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Marks, Tobias and Swaid, Majed (2020) Optimal timing and arrangement for two-aircraft formations on North Atlantic under consideration of wind. 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, 06.-10. Januar 2020, Orlando, Florida, USA. (Submitted)
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Abstract
The aerodynamic formation flight is expected to enable high fuel savings for a trailing aircraft as the energy of the wake of a leading aircraft can be used to reduce the fuel burn. However, the extend of these benefits strongly depends on the routing of the aircraft especially if wind effects are taken into account. Within this work, the optimal formation tracks are estimated for two-aircraft formation missions, based on a westbound North Atlantic scenario with a set of representative weather patterns and several combinations of origin and destination airports. It will be shown, that the locations of the optimal rendezvous and separation points strongly vary with the wind fields and that clusters can be identified depending on the origins and destinations of the aircraft. The influence of the corresponding aircraft position in formation (follower or leader) on the benefits as well as the optimal departure time offset will be examined. Further it will be shown that, in order to simultaneously arrive at the optimal rendezvous points, a certain flexibility concerning the departure times is necessary. Average departure time offsets will be estimated.
| Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/132890/ | |||||||||
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| Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | |||||||||
| Title: | Optimal timing and arrangement for two-aircraft formations on North Atlantic under consideration of wind | |||||||||
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| Date: | 2020 | |||||||||
| Refereed publication: | No | |||||||||
| Open Access: | No | |||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | No | |||||||||
| Status: | Submitted | |||||||||
| Keywords: | formation flight, Formationsflug, operations, aircraft wake surfing, | |||||||||
| Event Title: | 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum | |||||||||
| Event Location: | Orlando, Florida, USA | |||||||||
| Event Type: | international Conference | |||||||||
| Event Dates: | 06.-10. Januar 2020 | |||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | |||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | |||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | air traffic management and operations | |||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | |||||||||
| DLR - Program: | L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation | |||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Air Traffic Concepts and Operation | |||||||||
| Location: | Hamburg | |||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Air Transport Operations > Air Transport Infrastructures & Processes | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | Marks, Tobias | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 09 Jan 2020 09:00 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2020 09:00 |
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