IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0704274
(2010-02-11)
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등록번호 |
US-8442707
(2013-05-14)
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우선권정보 |
EP-09380031 (2009-02-25) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ledesma, Ramon Gomez
- Garrido-Lopez, David
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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The present invention relates to continuous descent approaches that ensure the greatest certainty in arrival time. The continuous descent approach is flown by maintaining an aerodynamic flight path angle, thereby allowing a ground speed to be followed with greater accuracy. An improvement is describ
The present invention relates to continuous descent approaches that ensure the greatest certainty in arrival time. The continuous descent approach is flown by maintaining an aerodynamic flight path angle, thereby allowing a ground speed to be followed with greater accuracy. An improvement is described that accounts for turns made during continuous descent approaches that may otherwise cause a drift away from the desired ground speed, and hence arrival time. A correction to the aerodynamic flight path angle is used that produces a compensatory change in the potential energy of the aircraft upon completing the turn to balance the anticipated drift in kinetic energy.
대표청구항
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1. A method of flying a continuous descent approach, comprising: calculating, by a computer, a correction to an aerodynamic flight path angle of an aircraft when flying the continuous descent approach planned to maintain the aerodynamic flight path angle and to follow a desired ground speed history,
1. A method of flying a continuous descent approach, comprising: calculating, by a computer, a correction to an aerodynamic flight path angle of an aircraft when flying the continuous descent approach planned to maintain the aerodynamic flight path angle and to follow a desired ground speed history, the correction to the aerodynamic flight path angle compensating for drift in an actual ground speed from the desired ground speed history when making a turn, changing a geographic heading of the aircraft, during the continuous descent approach, and calculating a change in the aerodynamic flight path angle that will produce a change in potential energy of the aircraft upon completing the turn to correct a kinetic energy error corresponding to a difference in between an actual kinetic energy and a desired kinetic energy of the aircraft upon completing the turn. 2. The method of claim 1, comprising calculating the change in the aerodynamic flight path angle by solving Δγ=-vGSfΔwx(cosχf-cosχi)+Δwy(sinχf-sinχi)gχf-χiRc, where Δγ is the change in aerodynamic flight path angle, VGSf is the desired ground speed of the aircraft at an end of the turn, Δwx is a difference in a predicted wind vector true component in a North-South direction from an actual wind vector component in a true North-South direction, Δwy is a difference in a predicted wind vector component in a true East-West direction from an actual wind vector component in the true East-West direction, χi is an initial true heading, χf is a final true heading, g is acceleration due to gravity, and Rc is a radius of the turn. 3. The method of claim 1, comprising dividing the turn into segments and, for each segment, calculating a change in the aerodynamic flight path angle that will produce a change in the potential energy of the aircraft upon completing the segment to correct the kinetic energy error corresponding to the difference in the actual kinetic energy of the aircraft upon completing the segment from the desired kinetic energy. 4. A method of flying a continuous descent approach in an aircraft, comprising: flying the continuous descent approach whilst maintaining a pre-determined aerodynamic flight path angle, calculating, by a computer, a correction to the pre-determined aerodynamic flight path angle according to any preceding claim for an anticipated turn, changing a geographic heading of the aircraft, and making the turn maintaining a corrected aerodynamic flight path angle during the turn. 5. A method of flying a continuous descent approach in an aircraft, the continuous descent approach including a turn, the method comprising: (a) adopting a predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle by the aircraft at a start of the continuous descent approach;(b) flying the continuous descent approach while maintaining the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle;(c) calculating, by a computer, a correction to the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle to compensate for drift in an actual ground speed from a desired ground speed history when making the turn; and(d) making the turn, changing a geographic heading of the aircraft, while maintaining a corrected aerodynamic flight path angle;(e) wherein the correction to the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle compensates for drift in actual ground speed from a desired ground speed history when making the turn, and is calculated to produce a change in the potential energy of the aircraft upon completing the turn to correct a kinetic energy error corresponding to a difference in an actual kinetic energy of the aircraft upon completing the turn from a desired kinetic energy. 6. The method of claim 5, comprising adopting a predetermined ground speed at the start of the continuous descent approach. 7. The method of claim 5, comprising assessing the kinetic energy error when calculating the correction to the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle. 8. The method of claim 7, comprising assessing a ground speed error corresponding to a difference in an actual ground speed of the aircraft upon completing the turn from a desired ground speed, and obtaining the kinetic energy error from the ground speed error. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising calculating the kinetic energy error by solving ΔET≈mvGSfΔvGS, where ΔET is the kinetic energy error, m is representative of a mass of the aircraft, VGSf is the desired ground speed of the aircraft at an end of the turn and ΔVGS is the ground speed error. 10. The method of claim 9, comprising calculating a change in the aerodynamic flight path angle by solving Δγ=vGSfΔvGSg(sf-si), where Δγ is the change in aerodynamic flight path angle, VGSf is the desired ground speed of the aircraft at the end of the turn, ΔVGS is the ground speed error, g is acceleration due to gravity, sf is a final altitude and si is an initial altitude. 11. The method of claim 9, comprising calculating a change in the aerodynamic flight path angle by solving Δγ=-vGSfΔwx(cosχf-cosχi)+Δwy(sinχf-sinχi)gχf-χiRc, where Δγ is the change in aerodynamic flight path angle, VGSf is the desired ground speed of the aircraft at the end of the turn, Δwx is a difference in a predicted wind vector component in a true North-South direction from an actual wind vector component in the true North-South direction, Δwy is a difference in a predicted wind vector component in a true East-West direction from an actual wind vector component in the true East-West direction, χi is an initial true heading, χf is a final true heading, g is acceleration due to gravity, and Rc is a radius of the turn. 12. The method of claim 5, comprising dividing the turn into segments and, for each segment, performing steps (c) and (d), in light of step (e). 13. The method of claim 12, comprising determining whether the turn exceeds a threshold, and dividing the turn into segments only if the turn exceeds the threshold. 14. The method of claim 5, comprising adopting the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle upon completing the turn and maintaining the predetermined aerodynamic flight path angle while straight flight continues. 15. The method of claim 14, comprising: making one or more further turns during the continuous descent approach, and repeating steps (c) and (d), in light of step (e), for each of the one or more turns.
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