Unconventional configuration aircraft are not often designed due to many problems, mainly
with stability and trim. However, they could be very promising and these problems can be …

The transition states between the cruising flight and the taking-off/landing process of a
vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing UAV of joined-wing configuration are subject …

Purpose Tandem wing aircrafts belong to an unconventional configurations group, and this
type of design is characterised by a strong aerodynamic coupling, which results in lower …

Efficiency is a crucial parameter for an airplane to reduce both cost of operations and
emission of pollutants. There are several airplane concepts that potentially allow for …

In general, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and wind tunnel experiments are the two
core and widely implemented approaches to aircraft design and testing. This paper …