.  In the future we will consider patents that have published their A1/A2 documents since the date of the last newsletter.

The definition of A1 and A2 are available here.

  • Basically when a European patent application is published together with the search report done by the agency, it is known as an A1 publication. When this application is published without the search report, it is an A2 document.
  • The search report is then published later as an A3 document.
  • When the patent is granted, it is published as a B document.

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