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

The trade-off between taxi time and fuel consumption in airport ground movement • S. Ravizza, J. Chen, J. A. D. Atkin, P. Stewart and E. K. Burke Public Transport: Volume 5, Issue 1 (2013), Page 25-40 http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s12469-013-0060-1 Abstract Environmental issues play an important role across many sectors. This is particularly the case in the air […]

EU FP7 ACHEON Project WP5 Technology Evaluation progress update

The purpose of Work Package 5, Technology Evaluation, is to provide a detailed verification of ACHEON’s technology against both traditional and innovative future aircraft configurations. The key objective is to identify the advantages that the ACHEON technology brings with its advanced propulsive concept in all aspects of the aircrafts operations and its environmental impact. It […]

A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system

Central European Journal of Engineering September 2013, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp 374-388 A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system José C. Páscoa, Antonio Dumas, Michele Trancossi, Paul Stewart, Dean Vucinic Abstract The advantages associated to Vertical Short-Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) have been demonstrated since the early days of […]