With the aim of increasing the efficiency of maintenance and fuel usage in airplanes,
structural health monitoring (SHM) of critical composite structures is increasingly expected …

Unlike the other air transport business models, air cargo and business aviation proved
resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic setting the fundamentals for further growth in the …

Photovoltaics (PV) is one of the important technologies for electricity generation from
renewable energies today and has an excellent environmental sustainability. It is a fast …

Attempts to improve solar cells efficiency touch all its constituents and are directly related to
their fabrication protocols. While the most promising material platform for high efficiency …

The demand for gas turbines for civil aviation is increasing continuously as the air
transportation system is changing exponentially. Large fleet of commercial aircraft and large …

Commuter and regional aircraft are promising candidates as testbeds for technologies that
aim to reduce emissions. Among these technologies, the electrification of the propulsion …

The purpose of these studies was to examine how the type of propulsion system impacted
the willingness to fly in a hypothetical scenario. Using a sample of 624 participants from the …

Eincident= Incident Solar Radiation Edirect= Direct component of the solar radiation
Ediffuse= Diffuse component of the solar radiation Eabsorbed= Absorbed Solar Radiation …

This dissertation describes the design, development, manufacturing, evaluation, and
simulation of a serial hybrid electric propulsion (SHEP) system and a parallel hybrid electric …

A crucial objective for the aerospace industry is reducing its environmental footprint. Carbon-
neutral growth via emissions reductions can only be achieved by investing in breakthrough …