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Girolamo Musso, Iara Figueiras, Héléna Goubel, Afonso Gonçalves, Ana Laura Costa, Bruna Ferreira, Lara Azeitona, Simão Barata, Alain Souza, Frederico Afonso, Inês Ribeiro and Fernando Lau
The commercial space launch sector is currently undergoing a significant shift, with increasing competition and demand for launch services, as well as growing concerns about the environmental impact of rocket launches. To address these challenges, within...
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Maria Coutinho, Frederico Afonso, Alain Souza, David Bento, Ricardo Gandolfi, Felipe R. Barbosa, Fernando Lau and Afzal Suleman
The electrification of an aircraft?s propulsive system is identified as a potential solution towards a lower carbon footprint in the aviation industry. One of the effects of increased electrification is the generation of a large amount of waste heat that...
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Robert Valldosera Martinez, Frederico Afonso and Fernando Lau
In order to decrease the emitted airframe noise by a two-dimensional high-lift configuration during take-off and landing performance, a morphing airfoil has been designed through a shape design optimisation procedure starting from a baseline airfoil (NLR...
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Frederico Afonso, Mónica Coelho, José Vale, Fernando Lau and Afzal Suleman
Recently, innovative aircraft designs were proposed to improve aerodynamic performance. Examples include high aspect ratio wings to reduce the aerodynamic induced drag to achieve lower fuel consumption. Such solution when combined with a lightweight stru...
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