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Intelligent Control Based on a Neural Network for Aircraft Landing Gear with a Magnetorheological Damper in Different Landing Scenarios

Applied Sciences, 2020
A typical oleo-pneumatic shock-absorbing strut (classic traditional passive damper) in aircraft landing gear has a metering pin extending through the orifice, which can vary the orifice area with the compression and extension of the damper strut. Because
Quoc Viet Luong, Dae-Sung Jang, Jai-Hyuk Hwang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voices From the Coast: Stakeholder Participation and Perception on Creating a Marine Protected Area

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores participatory processes in the context of marine conservation, with a specific focus on recent initiatives undertaken by the Apulia region in Italy to establish a new Marine Protected Area (MPA). Employing a qualitative cross‐sectional methodology, the study investigates how local communities perceive and engage with the ...
Giampiero Palazzo, Giuseppe Valenza, Massimo Zuccaro, Simone Pizzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Materials Selection of Optimized Titanium Alloys for Aircraft Applications [PDF]

Materials Research, 2018
The aim of the present work was to explore the correlation between the physical metallurgy of titanium alloys and its main attributes to select optimized materials for structural aircraft applications in the landing gear beam.
Renato Altobelli Antunes, Camilo Augusto Fernandes Salvador, Mara Cristina Lopes de Oliveira   +2 more
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Beyond a Technocentric Transition: A Diverse Economies Perspective for Social Justice in Circular Economy Business Models

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy, dominated by capitalocentric, technocentric, and eco‐modernist discourses, risks perpetuating systemic injustice because of its limited consideration of the social and of what is possible. In this article, we examine how social justice can be embedded into circular business models (CBMs)—key drivers of the circular ...
Fernando C. Lit, Erik Paredis, Josephina C. C. M. Huijben, Myriam M. A. H. Cloodt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collaborating for Circularity: A Relational View Perspective on Buyer–Supplier Relationships in Restorative and Regenerative Supply Chains

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial firms are required to redesign their supply chains into restorative and regenerative archetypes, rethinking not only their own production systems but also relationships with suppliers that may possess resources, capabilities, and knowledge too complex to be developed on their own but vital for circular value creation.
Francesco Cafforio, Giovanni Franceco Massari, Ilaria Giannoccaro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Pitch Stabilization Buffer on the Dynamic Performance of Frame-Type Landing Gear

Aerospace
During the landing and taxiing process of aircraft, the frame-type landing gear (FTLG) usually generates large pitch vibrations under external excitation.
Xiazheng Shi, Anyuan Yu, Hong Nie, Ming Zhang, Xiwen Gui, Shaofei Yang, Yuting Zheng, Tianxing Liu   +7 more
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Main Landing Gear Doors Vibration Reduction based on Flight Test

, 2021
Main landing gear doors cover the main landing gear bays, keeping the aerodynamic shape of the aircraft during flight. They are open/close on each landing gear retraction/extension.
Schwochow, Jan, Aquilini, Carlo, Peng, Shia-Hui, Lubrina, Pascal, Abarca-Lopez, Ramon   +4 more
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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Aircraft Touchdown Using Longitudinal Acceleration and Continuous Wavelet Transformation

Sensors, 2020
The paper presents a methodology enabling the detection of aircraft touchdowns based on data obtained from accelerometers attached to the structural parts of the airframe in the cockpit or passenger compartment.
Jerzy Bakunowicz, Paweł Rzucidło
doaj   +1 more source