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MathematicsTo improve traffic efficiency, adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC) systems have been widely developed. However, few studies have proactively optimized the air environmental issues in the development of ATSC.
Gongquan Zhang +3 more
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Editors' perspectives: road vehicle suspension design, dynamics, and control [PDF]
, 2011 This paper provides an overview of the latest advances in road vehicle suspension design, dynamics, and control, together with the authors' perspectives, in the context of vehicle ride, handling, and stability.
Cao, Dongpu +5 more
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On the derivation and analysis of decision architectures for unmanned aircraft systems
, 2013 ©Cranfield University © BAE SystemsOperation of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) has increased significantly over the past few years. However, routine operation in non-segregated airspace remains a challenge, primarily due to nature of the environment and ...
Patchett, C H
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The development of an integrated routing and carbon dioxide emissions model for goods vehicles [PDF]
, 2007 The issues of global warming and climate change are a worldwide concern and the UK government has committed itself to major reductions in CO2 emissions, the most significant of the six greenhouse gases.
Palmer, Andrew
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Mapping ambient urban air pollution at the small area scale : a GIS approach [PDF]
Air pollution is an emotive and complex issue, affecting materials, vegetation growth and human health. Given that over half the world's population live within urban areas and that those areas are often highly polluted, the ability to understand the ...
Smallbone, Kirsty Louise
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Investigating the influence of vehicular traffic on a major trunk road on rural air quality [PDF]
, 2012 A thesis submittedTraffic population in the UK has grown by 27% in 2002 and predicted to continue to an estimated 38% in 2016 and up to 60% by 2031. This means vehicular emissions from road transport may account for higher proportion of total emissions ...
Obara, Paul Goodluck
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Modeling of residential outdoor exposure to traffic air pollution and assessment of associated health effects [PDF]
, 2014 Traffic air pollution is known to affect cardiopulmonary health in the population. Children with asthma are amongst the most susceptible groups. Several epidemiological studies linked traffic air pollution with increased reporting of asthmatic symptoms ...
Ducret-Stich, Regina Elisabeth
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Evaluation and optimisation of environmentally friendly aircraft propulsion systems [PDF]
, 2010 In this globalised world where the efficient transportation of people and goods greatly contributes to the development of a given region or country, the aviation industry has found the ideal conditions for its development, thereby becoming in one of ...
Celis, Cesar
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International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 2019 Unmanned aerial rotorcraft vehicles have many military, commercial and civil applications. There is a necessity to advance the performance on several ranges of rotorcraft for using these vehicles successfully in the expanded future roles.
Nirmal Sadasivan
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Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & ResearchIn the field of aviation, safety is a critical cornerstone, and the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems is deeply connected with this principle.
Xiaolin Xu, Jeffrey Sun
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