Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

New Control Techniques to Prevent Aircraft Crashes at TU Delft

The presentation in Delft forms the final phase of a research project involving the GARTEUR international research partnership (participants include TU Delft…

Transportation and Logistics

Condition Data Enhances Road Maintenance Management Efficiency

MSc (CE) Antti Ruotoistenmäki is presenting his doctoral dissertation “Condition Data in Road Maintenance Management” for public examination on Friday, 16…

Transportation and Logistics

Study Reveals Key Factors in Crash Prevention Strategies

However, a new in-depth on-scene study in Sweden reveals that driver fatigue, slippery roads, and inexperience could be just as important and should be…

Transportation and Logistics

University Aerospace Institute Set for Groundbreaking Research

The Institute – which is aiming to become the leading aerospace research facility in the world – is set to play a crucial role in the development of quieter,…

Transportation and Logistics

RoboScan'07 study: A large demand for robot-systems in logistics with limited solutions on the market

There is a large demand for the development and integration of robot-systems within logistics with the aim being to make the processes of logistics more…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Computer Solutions Tackling Delivery Challenges This Season

With the gift-giving season almost upon us and increasing concerns about the environmental effects of all those deliveries and pickups, it is timely that…

Transportation and Logistics

New Research Projects for Greener Air Transport Launched

The 36 highly innovative projects selected in that first call should bring important advances into greener, safer, more secure air transport and improved cost…

Transportation and Logistics

Computers Tackle Delivery Challenges in Logistics Management

Writing in a forthcoming issue of the Inderscience publication the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, researchers suggest a new…

Transportation and Logistics

Ensuring Eco Flights: The Role of Jet Engine Wiring

If there’s a short circuit machines stop and systems break down. When the wiring is inside a jet engine, generating power for all the electrics in an aircraft,…

Transportation and Logistics

Rail Freight Innovation: Simplifying Goods Transport Today

In spite of efforts by railway companies, it is still not easy for users to arrange the movement of their own goods, especially when compared with road…

Transportation and Logistics

Jules Verne Dry Cargo Readied for Inaugural ATV Flight

The cargo items which will be on board the inaugural flight of the European-built Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) when it docks with the International Space…

Transportation and Logistics

ALMA Antenna Transporter Unveiled at Naming Ceremony

Today, the first of the two ALMA antenna transporters was given its name at a ceremony on the compounds of the manufacturer, the heavy-vehicle specialist…

Transportation and Logistics

Schiphol Airport’s Impact on Local Business Clusters Revealed

This has emerged from Pim Warffemius’s doctoral research on the clustering of distribution centres around Schiphol airport. He states that one third of the…

Transportation and Logistics

PackAssistant: Smart Software for Efficient Container Packing

The German Fraunhofer Society, world-famous for its music compression method MP3, takes its leading packing solution “PackAssistant” (www.packassistant.com) to…

Transportation and Logistics

New Simulation Model Optimizes Toll Charges to Cut Travel Time

oksimovic developed a simulation model that can help policy makers to estimate the consequences of various toll charges. The model predicts, where, when and…

Transportation and Logistics

New design methods promise better flight-control systems —safer, cheaper, and greener aircraft

With knowledge from many fields, it is possible to propose the right solution for the aircraft's control system at an early stage. This reduces the risk of…

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