Browsing by Subject "Enginyeria aeroespacial"

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    • Active flow control of flow past SD7003 airfoil with synthetic Jets at Re=60000 

      Muñoz Hoyos, Pedro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-09-15)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Active Flow Control (AFC) can improve markedly the aerodynamic capabilities of airfoils. Focusing on one of its strategies employing Synthetic Jet Actuators (SJA), the present bachelor thesis studied the performance of two ...

    • Aerospace Special Issue "12th EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation & Space for Opening New Horizons" 

      Pantelakis, Spiros; Strohmayer, Andreas; Pons Prats, Jordi (MDPI, 2023-08-24)
      Book
      Open Access
      This Special Issue features selected papers presented at the 12th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens” (https://easnconference.eu/2022/home), which ...

    • An example of Space Engineering Education in Spain: a master in space based on Project-Based Learning (PBL) 

      Cubas Cano, Javier; Pindado Carrión, Santiago; Roibás Millán, Elena; Pérez Álvarez, Javier; Sanz Andrés, Ángel; Franchini, Sebastián; Pérez Grande, Isabel; Alonso Rodrigo, Gustavo; García Pérez, Andrés; Chimeno Manguán, Marcos; Torralbo Gimeno, Ignacio; Zamorano, Juan; Alonso, Alejandro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      This work describes the successful education experience for five years of space engineering education at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain. The MSc. in Space Systems (MUSE, Máster Universitario en ...

    • Anàlisi de viabilitat d'un satèl·lit en òrbita LEO 

      Benzal Santamaria, Luis Alberto; Velasco Carcaboso, Vanessa (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-01-20)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      The present work analyses the requirements related to the orbit and the effects of the space radiation on Polosat, a toy-model satellite whose main goal is to monitor and image the Earth Poles. Our main objective has ...

    • Attitude control research with educational nanosatellites 

      Martínez, Úrsula; Bravo, Luis; Gligor, Dan; Olfe, Karl; Bello, Álvaro; Ezquerro, José Miguel; Rodríguez, Jacobo; Salgado, Pablo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      This paper introduces the three-axis attitude control of the ESAT platform. ESAT is a modular nanosatellite that implements the popular 10x10x10 cm CubeSat standard, designed for hands-on learning at different educational ...

    • Challenge-based learning and the Barcelona ZeroG Challenge: A space education case study 

      Pérez Poch, Antoni; Torner Ribé, Jordi; González Alonso, Daniel Ventura; González Llamazares, Laura; Josep Martí, Maria; Pasquets Pérez, Rosa Maria; Alpiste Penalba, Francesc; Brigos Hermida, Miguel Ángel; García Cuadrado, Gloria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Challenge-Based Learining is a STEM Education methodology that has been used as a collaborative and hands-on approach to encourage students to put their knowledge in practice by addressing real-life problems. Space Education ...

    • Computational modeling and experimental study of a water-based freezable heat exchanger for use in human spacecraft thermal control 

      Mabres Anter, Jose Maria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   University of Colorado Boulder
      A spacecraft thermal control system must keep the cabin and electronic equipment within operational temperature ranges by transporting heat out of the spacecraft. This process is generally accomplished with a series of ...

    • Considering expected TMA holding into in-flight trajectory optimization 

      Delgado Muñoz, Luis; Torre Sangrà, David de la; Kuljanin, Jovana; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2024)
      Article
      Open Access
      Aircraft crew are aware of the delay they have experienced at departure. However, uncertainties ahead, and in particular holdings at arrival, can have an impact on the final performance of their operations. When optimizing ...

    • Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications Display oriented to multiple Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems pilots 

      Fas Millán, Miguel Ángel; Pastor Llorens, Enric (2019-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      A Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) interface oriented to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) pilots was implemented as part of a synthetic task environment aimed to test the NtoM concept of operations ...

    • De-RISC: the First RISC-V space-grade platform for safety-critical systems 

      Wessman, Nils-Johan; Malatesta, Fabio; Andersson, Jan; Gómez Molinero, Paco; Masmano Tello, Miguel; Nicolau Gallego, Vicente; Le Rhun, Jimmy; Cabo Pitarch, Guillem; Bas Jalón, Francisco; Lorenzo Ortega, Rubén; Sala Sucarrats, Oriol; Trilla Rodríguez, David; Abella Ferrer, Jaume (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The increasing needs for performance in the space domain for highly autonomous systems calls for more powerful space MPSoCs and appropriate hypervisors to master them. These platforms must adhere to strict reliability, ...

    • Design and validation of a structural health monitoring system for aeronautical structures. 

      Tibaduiza Burgos, Diego Alexander (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-01-18)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is an area where the main objective is the verification of the state or the health of the structures in order to ensure proper performance and maintenance cost savings using a sensor ...

    • Development of a concurrent engineering tutorial as part of the “ESA_Lab@” initiative 

      Hoffmann, Jennifer; Deutsch, Marlon; Bertrand, Reinhold (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      As part of the “ESA_Lab@" initiative, a Concurrent Engineering facility has been constructed at the Mechanical Engineering department of Technical University Darmstadt. Concurrent Engineering is a well-proven concept for ...

    • Effect of operating variables on electrosprays for space propulsion 

      Caballero Pérez, Manel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Colloid electrospray thrusters are unique amongst electric thrusters due to their inherent scalability and the possibility of covering a broad range of Isp and thrust. The main research fronts are finding a suitable ...

    • ESA Academy’s Orbit Your Thesis! programme 

      Vanreusel, Joost; Savage, Nigel; Gorissen, Jeffrey (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      ESA Academy is the European Space Agency’s overarching educational programme for university students. It takes them through a learning path that complements their academic education by offering a tailored transfer of space ...

    • Establishing thriving university-level space education 

      Cappelletti, Chantal; Robson, Daniel; Jabbal, Mark; Voisey, Katy (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Recent analyses of the UK National Space Strategy [1], Space Sector Skills Survey [2] and The 2020 Space Census [3], have investigated and highlighted many of the established strengths and weaknesses of the current UK Space ...

    • Establishment of the Space Engineering Program in Hungary 

      Bacsardi, Laszlo; Csurgai Horvath, Laszlo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The Hungarian space age started in 1946 with the successful Lunar Radar experiment by Zoltán Bay. In the past 75 years, the Hungarian space sector evolved and grew dramatically, achieving international recognition in space ...

    • EUNADICS-AV early warning system dedicated to supporting aviation in the case of a crisis from natural airborne hazards and radionuclide clouds 

      Brenot, Hugues; Papagiannopoulos, Nikolaos; Mona, Lucia; Scollo, Simona; Arnold, Delia; Haefele, Alexander; Hervo, Maxime; Apituley, Arnoud; Vargas Drechsler, Arturo; Peuch, Vincent-Henri; Wotawa, Gerhard (2021-11-10)
      Article
      Open Access
      The purpose of the EUNADICS-AV (European Natural Airborne Disaster Information and Coordination System for Aviation) prototype early warning system (EWS) is to develop the combined use of harmonised data products from ...

    • Flight planning in multi-unmanned aerial vehicle systems: Nonconvex polygon area decomposition and trajectory assignment 

      Skorobogatov, Georgy; Barrado Muxí, Cristina; Salamí San Juan, Esther; Pastor Llorens, Enric (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2021-02-25)
      Article
      Open Access
      Nowadays, it is quite common to have one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) working on a task but having a team of UAVs is still rare. One of the problems that prevent us from using teams of UAVs more frequently is flight ...

    • GPU4S: Embedded GPUs in Space - Latest project updates 

      Kosmidis, Leonidas; Rodríguez Ferrandez, Iván; Jover Álvarez, Álvaro; Alcaide Portet, Sergi; Lachaize, Jérôme; Abella Ferrer, Jaume; Notebaert, Olivier; Cazorla Almeida, Francisco Javier; Steenari, David (2020-09)
      Article
      Open Access
      Following the trend of other safety-critical industries like automotive and avionics, the space domain is witnessing an increase in the on-board computing performance demands. This raise in performance needs comes from ...

    • Implementation and control of the bending modes of the aerospace vehicle along the trajectory 

      Humbert Vilanova, Ismael (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   GTD
      Within the framework of the New Space, the development of lighter spacecraft poses a significant challenge in the aerospace industry. These vehicles require precise optimization in terms of weight, cost, and performance, ...