Analytic Approach to Optimal Routing for Commercial Formation Flight
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 91008322
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.2514/1.G000806
- Title of journal
- Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- Article number
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- First page
- 1872
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 10
- ISSN
- 0731-5090
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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F - Robotics
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper presents the first analytical solution to optimal routing of aircraft in formation, replacing hours of simulation with a fraction of a second of geometry. Co-sponsored by Airbus and an EPSRC ICASE award, it paves the way for significant emissions and fuel savings by enabling hundreds of flights to be evaluated for formation flight potential, identifying the best combinations to fly together. The lead author was awarded his PhD for this work and went on to deliver training on the approach to Airbus staff. Airbus are taking the concept forward in their "fello'fly" demonstrator later in 2020.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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