An exemplary definition of a vertidrome's airside concept of operations

Schweiger, Karolin; Knabe, Franz; Korn, Bernd

doi:10.1016/j.ast.2021.107144

Cited by 22 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Since the vertiport describes a significant bottleneck especially for near-term UAM applications, a vertiport's performance, operational capability and resilience are of great interest. In HorizonUAM, the vertiport is being examined in terms of regulatory and operational state of the art [60], exemplary layout designs and corresponding concept of operations for both low-and high-density throughput scenarios [61], performance-based rating of a vertiport's airside operation [62] and a vertiport's placement inside airport environment [57]. Furthermore, a vertiport network in an urban environment was developed and compared to ground-based traffic networks [37] and the development and validation of real vertiport prototypes and their operation inside a scaled urban environment suitable for flight testing [63] is envisaged.…”

Section: Building a "U-space Regulatory Sandbox"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Air Traffic Management as a Vital Part of Urban Air Mobility—A Review of DLR’s Research Work from 1995 to 2022

et al. 2023

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Urban air mobility is a rapidly growing field of research. While drones or unmanned aerial vehicles have been operated mainly in the private and military sector in the past, an increasing range of opportunities is opening up for commercial applications. A new multitude of passenger-carrying drone or air taxi concepts promises to fulfill the dream of flying above congested urban areas. While early research has been focusing on vehicle development, solutions for urban air traffic management are lagging behind. This paper collects and reviews the main findings of past urban-air-mobility-related research projects at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to serve as a basis for ongoing research from an air traffic management perspective.

show abstract

Section: Building a "U-space Regulatory Sandbox"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Air Traffic Management as a Vital Part of Urban Air Mobility—A Review of DLR’s Research Work from 1995 to 2022

et al. 2023

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Throughout this manuscript, we use vertidrome as a generic term for UAM ground infrastructure accommodating (e)VTOL aircraft operations as introduced in [19]. For this VALoS analysis, we focus specifically on the airside jurisdictions of an exemplary vertiport serving an intra-city use-case and accommodating VTOL capable air taxis.…”

Section: Scope and Structure Of The Documentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, due to the strategic de-confliction and tactical separation of arrival and departure traffic streams in the air and on the ground, the LIEDT layout is expected to handle high-density traffic. For additional information, the reader is pointed to [19], which outlines the features of the LIEDT design and the related Concept of Operations.…”

Section: Demand-to-capacity Ratiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The following section describes the V-Lab simulation model and its workflow for an exemplary LIEDT vertiport design. The LIEDT layout was first introduced in [19] and a summary of the layout and ConOps is illustrated in Figure 6 and in the following vertiport module. The V-Lab simulation is developed in MATLAB/Simulink using the toolboxes SimEvents and is summarized in Figure 7.…”

Section: Vertidrome In the Lab (V-lab) Simulation Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Vertidrome Airside Level of Service: Performance-Based Evaluation of Vertiport Airside Operations

Schweiger,

Knabe

2023

Drones

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents the Vertidrome Airside Level of Service (VALoS) framework, a novel performance metric designed to evaluate airside traffic flow operations at vertidromes in the context of Urban Air Mobility (UAM). As the UAM industry rapidly evolves, the need for a comprehensive evaluation framework becomes increasingly important. The VALoS framework provides a performance-based approach to evaluating vertidrome traffic flow performance, considering metrics like average passenger delay, air taxi in-flight delay, and vertidrome punctuality. Unlike existing Level of Service approaches, the VALoS framework unifies the requirements of various stakeholders, the passenger, the air taxi operator, and the vertidrome operator each with their own performance metric and target. It provides a multi-faceted approach covering airside air and ground traffic flows, arrivals and departures, and performance changes during strategic planning and tactical execution phases. The VALoS is evaluated at 15-min intervals while considering changing stakeholder performance targets and operational uncertainties. For the reference use case, the study demonstrates the significant impact of short-term disruptions, while stochastic deviations can be neglected. Higher traffic volumes due to changing demand/capacity ratios result in higher VALoS variability. The VALoS framework, together with a fast-time simulation, provides a versatile method for exploring future vertidrome traffic flows and supporting strategic vertidrome airside planning and integration. This integrated approach is essential for the evolving UAM vertidrome industry; aligning the interests of different stakeholders and promoting sustainable and efficient vertidrome planning and operation.

show abstract

“…For example, Amazon and Google pioneered the testing of urban parcel delivery by means of multirotor aircraft [3,4]. In such a way, they paved the way for a wide range of studies on highlyautomated low-altitude vehicles as an alternative means of transportation, where "the regular Joe" is capable of performing a mission without having the skills of a licensed pilot [5][6][7]. In this respect, two early attempts that investigated concepts of operation and technologies for a new personal transportation system based on both an aerial platform and a ground infrastructure were, respectively, PPlane (2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) and myCopter (2011)(2012)(2013)(2014), projects funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Program (FP7) [8,9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Smart Air Mobility: Control System Design and Experimental Validation for an Unmanned Light Helicopter

Angelis

Giulietti

Rossetti³

et al. 2023

Drones

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Light helicopters are used for a variety of applications, attracting users from private and public market segments because of their agility and convenient storage capabilities. However, most light helicopters on the market today are designed and manufactured with technologies dating back to the 1980s, with safety issues to be addressed by advanced design methods, more powerful engines, and innovative solutions. In this regard, the DISRUPT (Development of an innovative and safe ultralight, two-seater turbine helicopter) project, led by Curti Aerospace Division (Italy) and co-funded by the EU H2020 program, is a state-of-the-art concept for a novel ultralight helicopter equipped with a ballistic parachute. In order to validate the first parachute ejection in a safe scenario, a dronization process was selected as a viable solution to be performed in collaboration with the University of Bologna. In the present paper, the steps followed to transform the helicopter into an unmanned vehicle are detailed according to the model-based design approach, with particular focus on mathematical modeling, control system design, and experimental validation. Obtained results demonstrate the feasibility of using a civil helicopter first as a remotely-piloted vehicle and then as a highly-automated personal transportation system in the framework of smart and sustainable air mobility.

show abstract

An exemplary definition of a vertidrome's airside concept of operations

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Air Traffic Management as a Vital Part of Urban Air Mobility—A Review of DLR’s Research Work from 1995 to 2022

Air Traffic Management as a Vital Part of Urban Air Mobility—A Review of DLR’s Research Work from 1995 to 2022

Vertidrome Airside Level of Service: Performance-Based Evaluation of Vertiport Airside Operations

Toward Smart Air Mobility: Control System Design and Experimental Validation for an Unmanned Light Helicopter

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About