Centre of Applied Research Technology
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Electric Aircraft Operations:
1 March 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis study focuses on the feasibility of electric aircraft operations between the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. It explores the technical characteristics of two different future electric ...
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A Novel, Non-Contact NDT Scanner Case Study: Thickness Measurement, Debonding and Defects Detection in Metallic and Composite Parts
1 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe NDT methods currently used in aviation MRO are predominantly labour-intensive and time-consuming processes performed by human operators throughout the lifespan of an aircraft. These techniques are time-consuming, ...
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Buckling Prediction of MWCNT-reinforced Laminated Composite Structures under Hygro-Thermo-Mechanical Conditions
1 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis study presents a detailed buckling analysis of laminated composites reinforced by multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) inclusions using a multiscale computational framework. It combines multiple analytical and ...
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Electric flight operations for interisland mobility
1 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologySeveral studies have shown that flying electric between the so-called ABC-islands in the Caribbean (i.e., Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) is feasible with the upcoming first generation of battery-electric ...
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Advanced data analytics and digital technologies for smart and sustainable maintenance
1 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyOptimization of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations has been of high interest in recent years for both the knowledge institutions and the industrial community as a total of approximately $70 ...
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Characterizing the shape-morphing behaviour of 4D printed PLA structures
1 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis study aims to provide an in-depth characterization of the intelligent behaviour exhibited by structures fabricated using fused deposition modelling (FDM) printing technology. The primary objective is to ...
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Composites in aerospace and mechanical engineering
19 November 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAn important step towards improving performance while reducing weight and maintenance needs is the integration of composite materials into mechanical and aerospace engineering. This subject explores the many aspects ...
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Methods for integrated simulation
1 December 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis note summarises the current status of the work of EUROSIMs ans ASIMs Technical Committees "Data Driven System Simulation" - with main emphasis on Big Data integration in simulation.
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Methods for integrated simulation
1 December 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis note summarises the current status of the work of EUROSIMs ans ASIMs Technical Committees "Data Driven System Simulation" - with main emphasis on Big Data integration in simulation.
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AI-based exhaust gas temperature
17 November 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyData-driven condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) strategies have emerged over recent years and aim at minimizing the aviation maintenance costs and environmental impact by the diagnosis ...
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AI-based exhaust gas temperature
17 November 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyData-driven condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) strategies have emerged over recent years and aim at minimizing the aviation maintenance costs and environmental impact by the diagnosis ...
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An End-to-End Pipeline for Uncertainty Quantification and Remaining Useful Life Estimation: An Application on Aircraft Engines
29 June 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyEstimating the remaining useful life (RUL) of an asset lies at the heart of prognostics and health management (PHM) of many operations-critical industries such as aviation. Mod- ern methods of RUL estimation adopt ...
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Explainable artificial intelligence for exhaust gas temperature of turbofan engines
1 June 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyData-driven modeling is an imperative tool in various industrial applications, including many applications in the sectors of aeronautics and commercial aviation. These models are in charge of providing key insights, ...
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Innovations in the Aviation MRO
8 March 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis book is both a short introduction to the recent developments, challenges and opportunities in Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul(MRO), and at the same time, a presentation of the research focal areas and ...
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Enhancing a simulation-based Allocator Software with machine learning and genetic algorithms for improving the gate assignment problem
1 January 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAssigning gates to flights considering physical, operational, and temporal constraints is known as the Gate Assignment Problem. This article proposes the novelty of coupling a commercial stand and gate allocation ...
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Explainable and Interpretable AI-Assisted Remaining Useful Life Estimation for Aeroengines
1 January 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyRemaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation is directly related with the application of predictive maintenance. When RUL estimation is performed via data-driven methods and Artificial Intelligence algorithms, ...
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Explainable and Interpretable AI-Assisted Remaining Useful Life Estimation for Aeroengines
1 January 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyRemaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation is directly related with the application of predictive maintenance. When RUL estimation is performed via data-driven methods and Artificial Intelligence algorithms, ...
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Decarbonizing by 2050
1 April 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe air transportation sector once believed that the best it could do globally speaking would be to reduce its net-carbon output by 50% below 2005 levels by 2050. That view placed the sector out of sync with what the ...
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A health monitoring modelling case study
1 January 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThis work focuses on humidity effects of turbofan engines, in order to identify the magnitude of the error in operational conditions and the implications on maintenance decision support.
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An AI-based Digital Twin Case Study in the MRO Sector
1 January 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyIn this work, the concept of an Artificial Intelligence-based (AI) Digital Twin (DT) of an aircraft system is introduced, with the goal to improve the corresponding MRO Operations. More specifically, the current ...