Nowadays the main airports throughout the world are suffering because their capacity are getting close to saturation due to the air traffic which is still increasing besides the economic crisis and oil prices. In addition, the forecasts predict an increase in air traffic of at least 3.6% until 2020. …

Aviation increasingly faces capacity challenges exposing inefficiencies and shortcomings of aviation related processes and systems. The European slot allocation system was designed in an era with little to no capacity constraints, now resulting in regulations not fitting in today’s developments.

Ultrasonic Verification is a new method for the monitoring large surface areas of CFRP by ultrasound with few sensors. The echo response of a transmitted pulse through the structure is compared with the response of an earlier obtained reference signal to calculate a fidelity parameter.

The boarding process of an aircraft is one of the identified bottlenecks in the turnaround when aircraft arrives to an airport.

Whereas in most studies conducted previously the effect of automation bias has been investigated in terms of an instantaneous decision, this study is aimed at quantifying its duration.

Designers are not always aware of all social consequences of technology, despite practicing usercentred research. With the introduction of disruptive technologies intended and unintended social impacts can be expected, therefore they need to be anticipated. But in general design practices social impacts …

De samenleving verandert voortdurend en steeds sneller: megatrends zijn onder meer verstedelijking, klimaatverandering, wateropgave, duurzaamheid, veranderende werkvormen, demografie én ICT. De opvattingen over de gebouwde omgeving en de stad veranderen daardoor ook. Trefwoorden zijn de toenemende complexiteit …

Turbine blade cooling has been a topic of significant interest, as increasing turbine entry temperatures result in higher cooling requirements. The present numerical method divides the blade into a finite number of elements in the span and peripheral directions and solves the heat transfer fundamental …

In het Kenniscentrum Gebiedsontwikkeling NoorderRuimte werken de Academie voor Architectuur, Bouwkunde & Civiele Techniek, Instituut voor Bedrijfskunde, Instituut voor Engineering en Instituut voor Facility Management samen aan onderzoeksprojecten in de praktijk.