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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Current investigations into urban aerial mobility, as well as the continuing growth of global air transportation, have renewed interest in conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) methods. The use of drones for applications such as package delivery, would result in traffic densities that are orders of magnitude higher than those currently...journal article 2021
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Hoekstra, J.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author)Purpose of Review A lot of research into decentralised, state-based conflict detection and resolution, or detect and avoid algorithms has been executed. This paper explains the essential properties of state-based conflict detection and reviews the work in the context of applications for not only manned but also unmanned aerial vehicles, where...journal article 2021
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Doole, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Drone-based delivery is likely to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport of small express packages, fast-food meals and medicines, especially when deployed in large-scale in urban areas. However, it is an enormous challenge to facilitate such high traffic densities in constrained urban environments. A recent...conference paper 2021
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Badea, C. (author), Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Doole, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Road traffic delay and urban overcrowding are increasing rapidly all over the world. As a result, several companies have proposed the use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs) as an alternative to road-based transportation. These small autonomous drones are expected to operate within a thin airspace band (Very Low Level) in high traffic...conference paper 2021
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Caranti, L. (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The capacity of the current system of air traffic is rapidly reaching a limit with the increasing demand for air transportation. Expected future traffic densities not only make automated conflict detection and resolution a necessity, but also force a re-evaluation of coordination elements to decrease conflict rate and severity. It has been...conference paper 2021
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van Baelen, D. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Modern aircraft can be equipped with a flight envelope protection system: automation which modifies pilot control inputs to ensure that the aircraft remains within the allowable limits. Overruling the pilot inputs may lead to mode confusion, even when visual or auditory feedback is provided to alert pilots. We advocate using active control...journal article 2021
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van Baelen, D. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Modern aircraft use a variety of fly-by-wire control devices and combine these with a flight envelope protection system to limit pilot control inputs when approaching the aircraft limits. The current research project aims to increase pilot awareness of such a protection system through the use of force feedback on the control device, i.e.,...conference paper 2021
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Doole, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Knoop, V.L. (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Large-scale adoption of drone-based delivery in urban areas promise societal benefits with respect to emissions and on-ground traffic congestion, as well as potential cost savings for drone-based logistic companies. However, for this to materialise, the ability of accommodating high volumes of drone traffic in an urban airspace is one of the...journal article 2021
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Metz, I.C. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Mühlhausen, Thorsten (author), Kügler, Dirk (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Bird strike prevention in civil aviation has traditionally focused on the airport perimeter. Since the risk of especially damaging bird strikes outside the airport boundaries is rising, this paper investigates the safety potential of operational bird strike prevention involving pilots and controllers. In such a concept, controllers would be...journal article 2021
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Metz, I.C. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Mühlhausen, Thorsten (author), Kügler, Dirk (author), Kern, Stefan (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Involving air traffic controllers and pilots into the bird strike prevention process is considered an essential step to increase aviation and avian safety. Prior to implementing operational measures such as real-time warning systems, it is vital to evaluate their feasibility. This paper studies the efficacy of a bird strike advisory system for...journal article 2021
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Cain, Sebastian (author), Torens, Christoph (author), Juchmann, Patrick (author), Volkert, Andreas (author), Tomasello, Filippo (author), Natale, Matteo (author), Vreeken, Joost (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author)Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been in civil use for several years. A new risk-based approach to approval was developed by the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking of Unmanned Systems (JARUS) which relies on the so-called Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) for the specific category. Operational authorization is based on the assessment...conference paper 2021
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Doole, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Driven by rising consumer demand, interest is growing in the application of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for the last-mile delivery of small express packages and fast-food meals in cities. To be realised, this would require the Very Low Level (VLL) urban airspace to be able to cope with high traffic densities of commercial...journal article 2020
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Current investigations into urban aerial mobility, as well as the continuing growth of global air transportation, have renewed interest in Conflict Detection and Resolution (CD&R) methods. With the new applications of drones, and the implications of a profoundly different urban airspace, new demands are placed on such algorithms, further...review 2020
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The use of drones for applications such as package delivery, in an urban setting, would result in traffic densities that are orders of magnitude higher than any observed in manned aviation. Current geometric resolution models have proven to be very efficient at relatively moderate densities. However, at higher densities, performance is hindered...conference paper 2020
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The use of drones for applications such as package delivery, in an urban setting, would result in traffic densities that are orders of magnitude higher than any observed in manned aviation. Current geometric resolution models have proven to be very efficient. However, at the extreme densities envisioned for such drone applications, performance...conference paper 2020
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The use of drones for applications such as package delivery, in an urban setting, would result in traffic densities that are orders of magnitude higher than any observed in manned aviation. Such densities not only make automated conflict detection and resolution a necessity, but it will also force a reevaluation of aspects such as centralised vs...conference paper 2020
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Sun, Junzi (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author)In air traffic management research, aircraft performance models are often used to generate and analyze aircraft trajectories. Although a crucial part of the aircraft performance model, the aerodynamic property of aircraft is rarely available for public research purposes, as it is protected by aircraft manufacturers for commercial reasons. In...journal article 2020
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Metz, I.C. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Mühlhausen, Thorsten (author), Kügler, Dirk (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Collisions between birds and aircraft pose a severe threat to aviation and avian safety. To understand and prevent these bird strikes, knowledge about the factors leading to these bird strikes is vital. However, even though it is a global issue, data availability strongly varies and is difficult to put into a global picture. This paper aims...review 2020
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van Baelen, D. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Several modern aircraft use a passive control manipulator: a spring–damper system that generates command signals to the flight control computers in combination with a flight envelope protection system that limits pilot inputs when approaching the aircraft limits. This research project aims to increase pilot awareness of this protection system...journal article 2020
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van Rooijen, S. J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Borst, C. (author), van Kampen, E. (author)Lack of trust and lack of acceptance caused by strategic mismatches in problem-solving have been identified as obstacles in the introduction of workload-alleviating automation in air traffic control. One possible way to overcome these obstacles is by creating automation capable of providing personalized advisories conformal to the individual...journal article 2020