Electric-pump Rocket Engines: Comparative analysis of the electric-pump cycle using Rocket Cycle Analysis Tool (RoCAT)

The electric-pump cycle is a rocket engine configuration that uses an electric motor to power the pumps instead of a turbine. This offers several expected advantages such as simpler design, lower development costs, and easier restartability, but comes with reduced performance compared to conventional cycles. Previous research has primarily...

Increasing the Strength of an Adhesive Joint: Geometry Optimization of Complex Joint Configurations for Implementation in Composite Micro Truss Structures

A FEM-based tool was developed for optimization of the geometry of an adhesive joint for implementation in a composite micro truss structure. A genetic algorithm was employed to optimize the adhesive fillet and adherend local end geometry towards a uniform state of strain in the adhesive layer. It was found that the peak maximum principal strain...

Optimal Control Allocation on Over-Actuated Vehicles

Modern passenger vehicles are equipped with an increasing number of actuators that may be used to actively control the lateral and longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle. During limit-handling situations, proper coordination of all the available actuators by the vehicle stability control (VSC) can lead to improved overall control authority, which...