The humble ‘virtual chimney’ fences that could reduce the impact of airport pollution

EPSRC Press Release Issue Date: Thursday 31st January, 2013 The humble ‘virtual chimney’ fences that could reduce the impact of airport pollution Simple ‘blast’ fences called baffles could deliver improvements in air quality for people living near airports, new research has found. Placed behind a runway, the baffles could serve as a ‘virtual chimney’, funnelling […]

The trade-off between taxi time and fuel consumption in airport ground movement

Springer-Verlag Journal of Public Transport ISSN: 1866-749X (Print)1613-7159 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/s12469-013-0060-1 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12469-013-0060-1# Stefan Ravizza, Jun Chen, Jason A. D. Atkin, Edmund K. Burke, Paul Stewart Abstract Environmental issues play an important role across many sectors. This is particularly the case in the air transportation industry. One area which has remained relatively unexplored in this context […]

Energy Harvesting and Power Network Architectures for the MAAT High Altitude Cruiser-Feeder Airship Concept

Online pre-print publication by UoL academics on the EU FP7 MAAT project • Smith T., Bingham C., Stewart P., Allarton R. and Stewart J., “Energy Harvesting and Power Network Architectures for the MAAT High Altitude Cruiser-Feeder Airship Concept”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Published online before print […]

Energy Harvesting and Power Network Architectures for the MAAT High Altitude Cruiser-Feeder Airship Concept

Online pre-print publication by UoL academics on the EU FP7 MAAT project • Smith T., Bingham C., Stewart P., Allarton R. and Stewart J., “Energy Harvesting and Power Network Architectures for the MAAT High Altitude Cruiser-Feeder Airship Concept”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Published online before print […]