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Thanassis Mpimis, Theodore T. Kapsis, Athanasios D. Panagopoulos and Vassilis Gikas
Satellite positioning lies within the very core of numerous Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Future Internet applications. With the emergence of connected vehicles, the performance requirements of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) ar...
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José D. Hoyos, Jesús H. Jiménez, Camilo Echavarría, Juan P. Alvarado and Germán Urrea
An aero-structural algorithm to reduce the energy consumption of a propeller-driven aircraft is developed through a propeller design method coupled with a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). A wide range of propeller parameters is considered in the optimi...
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Evangelos S. Filippas, George P. Papadakis and Kostas A. Belibassakis
Flapping foils located beneath or to the side of the hull of the ship can be used as unsteady thrusters, augmenting ship propulsion in waves. The basic setup is composed of a horizontal wing, which undergoes an induced vertical motion due to the ship?s r...
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Noriyuki Sasaki, S. Kuribayashi, M. Fukazawa and Mehmet Atlar
This paper presents an investigation on the scale effects associated with the powering performance of a Gate Rudder System (GRS) which was recently introduced as a novel energy-saving propulsion and maneuvring device. This new system was applied for the ...
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Vera Marcantonio, Andrea Monforti Ferrario, Andrea Di Carlo, Luca Del Zotto, Danilo Monarca and Enrico Bocci
Biomass is one of the most widespread and accessible energy source and steam gasification is one of the most important processes to convert biomass into combustible gases. However, to date the difference of results between the main models used to predict...
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