A Computer Model to Estimate Benefits of Data Link Mandates and Reduced Separations across North Atlantic Organized Track System

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dc.contributor.authorGunnam, Aswin Kumaren
dc.contributor.committeechairTrani, Antonio A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHobeika, Antoine G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAbbas, Montasir M.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-16T23:08:44Zen
dc.date.available2014-07-16T23:08:44Zen
dc.date.issued2013-01-04en
dc.description.abstractThe International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) proposed to introduce new operational strategies across the North Atlantic (NAT) airspace. This includes Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (MNPS) airspace to increase the capacity and efficiency of the North Atlantic Organized Track System (NAT OTS). A numerical integration and simulation model called North Atlantic Simulation and Modeling (NATSAM) is developed to study the effects of these new strategies on NAT system performance. The model is capable of investigating the effects of implementing different operational policies and strategies proposed by ICAO such as Reduced Lateral Separation Minimum (RLatSM), NAT Region Data link mandate (DLM), Reduced Longitudinal Separation Minimum (RLongSM), cruise-climb profiles, variable Mach number profiles, step-climbs and other operational concepts to be studied by the ICAO. NATSAM models the individual flight performance using the Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) 3.9 model to calculate the flight profiles and fuel burn. The model employs simple heuristics to execute flight track assignment in the organized track system for each scenario. Detailed outputs and also aggregated outputs are provided by the model from which various key performance indicators (KPI) can be derived to assess the performance of the system.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:89en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49575en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAirspaceen
dc.subjectNorth Atlanticen
dc.subjectOrganized Tracksen
dc.subjectReduced separationsen
dc.subjectCPDLCen
dc.subjectADS-Cen
dc.subjectdata linken
dc.titleA Computer Model to Estimate Benefits of Data Link Mandates and Reduced Separations across North Atlantic Organized Track Systemen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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