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Rapisarda, Claudio (author)Future Mars exploration missions require safe and controlled landing on the planet’s surface. Conventional entry, descent and landing (EDL) technologies, such as parachutes and rigid aeroshells, face limitations in meeting increasing demands for heavier payloads, harsher entry conditions, and desired landing locations due to their limited...master thesis 2023
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Poliakov, Mykyta (author)Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs) have been widely utilised in aircraft structures for their specific strength, durability and damage tolerance. Most aircraft structures, due to their size, require joining, and FMLs allow for a special type of joint called the splice, a unique but a lesser known joint.<br/><br/>The bulk of research into the splice...master thesis 2023
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Martorelli, Luca (author)The use of CFD-based optimizations is becoming a standard for turbomachinery design. Although the use of such optimizations can lead to great improvements of the machine performances, there are still several shortcomings in the common design procedure of turbomachines. In fact, this entails the optimization of the component shape, and only a...master thesis 2023
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Rein, Max (author)The increasing complexity of aeronautical systems and the prevailing focus to develop sustainable technological innovations for future aircraft configurations and technologies have emphasized a particular demand on advancing the Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) technique. MDAO addresses the complex synergy within...master thesis 2022
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Sanz Segura, R. (author), Manchado-Pérez, Eduardo (author), Özcan, Elif (author)Designing alarms to address the increasing complexity of dynamic and interconnected systems in current socio-technological environments presents multi-faceted design problems that require systematic thinking and a collaborative and holistic approach. To understand the alarm design challenges better, we map out the design space for audible...journal article 2022
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Radhakrishnan, Kaushik (author), Deck, K.T. (author), Proesmans, P. (author), Linke, Florian (author), Yin, F. (author), Grewe, V. (author), Vos, Roelof (author), Lührs, Benjamin (author), Niklaβ, Malte (author), Dedoussi, I.C. (author)The aircraft’s environmental performance on fleet level is so far completely decoupled from the design process. The climate impact from aviation arising from non-CO2 effects are largely independent from CO2 emissions, but rather depend on the atmospheric state. Previously complex climate-chemistry models were used to evaluate the non-CO2...conference paper 2022
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De Smedt, Thibault (author)With an increasing complexity of systems, systematic design space exploration is required for fair analysis and comparison of architecture design options. However, there is still a need for a benchmark problem to support the development & evaluation of optimization algorithms and system architecture design space modeling methods, and to...master thesis 2021
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van Beers, Noor (author)The last 20 years has brought with it a surge in efforts toward the Red Planet as the next frontier is human space exploration draws closer. Many concepts have been proposed for a sustained human settlement on Mars, with NASA’s ISRU-to-the-wall campaign identifying the need for a shuttle vehicle between theMartian surface and a station in an...master thesis 2021
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de Gaaij, Joris (author)There are two main challenges in the construction industry: carbon emissions and densification in cities. Timber high-rise might prove as a suitable solution to both these challenges. However, there is a lack of implementation of timber high-rise. This research argues that a lack of thorough analysis of timber design alternatives in the...master thesis 2021
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Elbo, G. (author)In recent years, design has become a crucial component of corporate innovation. Large corporations such as Deloitte have implemented design capabilities as a method to enhance employee experience, achieve innovation and maintain a competitive advantage. This research aims to demonstrate how design can perform as a catalyst of innovation within a...master thesis 2020
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Haex, Thomas (author)The demand of small payload launch vehicles has been growing over the past years. Customers base their selection of launch vehicles on cost-effectiveness, flexibility, availability and reliability. A new launch vehicle, the Dawn Aerospace Mk-III, is proposed to be developed, while designed to take into account all these criteria.<br/><br/>For...master thesis 2020
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Provoost, Jonas (author)For decades the space domain has been used for military purposes. When enemy forces establish counter-space capabilities, this could become a weakness. Responsive Space is a concept that focuses on replenishing lost capabilities and/or granting additional capabilities from space assets quickly. The continuous miniaturization of technologies has...master thesis 2020
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Contant, Stephane (author)Recent years have seen a drastic increase in the number of small satellites launched per year, as these systems weighing less than 1000 kg have become less expensive alternatives to obtaining scientific data compared to satellites weighing multiple tons. A current drawback with these systems is their price to orbit, often reaching over $100k ...master thesis 2019
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Wu, P. (author)The European Union and the United States are proposing to bring in more strict flight vehicle emission criteria in their reports of the high‐level groups on aviation research, i.e. EU Flightpath 2050 and US Destination 2025. More fuel‐efficient aircraft must be developed to achieve this target. Moreover, the increasingly competitive aviation...doctoral thesis 2019
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Bruggeman, Anne-Liza (author)With Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) a fully automated aircraft design analysis is set up and optimization algorithms are used to obtain better designs by balancing the synergy between components. In the EU project AGILE, a new methodology and framework were developed to make the MDAO approach more accessible to...master thesis 2019
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Cirillo, Raffaello (author)Nowadays an increasing number of offshore wind farms (OWF) is getting built. Several disciplines are considered into this subject. The manual and sequential design approach used so far is not sufficient to guarantee optimized systems because interactions between the different components are disregarded. Therefore, engineering companies are...master thesis 2018
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Rodriguez Garcia, Alvaro (author)One of the cutting-edge interests gaining relevance among design offices, notably in the sphere of architecture firms, is computational design. With its inception embedded in the 60s and later reformed through the CAD revolution that boomed in the 80s, the use of the computer as a design tool has evolved to such lengths that it became...master thesis 2018
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Alba, Christian (author), Elham, Ali (author), German, Brian J. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)This paper presents a multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO) framework for design of a general aviation aircraft wing considering the effects of tractor propellers on the wing aerodynamic characteristics. In pursuit of this objective, a wing–propeller full-interaction aerodynamic routine was developed and integrated with structural and...journal article 2018
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Koppen, S. (author), van der Kolk, M. (author), van Kempen, F.C.M. (author), de Vreugd, J (author), Langelaar, M. (author)The stringent and conflicting requirements imposed on optomechanical instruments and the ever-increasing need for higher resolution and quality imagery demands a tightly integrated system design approach. Our aim is to drive the thermomechanical design of multiple components through the optical performance of the complete system. To this end,...journal article 2018
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Syed, Fatimah (author)Aim: This research focuses on aims to explore the concept of shared leadership in integrated design teams in the construction branch. The exploration is conducted by addressing the question of whether leadership styles and tasks are solely performed by the project manager of a design team, or whether leadership styles and tasks are also...master thesis 2017