This book comprises the proceedings of the 2023 International Symposium on Aircraft Technology, MRO, and Operations (ISATECH 2023), a multi-disciplinary symposium presenting research on current aerospace issues. It provides insights into the latest trends in aircraft technology, manufacturing, maintenance, repair, overhaul, and operations that offer innovative solutions to challenges faced by the aviation industry. Coverage includes the operational and MRO needs of hybrid, electric, all-electric, and fuel-cell air vehicles adapted to new technology standards. The use of artificial intelligence in aerospace, clean energy, emissions reduction, and aerospace legislation is also covered. ISATECH allows researchers, scientists, engineers, practitioners, policymakers, and students to exchange information, present new technologies and developments, and discuss future direction, strategies, and priorities.
Offers recent research on a wide array of aerospace issues; Addresses operational and MRO needs of hybrid, electric, all-electric, and fuel-cell air vehicles; Provides the full proceedings of ISATECH 2023.
Prediction of Process-Induced Distortion of Braided CFRP Composites
Based on Effective Material Property and Cure Modeling.- Modeling and
Simulation of Heavy-Lift Tethered Multicopter Considering Mechanical
Properties of Electric Power Cable.- Composite materials in the aerospace
industry: Some opportunities and challenges.- Application of laser distance
meters for non-contact determination of aircraft weight and center of
gravity.- Open-source tool for rotorcraft design.- Attitude at Altitude:
Ethics and Flight Safety.- NOTAR Helicopter preliminary design app.- Energy
and comfort in virtual aircraft passenger cabin section Part I: Design of
the Cabin and Hydrothermal Manikins.- Energy and comfort in virtual aircraft
passenger cabin section Part II: Three-dimensional airflow around
hydrothermal manikins.- Using CFD studies effect of an air circulating tank
on hydrodynamic performance of a hull.- Power Generation Sustainability in
Aviation Ground-Based Maintenance, Rectification,Overhaul, Testing
Operations.- Revolutionizing Aviation MRO Training: Exploring the Impact of
Digitalization.- Energy and comfort in virtual aircraft passenger cabin
section Part III: Binaural mannequins.- Process structure proposal for the
automation of aircraft maintenance planning.- Navigating the winds of change:
case studies of the latest high-level research in the MRO industry.- Aircraft
maintenance practices using virtual reality.- The new solution of air plasma
spray for hardfacing.- Longitudinal motion control of a fully submerged
hydrofoil craft using a neural network.- Research and development airboats
for rescue works.- Numerical study on bubble growth and collapse near a solid
wall with a gas-entrapping hole.- A study on propellers for airboats.- Mixing
process effect in shear stiffening gels for aircraft.- The Importance of
periodic measurement of vibration values to prevent CNC spindle tool runout
in the aviation industry.- A comparative study of the force of shot for5.56mm
assault rifles with different barrel lengths.- Study the influence of the
presence of air in the hydraulic brake on its operation.- Fire detection in
surveillance camera systems using a deep-learning-based approach.-
Optimization of acoustic performance of double-layer absorbers based on
cellular foams.- Performance of a micro wind turbine retrofitted with a
prototype flow acceleration system at a typical Urban Site of Dhaka,
Bangladesh.- Active noise control technology for Advanced Air Mobility
applications.- Visualization on Supercritical/Transcritical CO2 Jet and
Boundary Flow.- Nanocolloids: from basic experiment to applications.-
Hungarian Drone Coalition: introduction to the Hungarian drone ecosystem and
development strategy.- A model-driven approach to develop controllers for
quadrotor UAVs.- A UAF-Driven point of view to implement UAV controllers.-
Design and manufacturing a virtual reality parachute training simulation
system.- Radar design techniques deployed in anti-drone and counter UAV.- An
automatic control system for the takeoff and landing of a quadrotor.-
Aerodynamic effect of different drone blade tip shapes.- Modal analysis of a
body-spring system modeling an insect flapping-wing structure.- Research and
design the wing structure separation for HALE UAV.- Research of kinematics
and solutions to overcome the delay caused by the steering control unit in
the automatic system of controlling the angle stability of the aircraft.-
Study on rotor interactional effects on aerodynamic noise characteristics of
quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle.- PID controller system for hexacopter
using angular rate correction block.- Exploring the efficacy of VR/Haptic
technologies in elevating aviation training and simulation.- Impact of AI on
sustainable procurement: revolutionizing aviation maintenance operations.-
Exploring the Sustainability Effects of High-Altitude UAV Components using
Multicriteria Decision Analysis.- Numerical optimization of aerodynamic noise
reduction in a micro turbojet engine using nozzle chevrons.- An experimental
investigation of the effect of biodiesel on the emission characteristics of
diesel engines.- Combustion Characteristics of Jet Fuel Surrogates.-
Evaluation of the Heat-Resistant Properties of an EPDM-based Insulator in
Solid Rocket Motors.- Study to determine the blast wave pressure of
simultaneous explosions in the aquatic environment.- Thermal conduction
analysis of a common bulkhead propellant tank under eccentricity variations.-
CFD simulation for thermal results on Honda Wave Alpha 110cc motorcycle
exhaust wall.- A technique to speed up solving linear algebraic equations in
the finite element method.- Energy attenuation in intelligent aircraft
structures.- Stress investigation of FG-CNTRC cylinder shell in thermal
environment.- Effects of loading rate and crack length on interlaminar
fracture toughness for CYCOM 977-3/IM7.-Concurrent design of composite
pressure vessels.- An analytical method for solving the problem of stationary
motion of a shell segment under the influence of a harmonic cylindrical wave
in an acoustic medium.- Composite materials for space radiation shielding: a
review.- Aerodynamic performances of an axial transonic compressor using
passive control systems.- Effect of geometric parameters of cross-flow wind
turbine on the generator power for moving road vehicles.- CFD analysis of
aircraft wheel washing machine.- Experimental data analysis: effects of the
convective mach number on mixing layer turbulence.- Investigated the effect
of grid patterns to the grid fins aerodynamic characteristics.- Development
of Markov chains for random vertical wind profiles.- An optimization
technique for horizontal axis wind turbines airfoils using XFOIL and genetic
algorithm.- Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of toroidal
propeller using CFD approach.- A Computational Investigation on Underexpanded
Supersonic Free Jet with Imposed Pressure Perturbation.- The freezing process
of water drops a numerical investigation.- Computational model for the
aerodynamic characteristics of sounding rockets.- Design the flight
trajectory of a cruise missile to avoid threats.- Application of drones for
road condition assessment.- Flight Simulation Part 1-Algorithm and
calculation module.- Flight Simulation Part 2 Kinematics of a flight
simulator system.- Methods of trajectory correction employing the pulse
steering array and global navigation satellite (GNSS).- Flight simulator to
investigate the impact of different types of actuators on the piloting.
T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D., graduated from Anadolu University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University. He received his Ph.D. from Anadolu University, where he started his full-time teaching and received his Full Professorship. He is currently researching at the Eskisehir Technical University. He has a wide range of research interests, including sustainable aviation, aircraft propulsion systems, insulation, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), indoor air quality, gas turbines, cogeneration systems, renewable energy, energy economics, fuels, and combustion. He has participated in numerous industrial projects on these topics as a researcher, consultant, and project manager for over 30 projects and corporations. He also started a contest on special insulation applications among university students. He served as an Editor-in-Chief, guest editor, and editorial board member for international scientific journals. He published national and international papers in over 300 journals and 40 books. Professor Karakoc actively follows membership positions for the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and many sectorial associations, international scientific organizations, and societies. He is an active Board of Directors member of the International Association for Green Energy. He is currently holding the presidency of the SARES organization, which is actively supporting scientists and students in the area of sustainable aviation. He also organizes four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair.
Dinh Dung Nguyen, Ph.D., is a Lecturer and Vice-Head of the Department of Aircraft System Design at Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi. Dr. Nguyen received his Ph.D. in Transportation and Vehicle Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in 2022. His research fields of interest areautomation and control and dynamics and control.
Anh Tuan Nguyen, Ph.D., is a Lecturer and Head of the Department of Aircraft System Design at Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2022. His research fields of interest are aircraft aerodynamics, flight dynamics and control, and aeroelasticity.
Alper Dalkran, Ph.D., received his bachelors degree Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Eskisehir Technical University (formerly known as Anadolu University) from the Avionics Department. He completed his MSc degree in the School of Science from Anadolu University in 2004 in Aviation Maintenance. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2017 in Environmental Sustainability on Airports from the School of Science at Anadolu University by developing a model of energy-based calculations of an aerodrome. Dr. Dalkranhas studied aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has 17 years of professional experience in airports in information technology, automation, and integration. He has managed teams on system design, projects, tests, commissioning, operational readiness, and operations. He has been working in the School of Aviation at Suleyman Demirel University since 2019 and lecturing in flight theory, airline management, and airport design subjects.
