Publications related to Breakbulk cargo

Reconfigurable Drone System for Transportation of Parcels With Variable Mass and Size

Dario Floreano, Fabrizio Schiano, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski

Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. This lack of flexibility requires a fleet of diverse drones tailored to specific cargo dimensions. Here we propose a new reconfigurable drone based on a modular design th ...

2022

Chemical Cell Surface Modification and Analysis of Nanoparticle-Modified Living Cells

Harm-Anton Klok, Tanja Thomsen

Cells are promising as carriers that can enhance the delivery of nanomedicines. Cells that carry nanomedicinal cargo, either immobilized on the cell surface or internalized, can allow for highly specific delivery and can enable the transport of nanomedicin ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Foldable aircraft with protective cage for transportation and transportability

Dario Floreano, Stefano Mintchev, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski

An aerial vehicle, configured to transport cargo, and including a propulsion system and a foldable cage is described. The foldable cage is substantially linear while in a folded configuration, and substantially circular while in a deployed configuration. M ...

2017

Wave-reducing Stern Flap on Ship Convoys to Protect Riverbanks

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Michael Pfister, Théodora Cohen Liechti, Robin Amacher

Inland navigable waterways are significant in cargo transport and leisure activities. In parallel, these channels and rivers often suffer from the ship traffic, as the generated waves may damage waterway banks, along with their riparian fauna. As a consequ ...

Amer Soc Naval Eng Inc2015

Exact and Heuristic Methods to Solve the Berth Allocation Problem in Bulk Ports

Michel Bierlaire, Nitish Umang, Ilaria Vacca

In this paper, we study the dynamic hybrid berth allocation problem in bulk ports with the objective to minimize the total service times of the vessels. We propose two exact methods based on mixed integer progra mming and generalized set partitionin g, and ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Magnetic helical micromachines: Fabrication, controlled swimming, and cargo transport

Lei Zhang

A simple and general fabrication method for helical swimming micromachines by direct laser writing and e-beam evaporation is demonstrated. The magnetic helical devices exhibit varying magnetic shape anisotropy, yet always generate corkscrew motion using a ...

Wiley2012

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - Attacks and Countermeasures

Panagiotis Papadimitratos, Aleksandar Jovanovic

Increasing numbers of mobile computing devices, user-portable, or embedded in vehicles, cargo containers, or the physical space, need to be aware of their location in order to provide a wide range of commercial services. Most often, mobile devices obtain t ...

2008