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View article: Empirical Channel Model of Multiple-Lanes Dynamic Vehicle-to-Vehicle Visible Light Communication System
Empirical Channel Model of Multiple-Lanes Dynamic Vehicle-to-Vehicle Visible Light Communication System Open
Vehicle-to-vehicle visible light communication (V2V-VLC) channel gain is random due to the irregular shape of the vehicle headlight radiation pattern, dynamic traffic and variation of ambient noise at different times of the day. In this pa…
View article: Securing Non-Terrestrial FSO Link with Public Key Encryption Against Flying Object Attacks
Securing Non-Terrestrial FSO Link with Public Key Encryption Against Flying Object Attacks Open
Free Space Optical (FSO) communication has potential terrestrial and non-terrestrial applications. It allows large bandwidth for higher data transfer capacity. Due to its high directivity, it has a potential security advantage over traditi…
View article: An Efficient and Robust Sizing Method for eVTOL Aircraft Configurations in Conceptual Design
An Efficient and Robust Sizing Method for eVTOL Aircraft Configurations in Conceptual Design Open
This paper presents the development of a robust sizing method to efficiently estimate and compare key performance parameters in the conceptual design stage for the two main classes of fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) ai…
View article: Observer-Based Optimal Control of a Quadplane with Active Wind Disturbance and Actuator Fault Rejection
Observer-Based Optimal Control of a Quadplane with Active Wind Disturbance and Actuator Fault Rejection Open
Hybrid aircraft configurations with combined cruise and vertical flight capabilities are increasingly being considered for unmanned aircraft and urban air mobility missions. To ensure the safety and autonomy of such missions, control chall…
View article: Trends in eVTOL Aircraft Development: The Concepts, Enablers and Challenges
Trends in eVTOL Aircraft Development: The Concepts, Enablers and Challenges Open
By the second quarter of 2022, over 500 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concepts have been unveiled. However, less than 30% of the concepts have achieved first flight due to the infancy of this industry. To keep tra…
View article: Investigation of a Mission-based Sizing Method for Electric VTOL Aircraft Preliminary Design
Investigation of a Mission-based Sizing Method for Electric VTOL Aircraft Preliminary Design Open
Future demands for Urban Air Mobility solutions has given rise to electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, also known as eVTOLs. The apparent number of these concepts in development has rapidly grown to over 500. The rac…
View article: Performance Investigation of Torque Vectoring Topologies for Electric Vehicles' Motorway Tire Fault Conditions
Performance Investigation of Torque Vectoring Topologies for Electric Vehicles' Motorway Tire Fault Conditions Open
This work investigates the effectiveness of a torque vectoring (TV) system related to an electric vehicle with different tire pressure loss fault conditions in motorway environments. Two different TV topologies are implemented based on a c…
View article: PCMs for Residential Building Applications: A Short Review Focused on Disadvantages and Proposals for Future Development
PCMs for Residential Building Applications: A Short Review Focused on Disadvantages and Proposals for Future Development Open
Phase change materials (PCMs) offer great potential as a latent heat energy storage technique to provide energy efficient systems in new and existing residential buildings. Due to their unique characteristic of high storage densities and l…