Abstract
The interest for using small aircraft for missions in urban airspace is growing for applications like parcel deliveries. Research shows that conventional airspace structure and conflict detection and resolution techniques are not suitable for main- taining a high level of safety in constrained urban environments, especially when aircraft are restricted to flying within the limits of the road network. The problem at hand becomes even more complex when factoring in cities with topologically organic street networks, thus increasing the probability of crossing and merging traffic flows. Preliminary results show that such networks induce the detection of false-positive conflicts when using classical state- based conflict detection, decreasing the effectiveness of conflict resolution. Velocity-obstacle based conflict resolution methods were able to improve airspace safety, but require further de- velopment in order to handle conflicts in such an unpredictable and constrained environment. Thus, the doctoral project at hand seeks to develop and research improved methods for conflict prevention, detection and resolution in constrained, urban, very low-level urban airspace.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 1-4 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | 10th International Conference for Research in Air Transportation - University of South Florida, Tampa, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2022 → 23 Jul 2022 Conference number: 10 https://www.icrat.org/previous-conferences/10th-international-conference/ |
Conference
Conference | 10th International Conference for Research in Air Transportation |
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Abbreviated title | ICRAT 2022 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Tampa |
Period | 19/06/22 → 23/07/22 |
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