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Wolleswinkel, Rob E. (author), de Vries, R. (author), Hoogreef, M.F.M. (author), Vos, Roelof (author)
Thus far, battery-electric propulsion has not been considered a promising pathway to climate-neutral aviation. Given current and expected battery technology, in most literature battery-electric aircraft are only considered feasible for short ranges (< 400 km) and small payloads (< 19 pax). As a result, battery-electric aircraft development...
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Joksimović, Aleksandar (author), Carbonneau, Xavier (author), Brazier, F.M. (author), Vingerhoeds, Rob (author)
This paper presents a simple explanatory framework to analyse the diverse strategies proposed by the civil aviation sector in attempts to reconcile its growth tendencies with its impact on natural environment. Despite framing the industry as a single entity that has a problem to solve, it is better represented as a diverse set of actors, each...
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Joksimović, Aleksandar (author), Brazier, F.M. (author), Carbonneau, Xavier (author), Vingerhoeds, Rob (author)
An overwhelming abundance of innovative civil aeroplane concepts has been presented by the research community in recent decades. Their development has been motivated mainly by need for better operating energy, or in particular the fuel efficiency - the common objective variable for economic and environmental optimisation. This paper focuses on...
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Joksimović, Aleksandar (author), Carbonneau, Xavier (author), Brazier, F.M. (author), Vingerhoeds, Rob (author)
This paper presents development of an innovative method for aeroplane system architecture design, based on the principles of causal networks. In light of the environmental crisis that the world faces, it is argued that the new design method should be motivated by sustainability values in the first place. This implies the necessity for a method...
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Velázquez Navarro, Ester (author), Solano-López, Pablo (author), Uriol Balbin, I. (author)
The demand for pressurized, large structures in space, such as habitats or fuel deposits, is increasing as the space industry grows. The limited payload volume of launch vehicles, combined with their highly constrained shape, presents a significant challenge for these structures. Origami-inspired deployable structures have emerged as a potential...
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Rotundo, C.D. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
A tightly coupled aeroelastic design code for composite propeller blades was developed, verified, and used to perform design sensitivity studies. The design code features a structural model that accounts for geometric nonlinearities through the application of a corotational framework, nonlinear responses to loads, and a cross-sectional modelling...
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Çavdar, I. (author), Mooij, E. (author)
Within the last decade, the use of launch vehicles has increased as private companies have emerged in the space exploration industry. Compared to the early 1980s, the market for launch vehicles has become significantly more competitive, introducing the desire to have fully reusable launch vehicles. The true benefits of fully reusable launch...
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Rius Vidales, A.F. (author), Barahona Lopez, M. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)
A new experimental facility named Swept Transition Experimental Platform (STEP) has been designed and built for detailed studies of crossflow instability and its interaction with surface irregularities and varying wall temperature conditions. The STEP is designed for use in the anechoic low-turbulence wind tunnel facility at the Delft University...
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Agante de Carvalho, J.R. (author), Mooij, E. (author)
This research performs a surrogate-assisted shape optimisation of hypersonic waveriders, where the trajectories of each shape are optimised with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for heat-load and cross-range. A study on the best evolutionary algorithm, node control strategy for angle of attack and bank angle profiles, and population size...
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Mooij, E. (author), Root, B.C. (author)
With the increasing interest in the Solar System's smaller bodies, quite a few missions have been sent to comets and asteroids, and more will be send in the near future. Due to the large distances involved, communication to command mission parameters takes a long time, which has a negative impact on operational safety. Autonomous navigation...
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Carrillo Córcoles, X. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
This study explores the implementation of aeroelastic tailoring in the design of a regional aircraft featuring a strut-braced wing (SBW). Making use of the aeroelastic optimisation framework from Delft University of Technology, PROTEUS, the research addresses two distinct cases. The first case involves a simplified SBW geometry to validate the...
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Maathuis, H.F. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author)
Design optimisation potentially leads to lightweight aircraft structures with lower environmental impact. Due to the high number of design variables and constraints, these problems are ordinarily solved using gradient-based optimisation methods, leading to a local solution in the design space while the global space is neglected. Bayesian...
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Mkhoyan, T. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
This research takes a further step towards the development of an autonomous aeroservoelastic wing concept with distributed flaps. The wing demonstrator, developed within the TU Delft SmartX project, aims to demonstrate in-flight performance optimization and multi-objective control using an over-actuated wing design. To address the challenges...
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Stougie, P.J. (author), Pollack, T.S.C. (author), van Kampen, E. (author)
To reduce the impact of aviation on the environment, technological innovations, such as the Flying-V are required. The Flying-V is a proposed commercial flying wing, which uses the Airbus A350-900 as reference aircraft. In this work, a Flight Control system for the Flying-V is proposed with a longitudinal ��∗ control law, and a Rate Control...
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Tseremoglou, I. (author), Santos, Bruno F. (author)
Despite its success in various research domains, Reinforcement Learning (RL) faces challenges in its application to air transport operations due to the rigorous certification standards of the aviation industry. The existing regulatory framework fails to provide adequate, acceptable means of compliance for RL applications, and thus, there is no...
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Mohammadikalakoo, B. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author), Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa (author)
This work focuses on the suppression of Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) waves in a two-dimensional laminar boundary layer using optimized unsteady suction and blowing jets as an Active Flow Control (AFC) method. The suppression of TS waves via this AFC system is enabled through two artificial intelligence-based optimization methodologies: Single-Step...
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Marino, Luca (author), Kiat, I. (author), Eberle, Adrian (author), Sodja, J. (author)
This paper investigates the impact of introducing a switchable vortex generator (SVG), acting as a mini-tab, on the aerodynamic performance of a high-aspect-ratio wing's outer section in transonic regime. A parametric study is conducted employing computational fluid dynamics 2D simulations, focusing on the aerodynamic effects of changing the...
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Dupont, Samuel (author), Kastelik, Jean-Claude (author), Vanhamel, J. (author), Dekemper, Emmanuel (author)
Diffraction of optical waves by an acoustic grating is a well-known phenomenon that enables the design of very versatile devices useful in photonic systems. For example, Acousto-Optic Tuneable Filters (AOTFs) can be dynamically tuned by radio-frequency signals. Among possible material choice, tellurium dioxide crystal is often used for practical...
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Gomez Ortega, A. (author), Noortman, Renee (author), Bourgeois, Jacky (author), Kortuem, G.W. (author)
Most people are entangled with an ever-growing trail of data that results from their daily interactions with products and services. Yet, they are hardly aware of the nature and characteristics of the data within this trail. We design dataslip, a provocative artifact that materializes the personal data trail into a receipt and aims to elicit...
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Exalto, J.Q.B. (author), Pacini, Bernardo (author), Kaneko, Shugo (author), Martins, Joaquim R. R. A. (author), Hoogreef, M.F.M. (author)
Propeller-wing configurations are expected to return to the aviation industry due to their high propulsive efficiency and applicability in urban and regional air mobility. A knowledge gap exists around wing-propeller optimization because of the complexity of the propeller-wing system and the absence of a computationally efficient way to assess...
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