Classical HPCN geared to application in industry

In The Netherlands as a result of a national HPCN initiative a Foundation HPCN was established in 1995. The purpose of this Foundation is to stimulate structural and lasting cooperation of universities, technological institutes and industry in economically relevant applications of HPCN. Projects have been selected and since the beginning of 1996...

NASA-NLR long-line experiment; a first step to connected Air Traffic Management research facilitiest

A data-communication link via Internet has been established between the Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility (CVSRF) at the NASA Ames Research Center and the CTAS/NARSIM Simulation Facility (CNSF) at the NLR. Multiple simulated arrival flights of the Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator (ACFS) for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands...

Flight testing in the Netherlands, an overview

This report gives an overview of the flight test activities and capabilities in The Netherlands. A general description of the flight test programs of the last decades with civil and military aircraft, helicopters and research aircraft will be given. Some of the highlights of the more recent programs will be presented, i.e. the type certification...

Studie naar de opzet van een nationaal ERS-1 datacentrum - Phase-A/B study of a national ERS-1 data centre

Within the framework of the National Remote Sensing Programme and under contract with the Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS), the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR has carried out a Phase-A/B study of a national ERS-1 data and information centre. The first European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) is due to be launched by the European Space...

Crop identification with microwaves (SLAR-data of 1985)

Microwaves (i.e. X-band SLAR) have been used in The Netherlands for many years within ROVE to identify agricultural crops. This report deals with data acquisition, preprocessing and classification of agricultural crops in The Netherlands using the Dutch Digital SLAR. With internal and external calibration of the instrument satisfactory results...

De invloed van CAD op research

NLR has developed an infrastructure of hardware and software for support of aerodynamic design of aircraft. Organizational and technical aspects of this development are described.

CAD-systemen voor overdracht van kennis

The NLR in the Netherlands renders scientific support and technical assistance for the design and operation of aircraft and spacecraft. The approach of NLR can be characterized by integration of experimental and theoretical investigations. For this an integrated computer and terminal network has been developed that links both NLR laboratory...

Cost estimation and management control of software development in scientific/technical projects

Cost estimation of software development.and the monitoring and control of factors which affect the development cost is difficult due to the lack of uniformity in the development approach, to the lack of a standard terminology and due to the limited and difficult to access cost data bases. This report presents a cost estimation approach, together...

Preliminary investigation into the application of magnetic ruhher inspection (M.R.I.)

The present report gives a brief description of the principles and probable advantages of the magnetic rubber inspection technique. The results of a first demonstration of the method at the NLR are discussed. It is concluded that the method needs further evaluation.

In-orbit experiment with an attitude control algorithm for ANS based on modern control principles

The existing fine attitude system of the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite was designed on the basis of conventional digital control techniques. The possibility of a more advanced approach is presented in this report. As an example, an alternative control algorithm for the scan mode has been developed with the use of state estimation and state...