The unsteady, aerodynamically induced resonance of aircraft structures may lead to potentially destructive vibrations when left unaccounted for in flight control system design. Such aeroelastic modes are difficult to accurately predict analytically, and computational models require calibration, verification, and validation. The successful design of control systems that actively suppress aeroela...

In this paper, we propose an approach for diagnostics and prognostics of damaged aircraft structures, by combing high-performance fatigue mechanics with filtering theories. Fast & accurate deterministic analyses of fatigue crack propagations are carried out, by using the Finite Element Alternating Method (FEAM) for computing SIFs, and by using the newly developed Moving Least Squares (MLS) law ...

† ‡ § This is white Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) embodies the simultaneous application of both system and quality engineering methods throughout iterative design processes. The use of IPPD results in the timeconscious, cost-saving development of engineering systems. A computing infrastructure called IMAGE is designed to implement IPPD from a decision-based perspective. IMAG...

This work presents the development of an affordable optical motion-capture system which uses home video cameras for 2D and 3D gait analysis. The 2D gait analyzer system consists of one camcorder and one PC while the 3D gait analyzer system uses two camcorders, a flash and two PCs. Both systems make use of 25 fps camcorder, LED markers and technical computing software to track motions of markers...

This article is dedicated to the study of the method of various term system analysis from term formation perspective. Herewith as the simple of analysis is studied aerospace terminology in Russian language. The main ways of term formation are divided into four groups: synthetic way, adoption, semantic metaphorization, analytic way. Each way and the nuances of its analysis are explained in detai...

What role do cultural factors play in the survival of a company that faces existential problems, especially if these problems relate to co-operation between organisations with different cultures? We try to provide some answers by looking at the decline of the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. In 1996 this company went bankrupt and among the causes of this event cultural factors rank high, at ...

Induction of cataracts by occupational exposure in flight crew has been an important topic of interest in aerospace medicine in the past five years, in association with numerous reports of flight-associated disease incidences. Due to numerous confounding variables, it has been difficult to determine if there is increased cataract risk directly caused by interaction with the flight environment, ...

Grid Computing refers to the development of high performance computing environment or virtual super computing environment by utilizing available computing resources in a LAN, WAN and Internet. This new emerging research field offers enormous opportunities for e-Science applications such as astrophysics, bioinformatics, aerospace modeling, cancer research etc. Grid involves coordinating and shar...