Piezo electric sensors for monitoring airport surface movement — A sustainable airport ground traffic management system

Piezoelectric sensors for taxiway airport traffic control system

“…"The distance between the two sensor arrays on a taxiway should be greater than the distance between the front landing gear and the rear landing gears of any plane." [1] Fig. 19: The plane is heading to the junction.…”

“…Using two sensors in each taxiway will be able to monitor the plane direction." [1] Fig. 20: The plane is coming in from the junction.…”

“…The air traffic controller can refer to the time the plane has been waiting within the waiting zone, and be able to control the traffic at the junction." [1] The primary goal of an Air Traffic Controller is to move aircraft to and from the runways as safely and as efficiently as possible. There is a local controller (LC) and a ground controller (GC).…”

“…15." [1] Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), uses a combination of surface movement radar and transponder sensors to detect any airport surface movement. The system may not be cost effective for some airports, but the method proposed in this paper can improve the taxiway incursion prevention for those airports.…”

“…By setting the threshold at 200 mV, the microcontroller can be programmed to monitor the ground speed and direction of the plane." [1] In general, most small aircraft have three sets of wheels in one of two configurations: the conventional, or taildragger undercarriage and the tricycle undercarriage.…”