Amir Z. Shahneh

• Cranfield University

Background: Aviation Industry has adverse effects on the environment since past few years. Despite these effects, industry is expected to grow more than 10% strategically in many regions across the globe in a near future. Accordingly, several global aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Research organisations are focusing on this tre...

In the aircraft fuel system, water–ice contamination within fuel tanks has been one of the most serious challenges. This issue was highlighted in 2008 by an accident triggered by restricted fuel flow due to the ice formation within the system. The on-board inert gas generation system, which is already installed on some aircraft to prevent the outbr...

This work aims to construct a high-speed simulation tool which is used to quantify the dynamic actuator power consumption of an aircraft in flight, for use within trajectory optimisation packages. The purpose is to evaluate the energy penalties of the flight control actuation system as an aircraft manoeuvre along any arbitrary trajectory. The advan...

Formation flight could greatly assist the air transport industry in tackling the challenges of environmental impact, excessive reliance on fuel and overcapacity. Previous studies have shown drag reductions leading to significant fuel savings for aircraft in formation relative to their solo flight. Safety is guaranteed with the use of extended forma...

Rise in the performance and therefore profit of airliners is a major challenge for aircraft designers. Here, the design of a Hybrid Laminar Flow Control system is considered and a computational verification has been done to show the performance of the system and by employing the fundamental equations, it showed that the required level of suction ac...

During flying, military pilots are normally subjected to a number of stresses like mild hypoxia, high accelerations, vibrations and thermal discomfort. Among all of these, thermal stress is the most predominant factor while operating in highly tropical regions. Despite the use of aircraft’s environmental control system, the temperature inside the c...

The results of an investigation into the effects that sub-boundary layer vortex generators (SBVGs) have on reducing normal shock-induced turbulent boundary layer separation are presented. The freestream Mach number and Reynolds number were M =1.45 and R=15.9×106/m, respectively. Total pressure profiles, static pressure distributions, surface total...