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Laar, Yuri (author)The Flying V is a long-range, flying-wing aircraft where payload and fuel both reside in a V-shaped, crescent wing with large winglets that double as vertical tail planes. The objective of this study is to maximize the lift-to-drag (𝐿/𝐷) ratio of the Flying V in cruise conditions, i.e. 𝐶𝐿 = 0.26, 𝑀 = 0.85...master thesis 2023
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Zupanič, Miha (author)This research project investigated the potential benefits of using hybrid hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains in commuter aircraft certified under the EASA CS-23 category to reduce the aviation industry's environmental impact. The study used an in-house aircraft design synthesis software to model conventional and fuel cell aircraft, including a...master thesis 2023
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Proesmans, P. (author), Morlupo, F. (author), Santos, Bruno F. (author), Vos, Roelof (author)To reduce the climate impact of aviation, researchers are studying the replacement of fossil kerosene with liquid hydrogen and/or drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). These fuels can bring significant reductions in CO2 emissions and can offer savings in terms of non-CO2 climate effects. In addition, tube-and-wing aircraft can be optimized to...conference paper 2023
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Garcia Gonzalez, Pedro (author)Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems for aviation applications have been considered for their use as APUs or powertrains, as standalone systems or in combination with gas turbines, and both fueled by reformed Jet-A or by hydrogen. Most existing studies focus on powertrain performance modelling. In this work, traditional tube-and-wing regional...master thesis 2022
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Burger, Klaas (author)The aviation industry has grown at a steady rate of 5% per year over the past decades and is projected to continue this growth over the coming years. In sharp contrast stands the increasing concern with the reduction of the environmental impact of flying in the short term. To this end, a fuselage boundary layer ingesting propulsor powered using...master thesis 2022
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Proesmans, P. (author), Vos, Roelof (author)This paper presents a method to assess the key performance indicators of aircraft designed for minimum direct operating costs and aircraft designed for minimum global warming impact. The method comprises a multidisciplinary aircraft optimization algorithm capable of changing wing, engine, and mission design variables while including constraints...journal article 2022
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Proesmans, P. (author), Vos, Roelof (author)Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and liquid hydrogen are currently being studied to replace kerosene in commercial aviation to reduce global warming. In this study, the question is how do the airplane design variables change when minimizing the global warming impact of aircraft powered by SAF or LH2? Secondly, how do these aircraft compare in...conference paper 2022
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Onorato, G. (author), Proesmans, P. (author), Hoogreef, M.F.M. (author)Zero-carbon-dioxide-emitting hydrogen-powered aircraft have, in recent decades, come back on the stage as promising protagonists in the fight against global warming. The main cause for the reduced performance of liquid hydrogen aircraft lays in the fuel storage, which demands the use of voluminous and heavy tanks. Literature on the topic shows...journal article 2022
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Juschus, Daniel (author)Fuel cells are one of the promising technical solutions for the first generation of sustainable aircraft. Currently, there are several shortcomings in the literature related to the conceptual and preliminary sizing of the propulsion systems of such aircraft: not only is there a lack of general methods, but also, much less effort is put into the...master thesis 2021
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Feng, Haoyu (author)A tiltrotor has the features of both a fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter, thereby blending the vertical flight capabilities of helicopters with the speed, altitude, and range of fixed-wing aircraft. However, as an important aspect of piloted aircraft, the handling qualities of tiltrotor aircraft have not been studied extensively. This thesis...master thesis 2021
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Nixon, Asha (author)Travelling by air has seen a boom in the past decades due to social, demographic and economic factors (Adepalli, 2018). An increasing trend is observed among young parents travelling with their babies facilitated by low travel costs (Yeoman, 2012). However, babies below 2 years are not considered as regular passengers and airlines make babies...master thesis 2021
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Onorato, Giuseppe (author)Zero-carbon-dioxide-emitting hydrogen-powered aircraft have, in recent decades, come back on the stage as promising protagonists in the fight against global warming. Nevertheless, most recent studies agree that hydrogen aircraft would underperform their kerosene counterparts in terms of operative empty mass and specific energy consumption. The...master thesis 2021
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Scholtens, Frank (author)In the thesis work the effect of a regeneration phase during the descent of a small aircraft on the total mission energy requirement and the aircraft- and propeller design has been investigated. From the analysis it is found that to regenerate more energy, a steeper descent is required. However, during this steeper descent less ground distance...master thesis 2021
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Binder, S. (author)Future composite aircraft wing designs will exploit anisotropic material properties by aeroelastic tailoring and include active control methods for manoeuvre and gust load alleviation. The research focuses on the simultaneous optimisation of aeroelastically tailored wing structures with active manoeuvre and gust load alleviation as well as the...doctoral thesis 2021
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Vonhoff, George (author)The demand for air travel is increasing as more people gain access to commercial aviation. As the current generation of aircraft makes use of fossil fuel combustion, this growth results in an increase in the global emissions. This is at odds with the worldwide efforts of reducing the adverse effects of climate change. Therefore, advanced...master thesis 2021
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Rans, C.D. (author), Melkert, J.A. (author), Saunders-Smits, Gillian (author)This paper presents two major elements of a course redesign with the aim to strengthen the connection between engineering design and engineering analysis. The course, Aircraft Structural Design and Analysis, had previously been delivered with a heavy focus on mathematical analysis and solving complex problems. It was observed, however, that...conference paper 2019
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Rajpal, D. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Timmermans, H (author), Lammen, Wim (author), Torrigiani, F. (author)High aspect ratio strut braced aircraft can significantly reduce the induced drag. The inherent anisotropic behaviour of the composite material along with their weight saving potential can improve the performance of the aircraft during the flight. Thus, a composite strut braced aircraft is one of the promising candidates to achieve the targets...conference paper 2018
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Vos, Roelof (author), Hoogreef, M.F.M. (author)Three regional transport aircraft of different configuration are synthesized for the same design specification using an automated design routine. The first aircraft features wing-mounted propellers, the second aircraft features propellers mounted on the horizontal tail plane, while the last configuration replaces the horizontal and vertical tail...conference paper 2018
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de Jonge, R.L.A. (author)The department of Flight Performance and Propulsion at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering has developed the Design and Engineering Engine (DEE) concept to supportMultidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) of complex products. The goal of the DEE is to accelerate design, analysis and optimization by automating repetitive and non-creative...master thesis 2017
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De Gelder, V. (author)Fokker Aerostructures is a world leading specialist in the application thermoplastic carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) material on control surfaces of business jets. They want to know if they can expand their business towards large commercial aircraft. First, an aircraft is chosen to function as platform for the design phase. Multiple...master thesis 2015
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