4 papers
String stable platoons of all-electric aircraft with operating costs and airspace complexity trade-off
Lucas Souza e Silva, Luis Rodrigues
This paper formulates an optimal control framework for computing cruise airspeeds in predecessor-follower platoons of all-electric aircraft that balance operational cost and airspa…
On the airspace complexity metrics for predecessor-follower operations
Lucas Souza e Silva, Luis Rodrigues
This technical note proposes a novel airspace complexity metric that quantifies the air traffic controller workload and coordination effort for pairwise predecessor-follower aircra…
Optimal Constant Climb Airspeed with Variable Cost Index for All-electric Aircraft
Lucas Souza e Silva, Luis Rodrigues
This paper presents for the first time an approach to minimize direct operational costs (DOC) for all-electric aircraft during the climb phase, introducing a time-varying cost inde…
A Unified Approach for Optimal Cruise Airspeed with Variable Cost Index for Fuel-powered and All-electric Aircraft
Lucas Souza e Silva, Ali Akgunduz, Luis Rodrigues
This paper proposes for the first time a unified optimal approach to solve a direct operating cost (DOC) minimization problem where the cost index (CI) is time-varying. More specif…