Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review

F Afonso, M Sohst, CMA Diogo, SS Rodrigues… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate change is exacerbated and existing resources are depleted, the need for
sustainable industries becomes ever so important. Aviation is not an exception. Despite the …

Review of hybrid-electric aircraft technologies and designs: Critical analysis and novel solutions

KA Salem, G Palaia, AA Quarta - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions has become a priority for civil transport aviation. One
of the possible solutions investigated by current aeronautics research is the introduction of …

Unconventional aircraft for civil aviation: A review of concepts and design methodologies

PD Bravo-Mosquera, FM Catalano, DW Zingg - Progress in Aerospace …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the environmental impacts of aviation have become a key challenge for
the aeronautical community. Advanced and well-established technologies such as active …

Recent developments in the aeroelasticity of morphing aircraft

RM Ajaj, MS Parancheerivilakkathil… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive review of the developments in the aeroelasticity of
morphing aircraft that occurred in the last decade (from 2009 to 2020). It focuses mainly on …

A conceptual design methodology for e-VTOL aircraft for urban air mobility

G Palaia, K Abu Salem, V Cipolla, V Binante… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent progress of electric systems has raised attention towards hybrid-electric and full-
electric aircraft. Nevertheless, the current low battery energy density limits the application of …

Configurations, flight mechanisms, and applications of unmanned aerial systems: A review

S Darvishpoor, J Roshanian, A Raissi… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have a variety of applications in our daily life that
have attracted the attention of many researchers around the world. There are a variety of …

Mission performance analysis of hybrid-electric regional aircraft

G Palaia, K Abu Salem - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article discusses the mission performance of regional aircraft with hybrid-electric
propulsion. The performance analyses are provided by mission simulations tools specifically …

A physics-based multidisciplinary approach for the preliminary design and performance analysis of a medium range aircraft with box-wing architecture

K Abu Salem, V Cipolla, G Palaia, V Binante, D Zanetti - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
The introduction of disruptive innovations in the transport aviation sector is becoming
increasingly necessary. This is because there are many very demanding challenges that the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of revolutionary aircraft designs on global aviation emissions

I Abrantes, AF Ferreira, LB Magalhães, M Costa… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The discussion about the environmental impact caused by aviation has gained greater
prominence due to the increased demand for this sector and, consequently, the increase in …

Structural power performance targets for future electric aircraft

E Karadotcheva, SN Nguyen, ES Greenhalgh… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of commercial aviation is being driven by the need to improve efficiency
and thereby lower emissions. All-electric aircraft present a route to eliminating direct fuel …