Archive for the 'MAAT EU FP7 Airship Project' Category

Energy harvesting and power network architectures for the multibody advanced airship for transport high altitude cruiser–feeder airship concept

Tim Smith⇑ Chris Bingham Paul Stewart Rich Allarton Jill Stewart School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK Tim Smith, School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK. Email: tismith@lincoln.ac.uk Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering April 2013 vol. 227 no. 4 586-598 Abstract [...]

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Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport Electrical Power Distribution System

Transport for the 21st Century—The Challenge – www.eumaat.info The MAAT Electrical Power Distribution System  - Four physical power distribution architectures have  been investigated that are capable of harvesting and distributing 4MW of electrica…

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‘PERGAVE’ Technology Challenge

Members of the Institute are attending the PERGAVE Technology Challenge on 10 May 2012, National Composites Centre, Bristol BAE Systems Military Air & Information (MAI) is holding a launch event for an anticipated technology challenge programme lin…

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MAAT International Airship Project

International research collaboration for Lincoln Lincoln’s PVC Research, Professor Paul Stewart and Professor of Energy Conversion, Chris Bingham, have been awarded high profile European funding for a new research project. The MAAT (Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport) project sees Profs Stewart and Bingham working as part of a global consortium to take forward airship technology, [...]

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Control Techniques re-commission the Lotus experimental engine

The rotary electrical drive on the Lotus free-piston experimental engine has now been re-commissioned by an engineer from Control Techniques. The rig is now ready to be transported from the ThinkTank to its new home in an engine test cell in the new building. The engine is part of a long-term R&D programme into new [...]

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