3 papers
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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…
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Minimum Energy Cruise of All-Electric Aircraft with Applications to Advanced Air Mobility
Steven Li, Luis Rodrigues
Electrified propulsion is expected to play an important role in the sustainable development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). However, the limited energy density of batteries motivat…
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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…