Publications

Work in progress

Manuscripts under review or in preparation. Titles only; venues are listed once published.

Design regions and operational limits of solar-powered stratospheric platforms from a coupled environment–sizing–mission modelSolar stratospheric platforms
The minimum admissible chord: a Reynolds-endogenous wing sizing model and the design space of solar stratospheric platformsSolar stratospheric platforms
Chord subdivision laws for nonplanar wings at low Reynolds numberSolar stratospheric platforms
Forced transition as a design and robustness variable for the lifting surfaces of solar stratospheric platformsSolar stratospheric platforms
Beating the clock, not the energy budget: internal-combustion options and usage modes for the ascent of solar stratospheric platformsSolar stratospheric platforms
Layer-selective station-keeping for propelled stratospheric platforms: exploiting the altitude structure of lower-stratospheric windsSolar stratospheric platforms
The stratosphere's second promise: patronage, displacement, and evidence in two stratospheric races, 1931–2026Solar stratospheric platforms
A digital twin knowledge representation framework for grounding generative aircraft designAircraft design, systems thinking and digital twins
Effect of angle of attack variation on turboprop engine performance: a digital twin-based approachacceptedAircraft design, systems thinking and digital twins
The hydrogen aviation ambition and implementation gapFuels, combustion and emissions

The hydrogen aviation ambition and implementation gap

Fuels, combustion and emissions · under review

Graphical abstract: The hydrogen aviation ambition and implementation gap
Graphical abstractGraphical abstract, redrawn from the paper's own data: schedule slip rate of hydrogen-aviation programmes against three reference classes, with the study's three headline results. Data and code: CC BY 4.0, github.com/melihyildiz545/hydrogen-aviation-gap