Engineers at the Army Research Laboratory are exploring the use of carbon nanotubes to make helicopter blades perform better. Nanotubes have been shown to dissipate energy when embedded in small ...
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Along with serving as a warning system, though, the setup could also be used simply to study the behaviour of rotor blades, helping in the design of longer-lasting, better-performing models. Although ...
Air foil meshed cross section viewed in Gmsh and Contour plot of recovered nodal stress SN11. Photo Credit: AnalySwift LLC While great strides continue to be made in advanced air mobility (AAV), there ...
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NASA is preparing for a future in the skies of Mars. After the massive success of the agency's Ingenuity Mars helicopter (above), engineers are working on the next generation of interplanetary drones.
MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. The Zhukovsky Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) and the Mil Design Bureau have designed new rotor blades that make it possible to boost the speed of existing ...