OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Aircraft is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Numerical Design Studies on the Roll Stability of a Multi-Delta-Wing Configuration	25
Experimental Investigation of the Coupling Process of Laminar Wings at Their Tips	19
Level-Set Mass-Conservative Front-Tracking Technique for Multistep Simulations of In-Flight Ice Accretion	18
Fire Reaction of Carbon Epoxy Composite Laminates at Small and Large Scales	18
Aero-Propulsive Modeling for Propeller Aircraft Using Flight Data	17
Minimum-Power Trim of Overactuated Multi-Tiltrotor Aircraft in Transition	17
Experimental Investigation of the Active Flow Control over a Cranked-Delta Wing	16
System Identification for Small Flying-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Using Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Flight Data	16
Propeller Rotation Effects on Pitching Moment for Transport Aircraft with Conventional Tail	16
Effect of Partial Ground and Partial Ceiling on Propeller Performance	14
Credibility-Based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Hybrid and Fully Electric Aircraft	14
Aerodynamic Nonlinear Modeling and Body-Freedom Flutter Suppression of Flying-Wing Aircraft	13
Introduction to the Advances in Aircraft System Identification from Flight Test Data Virtual Collection	13
Certification-Constrained Vertical Tail Sizing and Power Split Optimization for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	12
System Identification of a Subscale Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	12
Numerical Investigation into Single and Double Gurney Flaps for Improving Airfoil Performance	12
Advances in Aircraft System Identification at NASA Langley Research Center	12
Propulsion–Airframe Integration for Conceptual Redesign of a Low-Boom Supersonic Transport	11
Trajectory Optimization for Dynamic Soaring Remotely Piloted Aircraft with Under-Wing Solar Panels	11
Preliminary Design of a Drive System for a Midsized Coaxial Rotorcraft	11
Dynamic Model of Vapor Compression Systems for Aircraft Environmental Control Systems	10
Aerodynamic Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Stability Characteristics of Double-Delta Wings	10
Comparison of Data-Driven Approaches to Rotorcraft Store Separation Modeling	10
Numerical Investigation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launch from Military Transport Aircrafts	10
Development of Three-Dimensional Feature-Based Vision Algorithm for Ship-Deck Landing	9

Multi-Objective Airfoil Optimization Under Unsteady-Freestream Dynamic Stall Conditions	9
Airfoil Design Framework for Optimized Boundary-Layer Integral Parameters	9
Aerodynamic Efficiency Enhancement of Delta Wings for Micro Air Vehicles Using Shape-Optimization	9
Efficient Algorithm of Real-Time Failure Probability Function Updating	8
Uncertainty Quantification of Laminar–Turbulent Transition on Airfoil and Fuselage	8
Effect of Wing Stiffness and Folding Wingtip Release Threshold on Gust Loads	8
Interaction Between a Hovering Maritime Helicopter and Ship Exhaust Plume	8
Nonintrusive Polynomial Chaos Approach for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Uncertainty Quantification	7
Fixed-Time Trajectory Tracking Control for Airships with Time-Varying Error Constraints	7
System Identification Approach for eVTOL Aircraft Demonstrated Using Simulated Flight Data	7
Flight-Test Determination of Longitudinal Stability Using System Identification	7
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Magnetically Suspended Square Cylinders with Low Fineness Ratio	7
Investigation on “Replacing Bolts with Rivets” in Composite Structures	7
Economic Aspects of Aircraft Propulsion Electrification	7
Phase-Resolved Flowfield Measurements of a Coaxial Counter-Rotating Rotor in Hover	7
Power Setting Estimation of Departing Civil Jet Aircraft Based on Machine Learning	7
Wind Tunnel Testing of Tethered Inflatable Wings	7
Brake-Induced Landing Gear Walk Vibration Analysis and Suppression Method Research	7
Optimal Range and Endurance for Electric Aircraft Driven by Fixed-Pitch Propellers	7
Note on the Non-CO₂ Mitigation Potential of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Using “Eco-Switch”	6
Effect of Adhesive Layer Thickness on Strength of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic/Aluminum Bond-Riveted Joints	6
Design of Hydrogen Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Blended-Wing–Body Aircraft	6
Numerical Mach Number Studies on a Multidelta Wing Configuration with Vertical Stabilizers	6
Numerical Icing Simulations of Cylindrical Geometry and Comparisons to Flight Test Results	6
Parametric Study of a Switchable Vortex Generator for Load Alleviation in Transonic Conditions	6
Simple Rules for Parachute Inflation Testing at Underscale and Performance Extrapolation to Full-Scale	6
Meshless Large-Eddy Simulation of Propeller–Wing Interactions with Reformulated Vortex Particle Method	6
Ride Quality in Transonic High-Aspect-Ratio-Wing Aircraft	6
Gust Response Predictions of a Very Flexible Wing Model	6
HLPW-4/GMGW-3: High-Order Discretization Technology Focus Group Workshop Summary	6
Passive Thermal Management of an Electric Trainer Aircraft Battery Pack Considering Aging	5
Aerodynamic Performance of a Hovering Quadcopter Using the Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method	5
Aircraft Simulations Using the New CFD Software from ONERA, DLR, and Airbus	5
Fluidic Flow Control Devices for Gust Load Alleviation	5
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Rotor Noise in Hover	5
Numerical Simulation of the Common Research Model with Natural Laminar Flow	5
Multicomponent and Multifailure Mode Reliability Analysis of Rear Variable-Area Bypass Injector	5
Comprehensive Review of Design and Performance Metrics in Three-Surface Aircraft	5
Modeling and Dynamic Stability Analysis of Distributed Electric Propulsion Tilt-Rotor UAV	5
Generation of Tow Paths on a Curved Shell in Three-Dimensional Space for Fiber Steering	5
Correction: Novel Electric Propulsion System Analysis Method for eVTOL Aircraft Conceptual Design	5
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Cruciform Parachute with an Asymmetric Configuration of Ropes	5
Wake Vortex Far-Field of a Generic Transport Aircraft Affected by Oscillating Flaps	5
Drag Decomposition Using Partial-Pressure Fields: Ventus-3 and NASA Common Research Model	4
Design and Optimization of a Hinged Mechanism Guiding Flap to Three Positions	4
Transonic Flutter Dips of the AGARD 445.6 Wing	4
Aerodynamic Stability Derivative Calculations Using the Compressible Source and Doublet Panel Method	4
Energy-Harvesting Performance of an Aircraft Propeller	4
Annoyance Model Assessments of Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Operations	4
Stability, Modes, and Dynamics of Stratospheric Airships Across the Entire Ascent-Descent Envelope	4

Modeling of the Six-Degree-of-Freedom Nonlinear Ground Dynamics of the Cessna Citation X	4
Modification of the Class-Shape-Transformation Parameterization Based on Radial Basis Functions	4
Investigating the Effect of Engine Including Heat Propulsion Components on Airframe Aerodynamics	4
Introduction to the Selected Papers from NATO AVT-338 Specialists Meeting on Advanced Wind Tunnel Boundary Simulation II Virtual Collection	4
Open-Source Framework for Sizing Hybrid and Electric General Aviation Aircraft	4
Uncertainty Quantification of the ONERA 7A Rotor Performance and Loads Using Comprehensive Analysis	4
Ice Shape Convergence in Multistep Ice Accretion Simulations	4
Actuator Surface Modeling of Rotors at the Ship–Helicopter Dynamic Interface	4
Acoustic Liner Demonstrator for a Turning Vane of S1MA Wind Tunnel	4
Application of Higher-Order Difference Schemes in Coupled Heat Transfer Simulation of Hypersonic Flow	4
Announcements and Acknowledgments	4
Experimental Aerodynamic Analysis of a QuadPlane Unmanned Aircraft System	4
Line-Based High-Order Hybrid Scheme on Unstructured Grids for Compressible Flows	4
Machine Learning Models for Multirotor Performance Prediction	4
Optimization of Lift-Plus-Cruise Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft with Electrified Propulsion	4
Force Decoupling for Assembly Interface of Large Aircraft Structures by Neural Networks	4
Numerical Study of Skipping Motion of Blended-Wing–Body Aircraft Ditching on Calm/Wavy Water	4
Modeling Aircraft Fuel Jettison Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics on Finite-Volume Meshes	4
Simplified Stability-Based Transition Transport Modeling for Unstructured Computational Fluid Dynamics	4
Design Optimization of Rear-Fuselage Boundary-Layer Ingestion Shrouded Propulsor	4
Physics-Based Surface Condition Discriminant for a Time-Efficient Roughness Model	4
Control-Oriented Modeling for Flexible Aircraft	4
Estimating Aircraft Landing Weights from Mode S Data	3
Investigation of Energy-Maneuverability Methods for Helicopter Performance Assessments	3
Flight-Configuration-Based Analysis of Emissions and Noise Interdependencies	3
Outlier Detection for Distributed Pressure Measurements	3
Aerodynamic Exergy-Based Analysis and Optimization of the Generic Hypersonic Vehicle Using FUN3D	3
Fretting Fatigue of Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage	3
Development of the Aspirated Kiel Probe	3
Application of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Process to Generate Stochastic Vertical Wind Profiles	3
Nonlinear Aero-Propulsive Modeling for Fixed-Wing eVTOL UAV from Flight Test Data	3
Investigation of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control Capabilities from the Flight Envelope Perspective	3
HEMLAB Algorithm Applied to the High-Lift Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Standard Model	3
Aerodynamics of High-Bypass-Ratio Aeroengine Nacelles: Numerical and Experimental Investigation	3
Studies of Transonic Aircraft Flows and Prediction of Initial Buffet Using Large-Eddy Simulation	3
Autorotation-Based Descent with Trajectory Optimization	3
On the Use of Artificial Ice Shapes for Large-Eddy Simulations in Aircraft Icing	3
Prediction of the Oswald Efficiency Factor for Cambered and Swept Wings	3
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Z-Shaped Folding Wings	3
Thermomechanical Collaborative Design and Experimental Verification of a Sandwich Structure with a Polyimide Foam Core	3
Combined Flow Control Method for Supersonic Jet Noise Reduction	3
Insights and Lessons Learned from the NASA Juncture Flow Experiment	3
MachLine: Development of a Dirichlet-Based, Subsonic/Supersonic Panel Method for Unstructured Grids	3
Prediction of Noise-Power-Distance Data for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles	3
Three-Dimensional Front-Tracking Technique for Multistep Simulations of Aircraft Icing	3