INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli"

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS

• Selescu,  R., An intrinsic study on a certain isoenergetic flow of a compressible fluid, with extension to some cases in magneto-plasma dynamics, în revista “Nonlinear Analysis; Theory, Methods & Applications; Series A: Theory and Methods”, available online 11 December 2008, doi:10.1016/j.na.2008.12.015;

• Ursu, I., F. Ursu, A. Halanay, C. A. Safta  (2008), Equilibrium stability of a servo actuating flight controls in a servoelastic framework, Acta Universitatis Apulensis, 15, 179-189, received by Mathematical Reviews and ZBL.

• Iorga, L., H. Baruh, I. Ursu (2008), A review of robust control of piezoelectric smart structures, Transactions of the ASME,  Applied Mechanics Reviews, 61, 4, July, 17-31, Copyright  Ó 2009 by ASME (ISI indexed).

• Munteanu, E., I. Ursu and A. Alecu (2008), Piezo smart wing with sliding mode control, International Journal of Computers, Communication and Control, 3, pp. 417-421, Supplissue: Proceedings of  ICCC 2008, Baile Felix, Oradea, May 15-17.

Proceedings oh the International Conferences

• Toader, A., L. Iorga, I. Ursu (2008), Robust aeroservoelastic control of high-aspect ratio wings, ICNPAA 2008: Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, June 25-27, 2008, Genoa, Italy.
• Ursu, F., I. Ursu (2008), New developments in fuzzy logic control synthesis for airplane antilock braking system, ICNPAA 2008: Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, June 25-27, 2008, Genoa, Italy.

• A. Buzaianu, A .F. Olteanu, I. Rusu, V. Manoliu, “ History on the Use of Industrial Magnesium-Thorium Alloys in Romania.Technological and Radio-Protection Aspect, Annual International Conference on Sustenable Development through Nuclear Research and Education-NUCLEAR 2008, ISBN 978-973-0-05700-3, 28-30 May 2008, Pitesti Romania.

• Selescu,  R., Adapting a Blowdown Type Wind Tunnel for Ground Effect Simulation Tests, în volumul “Automation & Information: Theory and Advanced Technology” - Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS International Conference on AUTOMATION and INFORMATION (ICAI’08), Bucharest, Romania, 24 – 26 June, 2008, (cod ISBN 978-960-6766-77-0, cod ISSN 1790-5117), pp. 194 – 199, WSEAS Press, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA - proceedings indexat ISI.

• Selescu,  R., An Intrinsic Study on a Certain Flow of an Inviscid Compressible Fluid, with Extension to Some Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics; Part One – The Isentropic Surfaces and their Applications in Aerogasdynamics, în volumul “New Aspects of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics” - Proceedings of the 6th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS and AERODYNAMICS (FMA’08), Rhodes, Greece, 20 – 22 August, 2008, (cod ISBN 978-960-6766-98-5, cod ISSN 1790-5095), pp. 271 – 276, WSEAS Press, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA - proceedings indexat ISI; lucrare apreciată ca BEST PAPER (evaluated by a committee of 6 international experts, different for each discipline) for the 6th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS and AERODYNAMICS (FMA’08) Rhodes (Rodos) Island, Greece, August 20-22, 2008 (v. fişierul “Prof.htm” pe site-ul http://www.wseas.us/reports/2008/best2008.htm ).

• Selescu,  R., An Intrinsic Study on a Certain Flow of an Inviscid Compressible Fluid, with Extension to Some Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics; Part Two – An Extension to Some Special Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics, în volumul “New Aspects of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics” - Proceedings of the 6th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS and AERODYNAMICS (FMA’08), Rhodes, Greece, 20 – 22 August, 2008, (cod ISBN 978-960-6766-98-5, cod ISSN 1790-5095), pp. 277 – 282, WSEAS Press, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA - proceedings indexat ISI.

• Selescu,  R., An Intrinsic Study on a Certain Flow of a Viscous Compressible Fluid, with Extension to Some Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics; Part One – The Isentropic and 0-Work Surfaces and their Applications in Aerodynamics, în cartea “Computers and Simulations in Modern Science – Volume II” - Selected Papers from WSEAS Conferences - published after the 10th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (MACMESE’08, Bucharest, Romania, 7 – 9 November, 2008, with the BEST PAPERS (cod ISBN 978-960-474-032-1, cod ISSN 1790-5117), pp. 89 – 93, WSEAS Press, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA - proceedings (carte) indexat(ă) ISI.

• Selescu,  R., An Intrinsic Study on a Certain Flow of a Viscous Compressible Fluid, with Extension to Some Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics; Part Two – An Extension to Some Special Cases in Magneto-Plasma Dynamics, în volumul “Recent Advances in Mathematical and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering – Part II” - Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (MACMESE’08), Bucharest, Romania, 7 – 9 November, 2008, (cod ISBN 978-960-474-019-2, cod ISSN 1790-2769), pp. 438 – 443, WSEAS Press, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA - proceedings indexat ISI.

• Istratie, V., "Minimum Time Optimal Rendezvous on Circular and Elliptical Orbits", Conference ECMI 2008 ( The 15th Biennial Conference of the European Consortium for  Mathematics in Industry), 30 June - 4 July 2008, London (University College London). Lucrarea a fost presentata la conferinta (2 July 2008, Poster Session) si a fost trimisa la publicare si va aparea in carte de buna calitate "Springer Mathematics in Industry series", lucrarea fiind cotata ISI (Thomson).

• Istratie, V., "Optimal 3D Entry into Atmosphere with Minimum Heat " (AIAA - 2008 - 6562), AIAA Flight Mechanics Conference, Proceedings of Conference, Reentry and Aeroasist Vehicle Technology, 18-21 August 2008, Hawaii Convention Center and  Hilton Hawaiian Village Honolulu, Hawai, USA.

• Istratie, V., " Optimal Skip Entry into Atmosphere with Constraints in Minimum Time ", International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2008 -134). 16 - 20 Septembrie, Kos, Grecia. The paper was presented at the Conference, the Session: Mathematical and Numerical Methods I and will be published in "Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics - AIP Conference Proceedings", Vol II, and it was ISI (Thomson) rated. Also it will be published in  journals (full the article).

• Alecu, A., E. Munteanu, T. Sireteanu, I. Ursu (2008), O noua abordare pentru testarea experimentala si sinteza legii de control a modelelor  de izolare antivibratorie de tip suspensie activa, Conferinta Internationala de Stiinte Aerospatiale “AEROSPATIAL 2008”, pp. 190-199, ISBN 978-973-0-05704-1.

• Ursu, I, F. Ursu (2008), Using  future  information,  both real and virtual, in the  synthesis  of  control  law, Conferinta Internationala de Stiinte Aerospatiale “AEROSPATIAL 2008”, pp. 269-272, Bucuresti, 1-2 octombrie, ISBN 978-973-0-05704-1.

• Ursu I. and E. Munteanu (2008), Piezo smart composite wing with sliding mode control, Proceedings of CONTROLO 2008 Conference, CD publised ISBN 978-972-669-877-7, 2008, pp.166-171.

• Munteanu, E. and  I. Ursu (2008), Piezo smart composite wing with LQG/LTR control (2008), Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Cambridge, England, CD published ISBN 978-1-4244-1666-0, pp. 1160-1165.

• Munteanu, E., I. Ursu and C. Rugina (2008), Design of Active Control Laws for Implementing Structural Health Monitoring, 10th WSEAS International bConference on Mathematical and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (MACMESE’ 08), Bucharest, Romania, November 7-9, 2008 (published in „Proceedings –Recent Advances in Mathematical and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering – Part II”, pp. 340-345).

• Munteanu, E., I. Ursu (2008), Active control techniques for piezo smart composite wing (2008), Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS International Conference on AUTOMATION and INFORMATION (ICAI’08), pp. 554-559 (ISI indexed).

Technical Bulletins

Stefanescu. M. D., My 20 years of IMEKO – History and perspectives. IMEKO Bulletin, No. 47, Budapest, 2008, in print.

• Munteanu, E., I. Ursu (2008), Design of robust active control for flutter alleviation, the 19th INTERNATIONAL DAAAM SYMPOSIUM „Intelligent Manufacturing & Automation: Focus on Next Generation of Intelligent Systems and Solutions”, 22-25th October 2008, (ISI indexed).