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2022-151 Improved Electrospray Propulsion Device

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed an improved electrospray propulsion device for satellites and other aerospace applications. Background: The application of electromagnetic principles for jet propulsion has been an ongoing area of research in aeronautical engineering. In particular, electric propulsion...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): James Rosenzweig, Victor Shichen Yu, Gerard Emile Lawler

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Propulsion, Spacecraft

Category(s): Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2012-752 High-Strength Wind Turbine Blades and Wings

-name: TableNormal;border-collapse: collapse; } SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel biplane blade configuration that optimizes aero-structural performance for wind turbine blades and other airfoil applications. BACKGROUND Modern wind turbine blades utilize a single element from...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Perry Roth-Johnson, Richard Wirz

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Robotics, Turbines

Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Generation > Wind, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2013-207 Hypersonic Laminar Flow Control using Surface Roughness

Summary: Dr. Xiaolin Zhong and colleagues in the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a method of maintaining laminar flows over air transportation vehicles and space reentry vehicles at high supersonic and hypersonic speeds by strategically applying surface roughness. Background: The transition of boundary-layer...

Published: 9/8/2023 | Inventor(s): Xiaolin Zhong, Kahei Danny Fong, Xiaowen Wang

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace