Browsing by Subject "Flying machines"

Now showing items 1-19 of 19

    • A measurement method to discriminate aircraft fly-over noise 

      Genesca Francitorra, Meritxell; Romeu Garbí, Jordi; Pàmies Gómez, Teresa (2010)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Currently aircraft noise monitoring systems use a mesh of single microphones distributed around an airport to continuously sample the noise level. This fact requires a manual process of aircraft noise event detection and ...

    • Aircraft localization using a passive acoustic method. Experimental test 

      Martín Román, Sara-Regina; Genesca Francitorra, Meritxell; Romeu Garbí, Jordi; Clot Razquin, Arnau (2016-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      A passive acoustic method for aircraft localization is experimentally tested in this paper. The method relies on the Doppler effect influencing the signals received by a mesh of microphones distributed over the acoustic ...

    • Aircraft-to-aircraft separation based on reinforcement learning 

      Prawda, Weronika (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-09-12)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Air traffic has been increasing and with it the workload of air traffic controllers. Despite the pandemic, the latest figures show a rapid recovery and forecast exponential growth. This indicates the need to modernise air ...

    • Discriminador de aeronaves por sonido 

      Mosteiro Román, Catalina Laura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-15)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      There are currently very precise aircraft identification systems, but most of them are not within the reach of a common citizen, due to the infrastructure they present and civil restrictions, among other causes. Although ...

    • Estudi i modelització d'arcs elèctrics en aeronaus 

      Montealegre Urbán, Eduardo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-16)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Aquesta tesi, titulada ”Estudi i Modelització d’Arcs Elèctrics en Aeronaus”, representa un aprofundit examen de les dinàmiques dels arcs elèctrics, un fenomen de gran rellevància en el context de la seguretat elèctrica en ...

    • Estudio de la estructura del Túpolev TU-160 y reproducción de un modelo a escala 1:40 

      Muñoz Blasco, Moisés (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Este documento es un estudio sobre el bombardero supersónico soviético de largo alcance Túpolev Tu-160. En el análisis se detalla el desarrollo de la aeronave desde la fase de diseño hasta la actualidad. Tras repasar la ...

    • Low-pressure optical detection, location, and quantification of electrical discharges in aircraft Wwring systems 

      Bas Calopa, Pau; Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger; Ortega Redondo, Juan Antonio (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-12-21)
      Article
      Open Access
      Strict regulations issued by international administrative bodies limit the CO2 equivalent emissions for new aircraft, while increasing efficiency requirements. To reach this goal, next generations of aircraft will use more ...

    • Manual d’ofertes per implantació de passarel·les d’embarcament en aeronaus 

      Manresa Castelló, Lluís (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-17)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

    • Model of aeronautical ground lighting system transformers 

      lomvarte, daniel; Monjo Mur, Lluís; Sainz Sapera, Luis; Pedra Durán, Joaquim (2015-03-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      Airport ground lighting (AGL) systems provide visual reference to aircrafts during airport operations. In AGL systems, constant current regulators feed a beacon circuit supplied through isolation transformers. Component ...

    • Multi-rotor virtual machine for grid-forming converter to damp sub-synchronous resonances 

      Lai, Ngoc Bao; Gregory Baltas, Nicholas; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
      Article
      Open Access
      Grid-forming power converters (GFMC) have been widely adopted in power systems as an attractive solution against the challenges imposed by the ever-increasing penetration of renewables. Despite its versatility, GFMC is ...

    • Net Zeppelin: dirigible con C# y estación de tierra 

      Gómez Pérez, Rubén (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-18)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access

    • New methodology to calculate DC voltage signature in n-phases TRUs under supply voltage sags 

      Saura Perisé, Jaime; Bakkar, Mostafa; Bogarra Rodríguez, Santiago (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-02-28)
      Article
      Open Access
      A new methodology based on the shadow projection has been developed to study any multipulse rectifier's dynamic behavior under balanced and unbalanced conditions. The proposed methodology calculates the DC average voltage ...

    • On the trade-off between electrical power consumption and flight performance in fixed-wing UAV autopilots 

      Bertran Albertí, Eduardo; Sanchez Cerda, Alex (2016-11-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      This paper sets out a study of the autopilot design for fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) taking into account the aircraft stability, as well as the power consumption as a function of the selected control strategy. ...

    • Performance evaluation of solar-blind gas-filled sensors to detect electrical discharges for low-pressure aircraft applications 

      Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger; Moreno Eguilaz, Juan Manuel; Boizieau, Maxence; Ibrayemov, Tamerlan (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-01-10)
      Article
      Open Access
      Unpressurized aircraft circuits facilitate the initiation of electrical discharges in wiring systems, with consequent damage to related insulation materials and safety hazards, that can and have already caused severe ...

    • SafeNcy - D1.2: Technical Requirements Document 

      Gonzalez, Patrice; Viry, Benoît; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Sáez García, Raúl; Rebaï, Kamel; Delahaye, Daniel (2020-04-28)
      Research report
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      This document provides a description of all the technical resources identified in the WP1. It will specify the technical requirements in terms of problem environment high level modelling, constraints to address, and expected ...

    • SafeNcy - D2.1: Trade-off report on landing site selection and trajectory generation techniques 

      Gonzalez, Patrice; Viry, Benoît; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Sáez García, Raúl; Seenivasan, Dinesh Babu; Rebaï, Kamel; Delahaye, Daniel; Godel, Claude (2020-10-23)
      Research report
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      This document provides the definitions of the models and algorithms used by the solutions developed in the context of the project. The document also describes the types and sources of data needed by the SafeNcy solution.

    • Software control of a single aisle fleet 

      Sabaté Martínez, Pol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-01-10)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Study of the most common problems while performing maintenance tasks on A320 family fleet related to software and proposal of new methodologies to prevent serious errors.

    • Surface discharges performance of ETFE- and PTFE-insulated wires for aircraft applications 

      Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger; Moreno Eguilaz, Juan Manuel; Ibrayemov, Tamerlan; Boizieau, Maxence (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-02-23)
      Article
      Open Access
      Compared to their predecessors, the next generations of aircrafts will be more electrified, require more electrical power and operate at higher voltage levels to meet strict weight and volume constraints. The combined ...

    • The Student Aerospace Challenge: a european multidisciplinary contest and tertiary educational programme 

      Callens, Natacha; Bernelin, Marie-Christine; Coué, Philippe; Regnier, Marine; Beylard, Mathieu (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Inspired by the first successful tests of a private manned spaceplane in 2004, the Student Aerospace Challenge was created in 2006 by the European Astronaut Club and its partners - Dassault Aviation, the European Space ...