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Dipl.Ing. Tanja Luckova > 19.05.2009

The Use of Simulation Models for Airport Planning and ATM Analysis at the Institute of Flight Guidance

DIpl. Ing. Tanja Luckova > 19.05.2009

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Overview

1. Key areas and sites of DLR

2. Characteristics of the Air Transportation System

3. Institute of Flight Guidance – motivation, challenges and mission

4. Use of Models at the Department of Air Transportation

5. Recent projects in the Department for Air Transportation

6. Outlook and Vision

7. Networking – International cooperation (AT-One)


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The DLRGerman Aerospace Research Center Space Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany


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Key areas

AeronauticsSpaceSpace AgencyTransportEnergy


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5,700 employees working in 29 research institutes and facilities

at 13 sites.

Offices in Brussels, Paris and Washington. Köln

Lampoldshausen

Stuttgart

Oberpfaffenhofen

Braunschweig

Göttingen

Berlin-

Bonn

Trauen

HamburgNeustrelitz

Weilheim

Bremen-

Sites and employees


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Overview









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Forecast of Eurocontrol

Quelle: Eurocontrol


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Motivation – SESAR D1 Results

2005: 10.5 Millionen


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2005: 10.5 Millionen 2010: 12.5 Millionen



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2010: 12.5 Millionen 2020: 17.2 Millionen2005: 10.5 Millionen



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Economic Effects of an Airport

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Employment effect

1 : 1,71 : 1,7At the Airport At the vicinity

== 33At the Airport At the vicinity

At the Airport At the vicinity

== 2424At the Aiport At the vicinity

== 2.4002.400750750 1.6501.650

1000 t Freight equals Employment:

88 1616

Income 1 Slot at FRA equals Employment:

Source: Fraport


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Gate to Gate Quality Example of a Daily Scheduled Flight

Distribution of the differences between planned and real on block times with different distances to the source airport

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1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

-60 -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45 60Deviation on planned on block time [Min]

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Südostasien (n = 1401)

too latetoo soon


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European Aeronautics Research: Vision 2020

Phillipe Busquin, European Research Commissioner

Group of Personalities (GoP)„Meeting society‘s needs and winning global leadership“3x as much airtransportation companies as it is today

1/5 of today‘s accident rate

99% punctuality

15-30 min transfer time


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Statistic in total loss 1959-1995

Cruise Descent

Initial appr.

Landing

Final appr.

Climb

InitialClimb

Takeoff

Loadetc.

Time 11% 12% 3% 1%57%14%1%1%

Acc. 7% 12% 24% 21%4%7%9%14%2%

Quelle: BOEING

82% from all theaccidents are on or near theairports


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Overview








Dipl.Ing. Tanja Luckova > 19.05.2009

Institute of Flight Guidance


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Our site in Braunschweig!


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Institute of Flight Guidance (FL) – Challenges

Challenges to a future Air Transport System:

Environmentally friendlyMore efficientHigher capacity“Safe” and “Secure”

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT andairport movements / processes are optimized via

more automation anddetermination of the optimal role of the human operator.


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Institute of Flight Guidance (FL) – Mission

conducts applied research in the Air Traffic Management area,designs concepts, processes, procedures and tools;develops adequate prototypes,evaluates internal and external productswith the focus on the Airport and the Terminal Area.

The Institute of Flight Guidance is the Air-Traffic-Management (ATM) competence centre within DLR andthe “Research Centre of Excellence for Airport Airside Management” in Europe.


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Institute for Flight Guidance (FL) – Products and Services

ConsultingStudies und ConceptDevelopmentSolutions and Prototypes(Procedures/ Software/ Hardware)Evaluation und Validation(Training )(Implementation & Service)

ISO-9001 Certificate


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Institute of Flight Guidance (FL) – Market share„Technology-readiness-level“ (TRL)

IndustryS

ervices Research

DLR

-FL, AT-O

ne

Universities

IndustryAN

SPs

IndustryM

anufacturer


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Resources

~ 140 employees:~ 70 Scientists

1 Guest Scientists8 PhD Students10 Diploma

Students5 Trainees

Institute of Flight Guidance (FL) – Organisation

StructureDepartmentsAir TransportationController AssistancePilot AssistanceATM SimulationOperations Control Human Factors

Management ServicesBusiness Manager

Infrastructure ITFast-Time SimulationHuman-in-the-Loop-SimulationGround Operations CockpitData LinksTest AircraftResearch Airport BraunschweigA-SMGCS Test bedGBAS

Networks

AT-OneDLR InstitutesUniversitiesIndustry

Bodies / MoU / Action PlansEurocontrolNASA / MIT / FAAEATRADA, ASDA,


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Department of Air Transportation

Modelling the air transportation system with analytical and fast time simulation modelsEvaluation of infrastructural and operational changes at the airport and the TMA for capacity and environmental questionsConsultancy of airport stakeholdersDrafting of experts’ reports of airport capacity


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Overview









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Institute of Flight GuidanceR&D Projects

Idea Concept Prototype Implementation

AnalyticalModells

Fast-timesimulation

Real-timesimulation

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Research and Development(Tools and Methods)


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Capacity – Capacity curve

Traffic flow [a.c./h]

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8

4

Increase of trafficflow

‘Real‘

capacity

4-Minutes - Capacity

Saturation capacity

8-Minutes - Capacity

Increasedcapacity

Lowering the level of processing delays


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Analytical Models


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Simmod


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Simmod: Characteristics

Microscopic modell of the air side

Originally created in the 80‘s by the

FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

Different versions on the market

Widespread

Simple node – link structure

Typical simulation time of one traffic

day is between 1 and 2 minutes

Closed system

SIMMOD Pro: missions execute

profiles


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AirTOp


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AirTOp Fast Time Simulator: Characteristics

Single graphical user interfaceIntegrated map and 3D viewsProject management supportMulti agent architectureEn – route simulationApproach and departureAirport ground movementsIntuituve simulation analysesExtensive and customizable


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Overview









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Recent Projects in the Department

SPADE I/II: The objective of the SPADE project is to develop a user-friendly decision-support system for airport stakeholders and policy-makers;CREDOS: aims at developing mitigations for wake turbulence separationminima for departure operations namely through the monitoring of themeteorological situation;JTI Clean Sky: will develop breakthrough technologies to significantlyimprove the impact of the air transport on the environment;EWMS: was developed to support, simplify and enhance the process of simulation analysis and evaluation


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SPADE - Supporting Platform for Airport Decision-Making and Efficiency Analysis

SPADE platform will integrateset of use cases as defined byairport stakeholders in SPADE Workshop. Examples of usecases:

Identification of bottlenecksImpact of new equipment /

procedureLoss of capacity due to

contingencyAlternative airport layoutChanges in traffic volume


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CREDOS – Crosswind Reduced Separations forDeparture Operations

BackgroundScopeObjectives of the ProjectOrganisation of the ProjectExpected resultsMeeting the SESAR objectives


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JTI (Joint Technology Initiative) Clean Sky

Largest European research project

50% reduction of CO2 emissions through drasticreduction of fuel consumption80% reduction of NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions50% reduction of external noiseA green product life cycle: design, manufacturing, maintenance and disposal / recycling


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EWMS - The Extensible Workflow Management for Simulations

Internal projectHistoryObjectives:

• Data backup strategy• Transparent post

processing• Standardised reporting

Vision


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Overview









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The Air Transportation department

Analyses for users, stakeholders, and developers of Air Traffic Systems potential improvements in terms of new techniques and procedures

Models under the constraints of safety, environment, performance, and economy effects of system modifications and

Determines the capacity of the systems by using traffic throughput and delay criteria.


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Overview









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Network – AT-One Infrastructure

SimulatorsResearch Aircraft

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