scholarly journals Technology Transition: A Model for Infusion and Commercialization

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernotto C. McMillan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transition

Domestic Engineering - Industry 4.0 Technology Transition Problems

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
E. N. Lapteva ◽  
O. V. Nasarochkina
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Industrial Internet Of Things ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
Industrial Internet ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality

The paper deals with problem analysis due to domestic engineering transition to the Industry 4.0 technology. It presents such innovative technologies as additive manufacturing (3D-printing), Industrial Internet of Things, total digitization of manufacturing (digital description of products and processes, virtual and augmented reality). Among the main highlighted problems the authors include a lack of unification and standardization at this stage of technology development; incompleteness of both domestic and international regulatory framework; shortage of qualified personnel.

Ultra High Bypass Ratio Engine Sizing and Cycle Selection Study for a Subsonic Commercial Aircraft in the N+2 Timeframe

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian K. Kestner ◽  
Jeff S. Schutte ◽  
Jonathan C. Gladin ◽  
Dimitri N. Mavris
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Direct Drive ◽  
Commercial Aircraft ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Bypass Ratio ◽  
Engine Cycle

This paper presents an engine sizing and cycle selection study of ultra high bypass ratio engines applied to a subsonic commercial aircraft in the N+2 (2020) timeframe. NASA has created the Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project to serve as a technology transition bridge between fundamental research (TRL 1–4) and potential users (TRL 7). Specifically, ERA is focused on subsonic transport technologies that could reach TRL 6 by 2020 and are capable of integration into an advanced vehicle concept that simultaneously meets the ERA project metrics for noise, emissions, and fuel burn. An important variable in exploring the trade space is the selection of the optimal engine cycle for use on the advanced aircraft. In this paper, two specific ultra high bypass engine cycle options will be explored: advanced direct drive and geared turbofan. The advanced direct drive turbofan is an improved version of conventional turbofans. In terms of both bypass ratio and overall pressure ratio, the advanced direct turbofan benefits from improvements in aerodynamic design of its components, as well as material stress and temperature properties. By putting a gear between the fan and the low pressure turbine, a geared turbo fan allows both components to operate at optimal speeds, thus further improving overall cycle efficiency relative to a conventional turbofan. In this study, sensitivity of cycle design with level of technology will be explored, in terms of both cycle parameters (such as specific thrust consumption (TSFC) and bypass ratio) and aircraft mission parameters (such as fuel burn and noise). To demonstrate this sensitivity, engines will be sized for optimal performance on a 300 passenger class aircraft for a 2010 level technology tube and wing airframe, a N+2 level technology tube and wing air-frame, and finally on a N+2 level technology blended wing body airframe with and without boundary layer ingestion (BLI) engines.

scholarly journals Taming Disruption? Pervasive Data Analytics, Uncertainty and Policy Intervention in Disruptive Technology and its Geographic Spread

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Brackin ◽  
Michael Jackson ◽  
Andrew Leyshon ◽  
Jeremy Morley
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Disruptive Effect ◽  
Geographical Spread ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
Historic Data

The topic of technology development and its disruptive effects has been the subject of much debate over the last 20 years with numerous theories at both macro and micro scales offering potential models of technology progression and disruption. This paper focuses on how theories of technology progression may be integrated and considers whether suitable indicators of this progression and any subsequent disruptive effects might be derived, based on the use of big data analytic techniques. Given the magnitude of the economic, social, and political implications of many disruptive technologies, the ability to quantify disruptive change at the earliest possible stage could deliver major returns by reducing uncertainty, assisting public policy intervention, and managing the technology transition through disruption into deployment. However, determining when this stage has been reached is problematic because small random effects in the timing, direction of development, the availability of essential supportive technologies or “platform” technologies, market response or government policy can all result in failure of a technology, its form of adoption or optimality of implementation. This paper reviews key models of technology evolution and their disruptive effect including the geographical spread of disruption. The paper then describes a use case and an experiment in disruption prediction, looking at the geographical spread of disruption using internet derived historic data. The experiment, although limited to one specific aspect of the integrated model outlined in the paper, provides an initial example of the type of analysis envisaged. This example offers a glimpse into the potential indicators and how they might be used to measure disruption hinting at what might be possible using big data approaches.

scholarly journals The Effect of Reducing Electric Car Purchase Incentives in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonatan J. Gómez Vilchez ◽  
Christian Thiel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Subsidy Scheme ◽  
Electric Car ◽  
Car Market ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Electro Mobility

The importance of electric car purchase incentives is starting to be questioned. The objective of this paper is to explore the potential effect of reducing or removing electric car purchase public subsidies in the European Union. To this end, the system dynamics Powertrain Technology Transition Market Agent Model is used. The size and timing of purchase incentives for this technology in European countries are investigated under eight scenarios and sensitivity analysis performed. The simulations suggest that, in the short-run, the electric car market share is higher when the subsidies remain in place. In the medium-run, a purchase subsidy scheme granting €3000 for plug-in hybrid electric cars and €4000 for battery electric cars over the period 2020–2024 yields the fastest electric car market uptake of all the scenarios considered. We conclude that, though the current evolution of the battery price is favorable, electric car purchase subsidies remain an effective policy measure to support electro-mobility in the next years.

Understanding Technology Transition at the Individual Level

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Thakurta ◽  
◽  
Nils Urbach ◽  
Anamitra Basu ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Level ◽  
Technology Transition ◽  
The Individual
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