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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

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
Fire Reaction of Carbon Epoxy Composite Laminates at Small and Large Scales	17
Level-Set Mass-Conservative Front-Tracking Technique for Multistep Simulations of In-Flight Ice Accretion	16
Aero-Propulsive Modeling for Propeller Aircraft Using Flight Data	16
System Identification for Small Flying-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Using Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Flight Data	16
Minimum-Power Trim of Overactuated Multi-Tiltrotor Aircraft in Transition	16
Effect of Partial Ground and Partial Ceiling on Propeller Performance	16
Experimental Investigation of the Active Flow Control over a Cranked-Delta Wing	15
Propeller Rotation Effects on Pitching Moment for Transport Aircraft with Conventional Tail	14
Credibility-Based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Hybrid and Fully Electric Aircraft	14
Introduction to the Advances in Aircraft System Identification from Flight Test Data Virtual Collection	13
Aerodynamic Nonlinear Modeling and Body-Freedom Flutter Suppression of Flying-Wing Aircraft	13
System Identification of a Subscale Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	12
Numerical Investigation into Single and Double Gurney Flaps for Improving Airfoil Performance	12
Trajectory Optimization for Dynamic Soaring Remotely Piloted Aircraft with Under-Wing Solar Panels	12
Aerodynamic Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Stability Characteristics of Double-Delta Wings	11
Preliminary Design of a Drive System for a Midsized Coaxial Rotorcraft	11
Numerical Investigation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launch from Military Transport Aircrafts	10
Propulsion–Airframe Integration for Conceptual Redesign of a Low-Boom Supersonic Transport	10
Aerodynamic Efficiency Enhancement of Delta Wings for Micro Air Vehicles Using Shape-Optimization	9
Multi-Objective Airfoil Optimization Under Unsteady-Freestream Dynamic Stall Conditions	9
Dynamic Model of Vapor Compression Systems for Aircraft Environmental Control Systems	9
Comparison of Data-Driven Approaches to Rotorcraft Store Separation Modeling	9
Advances in Aircraft System Identification at NASA Langley Research Center	9

Certification-Constrained Vertical Tail Sizing and Power Split Optimization for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	9
Airfoil Design Framework for Optimized Boundary-Layer Integral Parameters	8
Efficient Algorithm of Real-Time Failure Probability Function Updating	8
Development of Three-Dimensional Feature-Based Vision Algorithm for Ship-Deck Landing	8
Investigation on “Replacing Bolts with Rivets” in Composite Structures	7
Power Setting Estimation of Departing Civil Jet Aircraft Based on Machine Learning	7
Design of Hydrogen Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Blended-Wing–Body Aircraft	7
Brake-Induced Landing Gear Walk Vibration Analysis and Suppression Method Research	7
Effect of Wing Stiffness and Folding Wingtip Release Threshold on Gust Loads	7
Nonintrusive Polynomial Chaos Approach for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Uncertainty Quantification	7
Interaction Between a Hovering Maritime Helicopter and Ship Exhaust Plume	7
Uncertainty Quantification of Laminar–Turbulent Transition on Airfoil and Fuselage	7
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Magnetically Suspended Square Cylinders with Low Fineness Ratio	7
Wind Tunnel Testing of Tethered Inflatable Wings	7
Numerical Icing Simulations of Cylindrical Geometry and Comparisons to Flight Test Results	7
Optimal Range and Endurance for Electric Aircraft Driven by Fixed-Pitch Propellers	7
Flight-Test Determination of Longitudinal Stability Using System Identification	6
Parametric Study of a Switchable Vortex Generator for Load Alleviation in Transonic Conditions	6
Gust Response Predictions of a Very Flexible Wing Model	6
Ride Quality in Transonic High-Aspect-Ratio-Wing Aircraft	6
Economic Aspects of Aircraft Propulsion Electrification	6
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
System Identification Approach for eVTOL Aircraft Demonstrated Using Simulated Flight Data	6
Phase-Resolved Flowfield Measurements of a Coaxial Counter-Rotating Rotor in Hover	6
Numerical Mach Number Studies on a Multidelta Wing Configuration with Vertical Stabilizers	5
Passive Thermal Management of an Electric Trainer Aircraft Battery Pack Considering Aging	5
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Rotor Noise in Hover	5
HLPW-4/GMGW-3: High-Order Discretization Technology Focus Group Workshop Summary	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
Modeling and Dynamic Stability Analysis of Distributed Electric Propulsion Tilt-Rotor UAV	5
Meshless Large-Eddy Simulation of Propeller–Wing Interactions with Reformulated Vortex Particle Method	5
Aerodynamic Performance of a Hovering Quadcopter Using the Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method	5
Numerical Simulation of the Common Research Model with Natural Laminar Flow	5
Fluidic Flow Control Devices for Gust Load Alleviation	5
Aircraft Simulations Using the New CFD Software from ONERA, DLR, and Airbus	5
Simple Rules for Parachute Inflation Testing at Underscale and Performance Extrapolation to Full-Scale	5
Announcements and Acknowledgments	4
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Cruciform Parachute with an Asymmetric Configuration of Ropes	4
Modeling of the Six-Degree-of-Freedom Nonlinear Ground Dynamics of the Cessna Citation X	4
Acoustic Liner Demonstrator for a Turning Vane of S1MA Wind Tunnel	4
Modeling Aircraft Fuel Jettison Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics on Finite-Volume Meshes	4
Optimization of Lift-Plus-Cruise Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft with Electrified Propulsion	4
Introduction to the Selected Papers from NATO AVT-338 Specialists Meeting on Advanced Wind Tunnel Boundary Simulation II Virtual Collection	4
Annoyance Model Assessments of Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Operations	4
Open-Source Framework for Sizing Hybrid and Electric General Aviation Aircraft	4
Transonic Flutter Dips of the AGARD 445.6 Wing	4
Machine Learning Models for Multirotor Performance Prediction	4
Application of Higher-Order Difference Schemes in Coupled Heat Transfer Simulation of Hypersonic Flow	4

Comprehensive Review of Design and Performance Metrics in Three-Surface Aircraft	4
Simplified Stability-Based Transition Transport Modeling for Unstructured Computational Fluid Dynamics	4
Numerical Study of Skipping Motion of Blended-Wing–Body Aircraft Ditching on Calm/Wavy Water	4
Ice Shape Convergence in Multistep Ice Accretion Simulations	4
Aerodynamic Stability Derivative Calculations Using the Compressible Source and Doublet Panel Method	4
Control-Oriented Modeling for Flexible Aircraft	4
Experimental Aerodynamic Analysis of a QuadPlane Unmanned Aircraft System	4
Stability, Modes, and Dynamics of Stratospheric Airships Across the Entire Ascent-Descent Envelope	4
Wake Vortex Far-Field of a Generic Transport Aircraft Affected by Oscillating Flaps	4
Energy-Harvesting Performance of an Aircraft Propeller	4
Actuator Surface Modeling of Rotors at the Ship–Helicopter Dynamic Interface	4
Design and Optimization of a Hinged Mechanism Guiding Flap to Three Positions	4
Drag Decomposition Using Partial-Pressure Fields: Ventus-3 and NASA Common Research Model	4
Physics-Based Surface Condition Discriminant for a Time-Efficient Roughness Model	4
Uncertainty Quantification of the ONERA 7A Rotor Performance and Loads Using Comprehensive Analysis	4
Design Optimization of Rear-Fuselage Boundary-Layer Ingestion Shrouded Propulsor	4
Nonlinear Aero-Propulsive Modeling for Fixed-Wing eVTOL UAV from Flight Test Data	3
Flight-Configuration-Based Analysis of Emissions and Noise Interdependencies	3
Benefits and Challenges of Electric Propulsion for Commuter Aircraft	3
Large-Eddy Simulation of Wake Vortices at Tokyo/Haneda International Airport	3
Studies of Transonic Aircraft Flows and Prediction of Initial Buffet Using Large-Eddy Simulation	3
Investigating the Effect of Engine Including Heat Propulsion Components on Airframe Aerodynamics	3
Application of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Process to Generate Stochastic Vertical Wind Profiles	3
Fretting Fatigue of Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage	3
Estimating Aircraft Landing Weights from Mode S Data	3
HEMLAB Algorithm Applied to the High-Lift Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Standard Model	3
Insights and Lessons Learned from the NASA Juncture Flow Experiment	3
Prediction of the Oswald Efficiency Factor for Cambered and Swept Wings	3
Modification of the Class-Shape-Transformation Parameterization Based on Radial Basis Functions	3
Development of the Aspirated Kiel Probe	3
Aerodynamics of High-Bypass-Ratio Aeroengine Nacelles: Numerical and Experimental Investigation	3
MachLine: Development of a Dirichlet-Based, Subsonic/Supersonic Panel Method for Unstructured Grids	3
Aerodynamic Exergy-Based Analysis and Optimization of the Generic Hypersonic Vehicle Using FUN3D	3
Thermomechanical Collaborative Design and Experimental Verification of a Sandwich Structure with a Polyimide Foam Core	3
Investigation of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control Capabilities from the Flight Envelope Perspective	3
Three-Dimensional Front-Tracking Technique for Multistep Simulations of Aircraft Icing	3
Line-Based High-Order Hybrid Scheme on Unstructured Grids for Compressible Flows	3
Prediction of Noise-Power-Distance Data for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles	3
Autorotation-Based Descent with Trajectory Optimization	3
On the Use of Artificial Ice Shapes for Large-Eddy Simulations in Aircraft Icing	3