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Large Constellations of Small Satellites: A Survey of Near Future Challenges and Missions by Curzi, Giacomo, Modenini, Dario, Tortora, Paolo

“…Constellations of satellites are being proposed in large numbers; most of them are expected to be in orbit within the next decade. They will provide…”
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A Review of Concepts, Benefits, and Challenges for Future Electrical Propulsion-Based Aircraft by Sahoo, Smruti, Zhao, Xin, Kyprianidis, Konstantinos

“…Electrification of the propulsion system has opened the door to a new paradigm of propulsion system configurations and novel aircraft designs, which was never…”
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Electric VTOL Configurations Comparison by Bacchini, Alessandro, Cestino, Enrico

“…In the last ten years, different concepts of electric vertical take-off and landing aircrafts (eVTOLs) have been tested. This article addresses the problem of…”
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Recent Advances in Anomaly Detection Methods Applied to Aviation by Basora, Luis, Olive, Xavier, Dubot, Thomas

“…Anomaly detection is an active area of research with numerous methods and applications. This survey reviews the state-of-the-art of data-driven anomaly…”
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U-Space Concept of Operations: A Key Enabler for Opening Airspace to Emerging Low-Altitude Operations by Barrado, Cristina, Boyero, Mario, Brucculeri, Luigi, Ferrara, Giancarlo, Hately, Andrew, Hullah, Peter, Martin-Marrero, David, Pastor, Enric, Rushton, Anthony Peter, Volkert, Andreas

“…Opening the sky to new classes of airspace user is a political and economic imperative for the European Union. Drone industries have a significant potential…”
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Autonomous Trajectory Generation Algorithms for Spacecraft Slew Maneuvers by Sandberg, Andrew, Sands, Timothy

“…Spacecraft need to be able to reliably slew quickly and rather than simply commanding a final angle, a trajectory calculated and known throughout a maneuver is…”
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A Review on Gas Turbine Gas-Path Diagnostics: State-of-the-Art Methods, Challenges and Opportunities by Fentaye, Amare D., Baheta, Aklilu T., Gilani, Syed I., Kyprianidis, Konstantinos G.

“…Gas-path diagnostics is an essential part of gas turbine (GT) condition-based maintenance (CBM). There exists extensive literature on GT gas-path diagnostics…”
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An Overview of Cube-Satellite Propulsion Technologies and Trends by Tummala, Akshay Reddy, Dutta, Atri

“…CubeSats provide a cost effective means to perform scientific and technological studies in space. Due to their affordability, CubeSat technologies have been…”
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Single-Sensor Acoustic Emission Source Localization in Plate-Like Structures Using Deep Learning by Ebrahimkhanlou, Arvin, Salamone, Salvatore

“…This paper introduces two deep learning approaches to localize acoustic emissions (AE) sources within metallic plates with geometric features, such as…”
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A Detailed Survey and Future Directions of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with Potential Applications by Elmeseiry, Nourhan, Alshaer, Nancy, Ismail, Tawfik

“…Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have gained widespread interest in civilian and military applications, which has led to the…”
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Review of State-of-the-Art Green Monopropellants: For Propulsion Systems Analysts and Designers by Nosseir, Ahmed E. S., Cervone, Angelo, Pasini, Angelo

“…Current research trends have advanced the use of “green propellants” on a wide scale for spacecraft in various space missions; mainly for environmental…”
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OpenAP: An Open-Source Aircraft Performance Model for Air Transportation Studies and Simulations by Sun, Junzi, Hoekstra, Jacco M., Ellerbroek, Joost

“…Air traffic simulations serve as common practice to evaluate different concepts and methods for air transportation studies. The aircraft performance model is a…”
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Selective Laser Melting of Aluminum and Titanium Matrix Composites: Recent Progress and Potential Applications in the Aerospace Industry by Fereiduni, Eskandar, Ghasemi, Ali, Elbestawi, Mohamed

“…Selective laser melting (SLM) is a near-net-shape time- and cost-effective manufacturing technique, which can create strong and efficient components with…”
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Electric Propulsion Methods for Small Satellites: A Review by O’Reilly, Dillon, Herdrich, Georg, Kavanagh, Darren F.

“…Over 2500 active satellites are in orbit as of October 2020, with an increase of ~1000 smallsats in the past two years. Since 2012, over 1700 smallsats have…”
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A Review of Recent Research on Bio-Based Epoxy Systems for Engineering Applications and Potentialities in the Aviation Sector by Ramon, Eric, Sguazzo, Carmen, Moreira, Pedro

“…Epoxy resins are one of the most widely used thermosets in different engineering fields, due to their chemical resistance and thermo-mechanical properties…”
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A Survey on Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization Approaches by Morante, David, Sanjurjo Rivo, Manuel, Soler, Manuel

“…In this paper, we provide a survey on available numerical approaches for solving low-thrust trajectory optimization problems. First, a general mathematical…”
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Influence of Novel Airframe Technologies on the Feasibility of Fully-Electric Regional Aviation by Karpuk, Stanislav, Elham, Ali

“…The feasibility of regional electric aviation to reduce environmental impact highly depends on technological advancements of energy storage techniques,…”
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The Bird Strike Challenge by Metz, Isabel C., Ellerbroek, Joost, Mühlhausen, Thorsten, Kügler, Dirk, Hoekstra, Jacco M.

“…Collisions between birds and aircraft pose a severe threat to aviation and avian safety. To understand and prevent these bird strikes, knowledge about the…”
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The Need for Multi-Sensor Data Fusion in Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Aircraft Structures by Broer, Agnes A. R., Benedictus, Rinze, Zarouchas, Dimitrios

“…With the increased use of composites in aircraft, many new successful contributions to the advancement of the structural health monitoring (SHM) field for…”
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Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing for Prediction of Human Factors in Aviation Incident Reports by Madeira, Tomás, Melício, Rui, Valério, Duarte, Santos, Luis

“…In the aviation sector, human factors are the primary cause of safety incidents. Intelligent prediction systems, which are capable of evaluating human state…”
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