Joao Miguel Pires

Broschiertes Buch

Electrical propulsion applied to commercial flights

An innovative way to cut energy costs in aviation

Beschreibung

This book proposes a synergy among several technologies (hybrid engines, wing-in-ground aircraft, unmanned drones, overhead power lines) bundled to a single large infrastructure aimed to achieve huge savings in aircraft - one of the few vehicles in practice still excluded from the recent trends toards a more environment-friendly mobilitity. It focus on both technical and economic aspects of such intervention, and shall provide common grounds for further research in the field.

Autor

Joao Pires is a civil engineer with a advanced studies degree in Energy Systems, by the MIT-Portugal program. Among other outdoor activities, his interests include R/C model aircraft, which is the inspiration for some of the concepts under analysis in this book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9783845400884
• ISBN-10: 3845400889
• Artikelnr.: 34456881