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Adrien Bouskela, Alexandre Kling, Tristan Schuler, Sergey Shkarayev, Himangshu Kalita and Jekan Thangavelautham
We present the preliminary design of sailplanes, used for Mars exploration. The sailplanes mitigate the weight and energy storage limitations traditionally associated with powered flight by instead exploiting atmospheric wind gradients for dynamic soarin...
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Tianyi Shi, Gang Hu and Lianghao Zou
Galloping-based piezoelectric wind energy harvesters (WEHs) are being used to supply renewable electricity for self-powered devices. This paper investigates the performance of a galloping-based piezoelectric WEH, with different arc-plate-shaped bluff bod...
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Dimtris A. Katsaprakakis, Eirini Dakanali, Apostolos Dimopoulos and Yiannis Gyllis
This article aims to present the potential of energy transition in insular systems for social and economic transition and development, when planned and implemented appropriately, with the active involvement of local communities. To this end, the example ...
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Jan Wislicenus and Nihad E. Daidzic
One of the most difficult steps in estimating the cruise performance characteristics of high-subsonic transport-category turbofan-powered airplanes is the estimation of the transonic wave drag. Modern jet airplanes cruise most efficiently in the vicinity...
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Eric Villeneuve, Caroline Blackburn and Christophe Volat
In order to study ice protection systems for rotating blades, a new experimental setup has been developed at the Anti-Icing Materials International Laboratory (AMIL). This system consists of two small-scale rotating blades in a refrigerated icing wind tu...
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