Print Email Facebook Twitter A Decentralized Recovery Method for Air Traffic Conflicts Title A Decentralized Recovery Method for Air Traffic Conflicts Author Schaberg, Wouter (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Hoekstra, J.M. (mentor) Ellerbroek, J. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering Date 2020-06-18 Abstract In an effort to increase airspace capacity, new methods for the decentralization of air traffic control have been a topic for research since the early nineties. The Modified Voltage Potential is a method to provide decentralized conflict detection and resolution. Through this method, aircraft can fly direct routes while resolving conflicts in a distributed manner. Though successfully implemented in various studies, its behavior in conflicts where aircraft are flying near parallel tracks has raised concern. It was found that problems can arise during the recovery after the conflict resolution, the phase where an aircraft regards the conflict as resolved and reverts to its desired velocity. To improve the Modified Voltage Potential's behavior during recovery, a modification is proposed. Through the use of two criteria, aircraft evaluate whether a conflict is resolved and if they can revert to their initial or desired velocity. Through analysis of a state-based solution space and an experiment, this study finds that the proposed recovery method significantly improves the stability, efficiency, and safety of the MVP method. Subject airborne separation assuranceConflict ResolutionRecoveryModified Voltage PotentialVelocity ObstacleSolution Space Diagram (SSD)state-space modelsself-separationASASMVP To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:529b6868-f0b4-49e3-94c3-82e52ebe0c7d Embargo date 2022-06-04 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2020 Wouter Schaberg Files PDF Thesis_Report_Wouter_Schaberg.pdf 31.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:529b6868-f0b4-49e3-94c3-82e52ebe0c7d/datastream/OBJ/view