Inattentiveness of road users on approach to passive railway crossings represents a major threat to level crossing safety. An auxiliary strobe light system installed on trains in addition to existing headlights may help address this issue by providing an ergonomic way o...

The absence of a human driver in an automated vehicle (AV) raises new challenges in communication and cooperation between road users, especially for ambiguous situations where road users would like to communicate their intention explicitly. This paper investigates the e...

The development of automated vehicles (AVs) and their integration into traffic are seen by many vehicle manufacturers and stakeholders such as cities or transportation companies as a revolution in mobility. In future urban traffic, it is more likely that AVs will operat...

Monitoring global biodiversity from space through remotely sensing geospatial patterns has high potential to add to our knowledge acquired by field observation. Although a framework of essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) is emerging for monitoring biodiversity, its ...

Fiber reinforced polymers play a crucial role as enablers of lightweight and high performing structures to increase efficiency in aviation. However, the ever-increasing awareness for the environmental impacts has led to a growing interest in bio-based and recycled ‘eco-...

Die Sicherheit an Bahnübergängen hängt von dem Verhalten der Straßenverkehrsteilnehmenden ab, da diese dem Schienenverkehr Vorrang gewähren müssen. Die Auswirkungen von Unfällen sind vor allem bei ungeschützten Straßennutzenden wie zu Fuß Gehenden oder Fahrradfahrenden ...

The recently demonstrated potential of centrifugal particle receivers to provide hot particle streams of temperatures above 950°C as heat transfer fluid and solar energy storage material in the form of sensible heat opens new possibilities in performing endothermic chem...

The present article introduces a holistic approach to ship design, as it is being developed in the Horizon 2020 EU project HOLISHIP (www.holiship.eu). The project deals with the development of design and virtual prototyping simulation platforms, which integrate software...

The status, changes, and disturbances in geomorphological regimes can be regarded as controlling and regulating factors for biodiversity. Therefore, monitoring geomorphology at local, regional, and global scales is not only necessary to conserve geodiversity, but also t...

A proof of concept sulphuric acid splitting/decomposition prototype driven by hot bauxite particles is designed and developed. The lab-scale test reactor is a novel counter-current flow shell-and-tube heat exchanger with particles on the shell side and sulphuric acid on...