Passive Flow Separation Control for High Lift: An Experimental Investigation on a Novel Vortex Generator

A current focus in the quest for improvement in fuel efficiency in aircraft design is the simplification of complex high lift systems. A simpler high lift system in combination with flow separation control is potentially able to meet the current high lift performance requirements, while still reducing overall complexity. Passive flow separation...

Speed advice for cyclists; design task to reduce the stops at traffic lights

Stops en route are a main concern for cyclists as they want to travel in the most comfortable fashion possible. The braking and acceleration at traffic lights cause losses of kinetic energy and make the trips of cyclists more strenuous than they would have been without stops. By reducing the number of stops for cyclists, the attraction of the...