Defining airspace quality

A new metric for defining air traffic situation quality in a defined airspace based on geometric traffic properties

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

P.J.S. Danneels Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

J.M. Hoekstra (mentor)
Joost Ellerbroek (graduation committee member)
Alexei Sharpanskykh (graduation committee member)
E. Sunil (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2017 Pieter Danneels
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Published Date

01-09-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

Air traffic is growing every year and getting ever more complex. There is however no quick and robust way to analyze a traffic situation in an airspace and compare it to other, similar traffic situations. This research project proposes a new metric to compare air traffic situations in an airspace, based on geometric traffic data. The new metric is called the airspace quality. The project shows to what extend simple properties and metrics are usable and into what area they need to be extended. The resulting metric shows promise but also shows sensitivity issues in certain cases.

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