Agnieszka Kwiek

Scientific disciplines

Flight dynamics, flight mechanics, aerodynamics, aircraft design, and space technology

Selected papers:

Papers in journals:

• A. Kwiek, C. Galinski, K. Bogdanński, J. Hajduk, A. Tarnowski, Results of simulation and scaled flight tests performed on a rocket-plane at high angles of attack, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, in print https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-11-2020-0276
• M. Figat, A. Kwiek, Aerodynamic and static stability investigation into aircraft coupled system to suborbital space flights, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 93 No. 2, pp. 275-283 https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-05-2020-0085
• A. Kwiek, Conceptual design of an aircraft for Mars mission, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 91, No. 6, str. 886-892, June 2019 https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-08-2018-0231
• A. Kwiek, A numerical study into the longitudinal dynamic stability of the tailless aircraft, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 91, No. 3, str. 428-436, March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-01-2018-0032

• M. Figat, A. Kwiek, Aerodynamic optimisation of the rocket plane in subsonic and supersonic flight conditions, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 231, Issue 12, pp. 2266-2281, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410017723672

• A. Kwiek, Study on the static and dynamic stability of a Modular Airplane System, Aviation, Vol. 20, No 4, pp. 160-167, 2016. https://doi.org/10.3846/16487788.2016.1235849

• A. Kwiek, M. Figat, LEX and wing tip plates interaction on the Rocket Plane in tailless configuration, The Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 120, Issue 1224, pp.255-270, February 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2015.16

• A. Kwiek, Analiza stateczności statycznej samolotu zespolonego do turystyki kosmicznej, Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Rzeszowskiej 288, Mechanika tom XXX, zeszyt 85 (4/13), październik-grudzień 2013, str.469-478, ISSN 0209-2689 (in polish) http://doi.prz.edu.pl/pl/pdf/mechanika/54

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

• A. Kwiek, Teaching aircraft design through a blended learning method in a higher education, published in the conference proceedings Research and Education in Aircraft Design 2018, pp. 109-118, 7-9/11/2018, Brno, Czech Republic https://doi.org/10.13164/conf.read.2018.11

• M. Figat, A. Kwiek, K. Seneńko, All moving tail plate interaction on an aerodynamic characteristic of the rocket plane in tailless configuration, published in the conference proceedings 5th CEAS AIR & SPACE Conference, 7-11.09.2015 Deflt, Nitherlands

• A. Kwiek, Study on control and stability of the rocket plane to space tourism, Proceedings of the 29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 7-12.09.2014, ISBN: 3-932182-80-4.

• M. Figat, A. Kwiek, K. Seneńko, Aerodynamic design of the strake for the rocket plane in tailless configuration, Proceedings of the 29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 7-12.09.2014, ISBN: 3-932182-80-4

• A. Kwiek, M. Figat, Study on the influence of deflected strake on the rocket plane aerodynamic characteristics, published in the Proceeding of the 4th CEAS Conference in Linköping, Linköping University Electronic Press, First Edition, October  2013, pp. 7-16, ISBN: 978-91-7519-519-3

• A. Kwiek, The Concept of Highly Manoeuvrable Airplane Control, published in the conference proceedings Research and Education in Aircraft Design 2012, ISSN: 1425-2104

Projects

• Principal investigator, New Concept of Control of Highly Manoeuverable Airplane- No. 011/01/N/ST8/-2525

Awards

• Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2014 funded by the Zonta International