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Könnemann, F.L. (author)This thesis deals with traffic forecasts of Airspace Users for Air Navigation Service Providers. Currently there is a high amount of uncertainty in the traffic forecast. Air Traffic Flow Managers anticipate for unforeseen traffic by increasing the forecasted maximum capacity threshold by more than 10%. The European ATM research program SESAR...master thesis 2014
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Papp, Z. (author)Atmospheric entry is a process defined by extremes, from the great velocity at the point of entry to the high deceleration loads and aerodynamic heating in the lower layers of the atmosphere. In addition to the vehicle maintaining structural integrity, an equally important aspect of the re-entry mission is safety. This safety can only be...master thesis 2014
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Van Oostrom, J. (author)In a previous study, the optimal re-entry trajectory of Hyperion-2 has been derived. The mission of the vehicle is to measure hypersonic boundary-layer transition, a phenomena in which the laminar boundary layer turns into a turbulent boundary layer. This is an important feature in hypersonic flow to investigate, as it introduces peak heating...master thesis 2015
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Antignac, L. (author)Unperturbed observation of deep space radio waves is impossible to achieve from Earth but could be managed if the instruments were positioned in a place shielded from Earth, such as the far side of the Moon or the Shackleton crater, situated at its South Pole. In order to keep the costs of such a mission as low as possible, the VEGA launcher...master thesis 2015
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Lazos Fernandez, H.A. (author)The aviation industry has struggled with reducing the amount of noise that aircraft generate, especially when flying close to communities. This effort has led to the introduction of technological and operational novelties such as efficient trajectory planning. In line with these operational efforts, a tool has been designed in the TU Delft,...master thesis 2015
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Toy, J.J.N.T. (author)The future of air traffic management moving to 4D trajectory-based operations will require the development of new airspace sectors to increase aircraft capacity and advanced 'human-centered' decision support tools for future air traffic controllers. To evaluate and aid in the design of future air traffic management systems, complexity metrics...master thesis 2015
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Loomba, A.K. (author)Delineating the well placement and trajectory of production or injection wells is an important step of any field development program. Drilling a well is an expensive process in terms of money, time and effort invested. Being an expensive item, wells must be carefully studied before being drilled. In order to make this process more efficient,...master thesis 2015
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Gomes, A. (author)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) present a high technological development rate nowadays. These vehicles can be used to perform dangerous and costly inspection procedures in structures with difficult access instead of human operators, but they still need a close monitoring. This thesis addresses the problem of using exclusively sensors on board...master thesis 2015
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Hoving, L. (author)Around 1610 Galileo Galilei made his discovery of the four large moons orbiting Jupiter which are referred to now as the Galilean moons. The moons Europa and Ganymede attract a significant amount of scientific interest due to potential present subsurface oceans. As consequence, the design of missions to go there and explore the moon system are...master thesis 2015
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Ou, Y. (author)Trucks are largely used in road transportation worldwide in recent decades, and make great contributions to the GDP. Statistics shows that a large number of truck-involved accidents occur related to the ramp in merging manoeuvres on the highway. The accidents involved in trucks can lead to a considerable economic cost. The development of...master thesis 2016
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Ceulemans, B. (author)Currently, only one Standard Instrument Departure (SID) track and one flight procedure is used per runway departure fix combination. In contrast to tailored arrivals, the potential benefit of tailored departures has been left relatively undiscovered. The research objective is to quantify the potential benefit of tailored SID-s and profile...master thesis 2016
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de Ridder, K.M. (author)Convex guidance is a developing guidance algorithm that seeks to unify the trajectory optimisation for pin-point landings. The unification would mean the elimination of the need of different optimisation techniques for different stages of the landing. Using convex optimisation, convex guidance is guaranteed to find the global-optimum of the design...master thesis 2016
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van Hellenberg Hubar, M.E.G. (author)A tool is developed that is able to optimize the trajectories of multiple aircraft that fly in formation in order to obtain the minimum total fuel consumption. Several experiments are conducted to investigate the benefits of formation flight for commercial aircraft. Finally, also the influences of wind and delay on the trajectories of the...master thesis 2016
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Snoeij, V. (author)Over the years gradually flight management systems have been added to airplanes which reduce pilot workload and increase safety. These systems however do not provide an adequate response when in an emergency situation the aircraft loses all thrust. A system that creates glide trajectories to airports that are reachable would enable pilots to...master thesis 2016
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Boukes, S.L. (author)To recover a mandible defect, the defect is resected and the resulting bone gap can be reconstructed by a fibula graft that shaped similar to the resected part of the mandible. Mandible resection and shaping of the fibula bone is assisted by computer-aided simulation and computer-aided manufacturing (CAS/CAM). In a nutshell, these techniques...master thesis 2016
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Geijselaers, L.H. (author)With the growth of the air traffic movements and the population of people living around airports, the number of awakenings due to aircraft noise has increased. ICAO has defined four research fields to reduce noise and one of them is implementation of noise abatement operational procedures. This includes different trajectory optimization methods,...master thesis 2017
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González Puerta, A. (author)The role of traditional entry guidance systems is to ensure that the vehicle is brought from a nominal entry interface point (EIP) to the neighborhood of a designated landing site at an acceptable energy state. Such systems are designed in such a way that the landing site can be safely reached even if off-nominal conditions are present at the...master thesis 2017
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Mus, D.A. (author)In order to interact with environments and appliances made for humans, robots should be able to manipulate a large variety of objects and appliances in human environments. When having experience with manipulating a certain object or appliance, a robot should be able to generalize this behaviour to novel, but similar objects and appliances. When...master thesis 2017
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Staats, Bart (author)Navigation from a room inside a building to another room inside a building which is across the street consists of three parts: first, the indoor part at the building where you start your journey. Secondly, the outdoor part and thirdly, another indoor part inside the building of destination. As regards to the outdoor environment, a navigation aid...master thesis 2017