2015, vol. 5, núm. 1

Sumari

  • Airport surface access and mobile apps 

    Martín-Domingo, Luis; Martín, Juan Carlos (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
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    Purpose: Airport Surface Access faces two main opposite issues: (1) cars, being the main transport mode, contribute to the increasing level of congestion and pollution of cities; and (2) simultaneously, parking fees are ...

  • Developing a model for solving the flight perturbation problem 

    Nickkar, Amirreza; Seyed-Hosseini, Seyed-Mohammad; Javanshir, Hassan; Khaksar, Hasan (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
    Article
    Accés obert
    Purpose: In the aviation and airline industry, crew costs are the second largest direct operating cost next to the fuel costs. But unlike the fuel costs, a considerable portion of the crew costs can be saved through ...

  • Evolution of the airport and air transport industry in Colombia and its impact on the economy 

    Díaz Olariaga, Oscar; Ávila Álvarez, Jaime (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
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    This article aims to describe the development and evolution of the airports and air transport industry in Colombia. During the past fifteen years Colombia has witnessed a remarkably rapid and dynamic growth in air ...

  • The deceleration of aircraft in overrun accidents from the point of first impact to the end of the wreckage path 

    Pitfield, David E. (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
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    Purpose: This paper outlines previous attempts to model aircraft deceleration and using a newer database containing a greater number of observations tries to refine the model. Design/methodology: It is noted that data ...