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Groot, D.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Conventional Air Traffic Control is still predominantly being done by human Air Traffic Controllers, however, as the traffic density increases, the workload of the controllers increases as well. Especially for the area of unmanned aviation, driven by the rise in drones, having human controllers might become unfeasible. One of the methods that...journal article 2024
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Lebègue, J. (author), Guitart, Andréas (author), Demouge, Céline (author), Delahaye, Daniel (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author), Feron, Eric (author)Weather obstacles in the airspace can interfere with an aircraft’s flight plan. Pilots, assisted by air traffic controllers (ATCs), perform avoidance maneuvers that can be optimized. This paper addresses the generation of alternative aircraft trajectories to resolve unexpected events. The authors propose a solution based on the RRG algorithm,...conference paper 2024
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Lebègue, J. (author), Delahaye, Daniel (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Many transportation networks have complex infrastructures (road, rail, airspace, etc.). The quality of service in air transportation depends on weather conditions. Technical failures of the aircraft, bad weather conditions, strike of the company’s staff cause delays and disrupt traffic. How can the robustness of such networks be improved?...conference paper 2024
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Badea, C. (author), Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Patrinopoulou, Niki (author), Daramouskas, Ioannis (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Lappas, Vaios (author), Kostopoulos, Vassilios (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The use of small aircraft for a wide range of missions in urban airspace is expected to increase in the future. In Europe, efforts have been invested into developing a unified system, called U-space, to manage aircraft in dense very-low-level urban airspace. The Metropolis II project aimed to research what degree of centralisation an air traffic...journal article 2023
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An investigation of operational management solutions and challenges for electric taxiing of aircraftZoutendijk, M. (author), Mitici, M.A. (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Taxiing aircraft using electric towing vehicles (ETVs) is expected to significantly contribute to the objective of climate-neutral aviation by 2050. This study reviews existing work on operational aspects of electric towing of aircraft, and discusses management solutions. We first discuss the varying electric taxi systems currently under...journal article 2023
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Groot, D.J. (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The number of unmanned aircraft operating in the airspace is expected to grow exponentially during the next decades. This will likely lead to traffic densities that are higher than those currently observed in civil and general aviation, and might require both a different airspace structure compared to conventional aviation, as well as different...conference paper 2023
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Roosenbrand, E.J. (author), Sun, Junzi (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Contrails contribute to global warming by trapping outgoing terrestrial radiation, exerting an immediate warming influence on the climate. The climatic impact of contrails is potentially comparable to that of aviation’s carbon emissions. This underlines the importance of minimizing contrail formation to mitigate the climate effects of aviation,...conference paper 2023
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van Oosterom, S.J.M. (author), Mitici, M.A. (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Following the Paris Accords, the aviation industry aims to become climate neutral by 2050. In this line, electric vehicles that tow aircraft during taxiing are a promising emerging technology to reduce emissions at airports. This paper proposes an end-to-end optimization framework for electric towing vehicles (ETVs) dispatchment at large...journal article 2023
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Roosenbrand, E.J. (author), Sun, Junzi (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)As global flight volume rises, the aviation industry is facing increasing climate challenges. One major factor is the impact of contrails, which trap outgoing terrestrial radiation and counteract emission reduction benefits from emission-optimized flight routes. Our study quantifies contrail-forming flights globally and assesses altitude...journal article 2023
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Patrinopoulou, Niki (author), Daramouskas, Ioannis (author), Badea, Calin Andrei (author), Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Lappas, Vaios (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author), Kostopoulos, Vassilios (author)Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) is an active research subject as its proposed applications are increasing. UTM aims to enable a variety of UAS operations, including package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and emergency missions. That creates the need for extensive research on how to incorporate such traffic, as...journal article 2023
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Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Badea, C. (author), Patrinopoulou, Niki (author), Daramouskas, Ioannis (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Lappas, Vaios (author), Kostopoulos, Vassilios (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)The interest in urban air mobility as a potential solution for urban congestion is steadily growing. Air operations in urban areas can present added complexity as compared with traditional air traffic management. As a result, it is necessary to test and develop novel airspace designs and rules. As airspace in urban areas is a scarce resource,...journal article 2023
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Doole, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Package delivery via autonomous drones is often presumed to hold commercial and societal value when applied to urban environments. However, to realise the benefits, the challenge of safely managing high traffic densities of drones in heavily constrained urban spaces needs to be addressed. This paper applies the principles of traffic segmentation...journal article 2022
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Roosenbrand, E.J. (author), Sun, Junzi (author), Dedoussi, I.C. (author), Stam, D.M. (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Sustainability is the biggest challenge facing the aerospace industry today. With the global number of flights expected to rise, the climate impact of aviation will continue to increase. Current research states that the rerouting of aircraft through wind-optimisation for the purpose of fuel usage minimisation and emission reduction is an...conference paper 2022
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Current predictions on future drone operations estimate that traffic density orders of magnitude will be higher than any observed in manned aviation. Such densities redirect the focus towards elements that can decrease conflict rate and severity, with special emphasis on airspace structures, an element that has been overlooked within...journal article 2022
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Current predictions for future operations with drones estimate traffic densities orders of magnitude higher than any observed in manned aviation. Such densities call for further research and innovation, in particular, into conflict detection and resolution without the need for human intervention. The layered airspace concept, where aircraft...journal article 2022
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Groot, D.J. (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Current estimates show that the presence of unmanned aviation is likely to grow exponentially over the course of the next decades. Even with the more conservative estimates, these expected high traffic densities require a re-evaluation of the airspace structure to ensure safe and efficient operations. One structure that scored high on both the...conference paper 2022
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Badea, C. (author), Groot, D.J. (author), Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Dalmau, Ramon (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Air traffic demand has increased at an unprecedented rate in the last decade (albeit interrupted by the COVID pandemic), but capacity has not increased at the same rate. Higher levels of automation and the implementation of decision-support tools for air traffic controllers could help increase capacity and catch up with demand. The air traffic...conference paper 2022
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Ribeiro, M.J. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)Future high traffic densities with drone operations are expected to exceed the number of aircraft that current air traffic control procedures can control simultaneously. Despite extensive research on geometric CR methods, at higher densities, their performance is hindered by the unpredictable emergent behaviour from surrounding aircraft. In...journal article 2022
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Morfin Veytia, A. (author), Badea, C. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author), Patrinopoulou, N. (author), Daramouskas, I. (author), Lappas, V. (author), Kostopoulos, Vassilis (author), de Vries, Vincent (author)The Metropolis II project aimed to study the impact of centralised separation management for urban aerial mobility. Three concepts were developed in this study: a fully centralised, strategically separated concept, a hybrid concept featuring cen- tralised strategic separation and distributed tactical separation, and a fully distributed tactical...conference paper 2022
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Roosenbrand, E.J. (author), Sun, Junzi (author), Hoekstra, J.M. (author)One of the biggest challenges facing the aerospace industry today is its sustainability. As the number of flights is expected to rise globally, aviation’s climate impact will continue to increase. Current research has extensively addressed the rerouting of aircraft through wind-optimization in order to minimize fuel burn and emissions. Such...conference paper 2022