Abstract: Greased Lightning (GL-10) is an aircraft configuration that combines the characteristics of a cruise efficient…
Author: New NASA STI
Diagnostic Techniques to Elucidate the Aerodynamic Performance of Acoustic Liners
Abstract: In support of Topic A.2.8 of NASA NRA NNH10ZEA001N, the University of Florida (UF) has…
An Autonomous Distributed Fault-Tolerant Local Positioning System
Abstract: We describe a fault-tolerant, GPS-independent (Global Positioning System) distributed autonomous positioning system for static/mobile objects…
Implementation of a Battery Health Monitor and Vertical Lift Aircraft Testbed for the Application of an Electrochemisty-Based State of Charge Estimator
Abstract: Prediction methods concerning remaining charge in lithium-ion batteries that power unmanned aerial vehicles are of…
Asteroid Pond Mineralogy: View from a Cognate Clast in LL3 NWA 8330
Abstract: All asteroids surfaces imaged at the cm-scale reveal the presence of pond deposits. These ponds…
Challenges in the Verification of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
Abstract: Machine learning (ML) is increasingly being applied to a wide array of domains from search…
Lift Recovery for AFC-Enabled High Lift System
Abstract: This project is a continuation of the NASA AFC-Enabled Simplified High-Lift System Integration Study contract…
Assurance Arguments for the Non-Graphically-Inclined: Two Approaches
Abstract: We introduce and discuss two approaches to presenting assurance arguments. One approach is based on…
Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft
Abstract: During the summer of 2015, a series of three full-scale crash tests were performed at…
Re-Tooling the Agency’s Engineering Predictive Practices for Durability and Damage Tolerance
Abstract: Over the past decade, the Agency has placed less emphasis on testing and has increasingly…