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Sluimer, Joop (author), Zhou, Steven (author)In order to slow down global warming, electrification of transportation is looked into more and more.<br/>The commercialization of electric cars was one of the first steps. Next the transportation industry will look to expand into electric aircraft too. The electric distribution propulsion system is one of the most important areas regarding the...bachelor thesis 2022
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Boeree, C.R. (author)This report introduces a method for the removal of zinc from aircraft aluminium-alloy scrap. The driving force for this research is the demand from the secondary aluminium industry for a low zinc content in the Al-alloy scrap, and the growing demand for aluminium in the world. Meanwhile large amounts of obsolete aircraft are stored because of...bachelor thesis 2011
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de Graaff, Ruben (author), Fontenai, Nicolas (author)In 2019 the European Aviation Environmental Report stated showed a relative increase in CO2 emissions of 16% compared to 2005 to 2017. It also stated that an increase of 42% is expected according to current models. Aviation is thus a big sector of the global warming problem. The solution to this is to go full electric. There are already more...bachelor thesis 2022
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Klein Onstenk, Eduard (author)This paper discusses possible ways to generate synthetic data and its use cases for damage assessment in aircraft turbines. Synthetic data has many advantages such as exact ground truth and scalable data sets. Using SLAM and SfM, which are 3D construction tools, 3D models can be constructed from 2D monocular borescope videos. A 3D reconstruction...bachelor thesis 2021
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Dadoo, Vani (author), Jadhavrao, Vishwa (author), Vale de Almeida Norte, Marta (author), Aversa, Alberto (author), Fabrykiewicz, Ada (author), van der Spek, Bas (author), Broos, Sam (author), Savelberg, Thijs (author), Gniadek, Gosia (author), Dissel, Luca (author)Bachelor Thesis: Design Synthesis Exercise 2023<br/>Group 13: Electric General Aircraft<br/><i>in collaboration with</i><br/>Group 10: Mid-Flight Recharging System<br/><br/>Addressing the pressing need for sustainability amid climate change, the aviation sector is under pressure to mitigate its significant carbon emissions. As aviation accounts...bachelor thesis 2023
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Wijnveen, Calvin (author), van de Luijtgaarden, Raf (author)In 2018 it was estimated that the aviation industry produced approximately 1.04 billion tons of CO2. This was an estimated 2.5% of the total CO2 emitted that year. In order to slow down global warming, big changes need to be made to the transportation industry. This change has already begun with commercialization of electric cars. The next step...bachelor thesis 2022
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Klip, Jasper (author), Twisk, Onno (author)In this thesis, a closer look will be taken into the design of a propulsion system of an eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft). The primary goal of the eVTOL is to maximize the payload for a given maximum take-off weight and the eVTOL has to go into service in 2030. To make an as light weight as possible propulsion system, an...bachelor thesis 2021
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Jebbink, Rinke (author)This research explored potential designs of an innovative mitigation strategy to combat the aircraft-produced ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). This technique is based on the principle that fine water droplets are able to encapsulate dust and fine particles, which clump together and eventually descent...master thesis 2022
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van der Weide, Tim (author)The MRO market currently spans around 9.5% of the total operating cost of an airline. Of this, 70% is covered by heavy-maintenance. Reduction of these costs and improving efficiency could, therefore, be significant for an airline. A possible solution is the optimization of the long-term schedule of heavy-maintenance checks. Current approaches...master thesis 2020
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al jaberi, salwan (author)In a strive to further improve the performance of Aircraft movables the performance of Carbon fibre PolyEtherKetoneKetone (C/PEKK) on component level was assessed in this study. In this study 3 concepts were designed for a fictitious Next Signle Aisle aircraft (NSA) rudder to perform a trade-off between the two composite materials and the two...master thesis 2018
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Lim, Nanette (author)This research is about the integration of hybrid and electric aircraft (HEA) in the air<br/>traffic management system. Current conventional aircraft are responsible for emissions and noise that often lead to nuisance for residents. In order to make aviation more sustainable, aircraft manufacturers are studying the possibilities to replace fuel...master thesis 2020
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Hoogreef, M.F.M. (author)Faced with the decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the need to decrease its environmental footprint, the aviation industry is searching for alternative fuels and more fuel efficient engines and aircraft. With the current designs reaching their limits, the industry has turned its attention to the family of all lifting bodies. Particularly blended...master thesis 2012
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Vasseur, P.T. (author)Due to the ever growing demand for more efficient aircraft novel aircraft concepts have to be explored. By improving design tools the potential of unconventional configurations can be further studied. This requires improvement of conceptual design tools such that more knowledge can be gathered on alternative solutions as early in the design...master thesis 2014
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Schmidt, R.K. (author)Research in aircraft design is focusing on novel aircraft configurations in search for a step change in terms of overall transport efficiency. Aircraft design relies heavily on empirical methods, so-called Class 2 methods, to evaluate the performance of a design. Since these methods are based on statistical data their validity is limited when...master thesis 2013
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Kappers, J.G. (author)Whether travelling by aircraft, train or roads or a combination thereof, the EU aims to reduce the door-to-door travel time within Europe to approximately four hours overall travel time. This goal is hard to reach, especially when flights already take three hours or more. Since aircraft realistically can’t fly faster without going supersonic or...master thesis 2014
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Cheung, Louis (author)We have set out to develop a drone, based on the existing Delftacopter, capable of soil monitoring via LiDAR remote sensing. The battery was to be replaced by a fuel cell system in order to extend the range threefold to 180km. Unfortunately, the ultimate design is likely unfeasible. Agriculture requires healthy soil and monitoring soil health is...master thesis 2020
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van der Schaft, Luuk (author)The Flying V, a concept aircraft configuration, has been proposed by Airbus and TU Berlin. The initial indications of potential improvements in performance over conventional aircraft gave rise to a continuation of the research. For this, the mass characteristics of the configuration must be explored. <br/><br/>A primary structure concept is...master thesis 2017
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Kireeva, Elmira (author)Traditionally, a geographical area can be monitored via land based communication systems or spaceborne remote systems for disaster prevention. However both methods have their respective limitations in terms of resolution, accuracy and real time observation. A new suborbital constellation concept offers an independent unit device which will be...master thesis 2019
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Poorte, Victor (author)This thesis aims to provide more insight into the crashworthiness behaviour of a composite aircraft fuselage. This is achieved by studying both analytically and numerically the crushing behaviour of composite energy absorbers. The analytical model, which is based on energy dissipation rates, generalises previously derived analytical models to...master thesis 2021
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Chen, Szu-Tung (author)Inspired by the vision of fully autonomous airside operations at Schiphol airport, this study aims to contribute to the short-term goal of automated aircraft ground handling. In this research, we design and evaluate a multi-agent system for planning of automated ground handling. There are two main components in the system, task allocation...master thesis 2022