A hybrid approach to implement the Digital Twin concept into a damage evolution prediction for composite structures

Improvement in the SHM of composite materials requires an enhanced understanding of the damage accumulation processes and helps in the way towards lighter, more optimized, and more sustainable aerospace structures. The Digital Twin concept has the potential to address this problem and may revolutionize the designing, certifying, maintaining, and...

A Highly Concurrent, Memory-Efficient AER Architecture for Neuro-Synaptic Spike Routing

One of the challenges of neuromorphic computing is efficiently routing spikes from neurons to their connected synapses. The aim of this thesis is to design a spike-routing architecture for flexible connections on single-chip neuromorphic systems. A model for estimating area, power consumption, memory, spike latency and link utilisation for...

Single Skin Kite Airfoil Optimization for AWES

Airborne Wind Energy is a technology where wind energy is harvested with tethered flying devices. Kitepower uses flexible leading edge inflatable kites, but these have a scaling disadvantage in that they become heavier with size. A single skin kite has the potential of negating this disadvantage while at the same time being more aerodynamically...

Signaalverwerking van een radar-systeem voor spoorbewaking

Spoorwandelaars zijn een groot maatschappelijk probleem, zo zijn er elk jaar 200 zelfdodingen [1]. Door spoorwandelaars lopen treinreizigers elke dag veel vertraging op en daarnaast zorgen spoorwandelaars voor veel directe en indirecte kostenposten. Een goede oplossing is er op dit moment niet. Een radar-systeem lijkt een mogelijke oplossing....