Research

Research at the Department incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to solving various problems related to the field of aerospace engineering such as: design of airplanes, gliders, jet and rocket engines, helicopters, etc.

Topics

The main research topics are: aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, structural analysis, engineering simulations and optimization, composite materials, additive manufacturing, flight dynamics, rotorcraft, UAVs, wind turbines, experimental measurements.

The Department staff is constantly involved in investigating and solving fundamental, applied and engineering problems. Here are a few examples:

1. Development of different low-cost, high-fidelity design tools,


2. Automated modelling of lifting surfaces (wings, blades),


3. Aerodynamic analyses of different complexity,


4. Turbulence,


5. Structural analyses (both static and dynamic) of different complexity,


6. Laminated composites,


7. Rapid prototyping and experimental testing,


8. Manufacturing composite (highly curved) structures (e.g. wind turbine blades),


9. Additive manufacturing for aerospace applications,


10. Flight dynamics and control,


11. Smart structures,


12. Electric and hybrid propulsion,


13. Unconventional aircraft (amphibian, unmanned, small-scale, high-altitude long-endurance)…

Products/Technological Development

Important contributions resulting from the research projects are various aerospace systems and subsystems. Here are a few examples:

1. Unmanned air vehicles,


2. Composite parts and helicopter/wind turbine blades,


3. Light sports amphibian aircraft FFROG,


4. GA airplane Safat-03,


5. Light helicopter,


6. Light unmanned aircraft engines,


7. Micro turbojet engine,


8. Glider Vuk T,


9. and many more...

Publications

• Davidović N., Kolarević N., Stanković M., Miloš M.


• Research of expendable turbojet tubular combustion chamber


• (2022) Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 14 (5).



• Rašuo B., Dinulović M., Trninić M., Stamenović M., Milošević N., Ćurčić N.


• A Study of Aerodynamic Noise in Air Duct Systems with Turning Vanes


• (2021) FME Transactions, 49 (2), pp. 308-314.



• Kostić Č., Bengin A., Rašuo B., Damljanović D.


• Calibration of the CFD code based on testing of a standard AGARD-B model for determination of aerodynamic characteristics


• (2021) Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 235 (10), pp. 1129-1145.



• Raković D., Simonović A., Grbović A., Radović L., Vorkapić M., Krstić B.


• Fatigue fracture analysis of helicopter landing gear cross tube


• (2021) Engineering Failure Analysis, 129, art. no. 105672.



• Svorcan J., Peković O., Simonović A., Tanović D., Hasan M.S.


• Design of optimal flow concentrator for vertical-axis wind turbines using computational fluid dynamics, artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm


• (2021) Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 13 (3).



• Rosić M., Simić M., Pejović P.


• An improved adaptive hybrid firefly differential evolution algorithm for passive target localization


• (2021) Soft Computing, 25 (7), pp. 5559-5585.



• Kovačević A., Svorcan J., Hasan M.S., Ivanov T., Jovanović M.


• Optimal propeller blade design, computation, manufacturing and experimental testing


• (2021) Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 93 (8), pp. 1323-1332.



• Dinulović M., Rašuo B., Trninić M., Adžić V.


• Numerical Modeling of Nomex Honeycomb Core Composite Plates at Meso Scale Level


• (2020) FME Transactions, 48 (4), pp. 874-881.



• Ranđelović D., Vorotović G., Bengin A., Petrović P.


• Quadcopter Altitude Estimation Using Low-Cost Barometric, Infrared, Ultrasonic and LIDAR Sensors


• (2020) FME Transactions, 49 (1), pp. 21-28.



• Grbović A., Sedmak A., Kastratović G., Petrašinović D., Vidanović N., Sghayer A.


• Effect of laser beam welded reinforcement on integral skin panel fatigue life


• (2019) Engineering Failure Analysis, 101, pp. 383-393.



• Durić G., Mitrović Č., Komatina N., Tadić D., Vorotović G.


• The hybrid MCDM model with the interval Type-2 fuzzy sets for the software failure analysis


• (2019) Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 37 (6), pp. 7747-7759.



• Baltić M., Svorcan J., Perić B., Vorkapić M., Ivanov T., Peković O.


• Comparative numerical and experimental investigation of static and dynamic characteristics of composite plates


• (2019) Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 33 (6), pp. 2597-2603.



• Svorcan J., Trivković Z., Ivanov T., Baltić M., Peković O.


• Multi-objective constrained optimizations of VAWT composite blades based on FEM and PSO


• (2019) FME Transactions, 47 (4), pp. 887-893.



• Abubaker A., Kostić I., Kostić O., Stefanović Z.


• CFD modeling of atmospheric boundary layer simulations in wind tunnels


• (2018) Tehnicki Vjesnik, 25 (6), pp. 1595-1602.



• Petrašinović N., Petrašinović D., Rašuo B., Milković D.


• Aircraft duraluminum wing spar fatigue testing


• (2017) FME Transactions, 45 (4), pp. 531-536.



• Svorcan J., Fotev V., Petrović N., Stupar S.


• Two-dimensional numerical analysis of active flow control by steady blowing along foil suction side by different URANS turbulence models


• (2017) Thermal Science, 21, pp. S649-S662.



• Ivanov T., Simonović A., Petrović N., Fotev V., Kostić I.


• Influence of selected turbulence model on the optimization of a class-shape transformation parameterized airfoil


• (2017) Thermal Science, 21, pp. S737-S744.



• Kostić I., Stefanović Z., Kostić O.


• Aerodynamic analysis of a light aircraft at different design stages


• (2014) FME Transactions, 42 (2), pp. 94-105.



• and many more...