Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations

Sheng, Li; Egorov, Maxim; Kochenderfer, Mykel J.

doi:10.2514/6.2020-2907

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“…In general, the TRR technology is applied in relatively niche areas, mainly in the construction work, and it cannot operate on a larger scale. At the same time, it is not very effective in coping with the geographical environment [11,12]. e teaching reproduction robot can make up for the insufficiency of processing in this relatively small aspect, and TRR plays a significant role in the GIS refinement of the construction model details.…”

Section: Algorithm Related To the Teachingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Urban Design Methodology of “Planning-Construction-Management” and Intelligent Management and Control Based on Teaching Reproduction Robot

Wang

2022

Journal of Robotics

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With regard to the problems in the integrated urban construction based on “planning-construction–management,” the main issues that include the tight construction cycle, the high operation standards, the relatively extensive range of management data sources, the uneven information control, the relatively significant difficulty of management and control, and so on. In this paper, an integrated urban system of “planning-construction-management” based on the management level of the construction projects is established mainly through the application of the teaching reproduction robot (TRR), the engineering information, management and control procedures, and the system framework and performance. Among them, the management and control cover the design control, the quality supervision, the schedule control module, the safety control, the video monitoring, and the facility movement control. The digital technology is included to achieve an integrated management and control model for the engineering design, construction, and operation in its practical operational form. The introduction of the management and control described above has led to relatively good results for the project by operating on the road project with a public-private partnership (PPP) in the startup area of the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport New Town.

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Section: Algorithm Related To the Teachingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Urban Design Methodology of “Planning-Construction-Management” and Intelligent Management and Control Based on Teaching Reproduction Robot

Wang

2022

Journal of Robotics

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“…It may be necessary to build vertically or create seamlessly multiplexed FATOs and TOLAs in small spaces. With the expectation that UAM would use VTOL instead of STOL aircraft, parcel areas of A ≤ 2 acres are feasible if vertiports are designed efficiently ( 43 , 44 ).…”

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Planning Land Use Constrained Networks of Urban Air Mobility Infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area

Yedavalli

Cohen

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Urban air mobility (UAM) is a concept envisioning safe, sustainable, affordable, and accessible air transportation for passenger mobility, cargo delivery, and emergency management within or traversing a metropolitan area. While the deployment of UAM will require a network of infrastructure (i.e., vertiports), this emerging concept could face a variety of barriers, such as local opposition, infrastructure costs, and multimodal integration. This paper presents a novel simulation methodology using k-medians clustering and sensitivity analysis to model potential vertiport locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. When controlling for land use characteristics (i.e., parcel size and zoning), the simulation and sensitivity analysis finds that as the number of vertiports increases, the average travel times of trips taken by UAM decrease. The analysis also identifies an inflection point of the number of vertiports at which UAM becomes competitive with driving. The analysis concludes that with respect to size, parcels of 2 acres or smaller are the only locations that allow UAM travel times to be competitive with driving. The paper concludes that neither quantitative nor qualitative factors alone will be sufficient to determine the feasibility of vertiports and overcome community concerns associated with vertiport siting. Metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and other public agencies will likely need to augment technical analysis with robust stakeholder and community engagement throughout the planning process.

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“…Firstly, the ideal time of arrival is computed as the required time of departure plus the ideal flight time, which is calculated as the length of the shortest route connecting the origin to the destination without considering traffic and turns, divided by the cruising speed of the aircraft. A similar metric is employed in [38]. Then, the computed demand delays are averaged to calculate the average demand delay for each scenario.…”

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Dynamic Capacity Management for Air Traffic Operations in High Density Constrained Urban Airspace

Patrinopoulou

Daramouskas

Badea

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Drones

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) is an active research subject as its proposed applications are increasing. UTM aims to enable a variety of UAS operations, including package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and emergency missions. That creates the need for extensive research on how to incorporate such traffic, as conventional methods and operations used in Air Traffic Management (ATM) are not suitable for constrained urban airspace. This paper proposes and compares several traffic capacity balancing methods developed for a UTM system designed to be used in highly dense, very low-level urban airspace. Three types of location-based dynamic traffic capacity management techniques are tested: street-based, grid-based, and cluster-based. The proposed systems are tested by simulating traffic within mixed (constrained and open) urban airspace based on the city of Vienna at five different traffic densities. Results show that using local, area-based clustering for capacity balancing within a UTM system improves safety, efficiency, and capacity metrics, especially when simulated or historical traffic data are used.

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Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Integrated Urban Design Methodology of “Planning-Construction-Management” and Intelligent Management and Control Based on Teaching Reproduction Robot

Integrated Urban Design Methodology of “Planning-Construction-Management” and Intelligent Management and Control Based on Teaching Reproduction Robot

Planning Land Use Constrained Networks of Urban Air Mobility Infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area

Dynamic Capacity Management for Air Traffic Operations in High Density Constrained Urban Airspace

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