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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Vehicle Concept"”.
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The parent-child unmanned air vehicle concept study
The Parent Child Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (PCUAV) concept was developed within the context of the MIT Draper Technology Development Partnership Project. A desire at Draper Laboratory to build a fixed wing surveillance airplane to enhance the capabilities of its unmanned vehicle fleet initiated the …
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Vehicle concept exploration and avionics architecture design for a fast package delivery system
… application of advanced reusable launch vehicle technologies. The market was divided into two distinct segments: an on-demand charter service for urgent deliveries, and a scheduled service similar to today's overnight delivery services. System reliability is a strong driver for both …
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Design of a Hybrid Micro Aerial Vehicle Concept with Multicopter and Vectored Thrust Modes of Flight
… years, the speed and agility of micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) have been greatly improved by advances in embedded computing and control theory. Controllers utilizing techniques such as incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion have enabled tracking of aggressive trajectories and high rate cameras …
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Modular Vehicle Design Concept
Outlined herein is the Modular Vehicle [MODV] concept as a cost effective, utilitarian, and highly functional vehicle concept for the changing demands placed on a MAGTF [Marine Air-Ground Task Force] or SP-MAGTF [Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force] in the 21st century. A large focus is …
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Design of spacecraft for exploration of the Moon and Mars
In this thesis, I develop the conceptual design of the spacecraft required for human-Lunar and human-Mars exploration. The requirements for these vehicles are derived in the context of the NASA Concept Exploration & Refinement project. Similarly, the concepts generated are intended to operate …
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Conceptual design and preliminary analyses of an Air-Launched Scramjet Test Vehicle
… will play a key role in the development of these vehicles. Many more steps need to be taken, particularly in propulsion, before a world of hypersonic travel can be fully realized. This thesis presents the research results of the conceptual design and preliminary analyses of a scramjet test vehicle …
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Conceptual Design and Simulation of a Multibody Passive-Legged Crawling Vehicle
… are inaccessible to wheeled and tracked vehicles. This has inspired research into legged vehicles. Prior to the research described here, virtually all legged vehicle designs relied on the concept of mounting actuated leg-type mechanisms onto a single rigid frame or chassis. This …
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Applications of Connected Vehicle Technology to Address Issues of School Bus and School Bus Stop Safety
… school buses, this dissertation presents a Concept of Operations for a connected vehicle application to improve safety around stopped school buses using Dedicated Short Range Communication. The focus of this application is to increase awareness of stopped school buses or bus stops that are …