Print Email Facebook Twitter The Relationship Between Traffic Stability and Capacity for Decentralized Airspace Title The Relationship Between Traffic Stability and Capacity for Decentralized Airspace Author Sunil, E. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Maas, J.B. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Ellerbroek, Joost (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Hoekstra, J.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Tra, M.A.P. Date 2016 Abstract The work that is presented in this paper is part of an ongoing study on the relationship between structure and capacity of decentralized airspace concepts. In this paper, the effect of traffic stability, which considers the occurrence of conflict chain reactions as a result of conflict resolution maneuvers, on capacity is examined closely. Using the domino effect parameter as a measure of traffic stability, a model relating stability and capacity is derived. Although the derivation of this model is not complete, its current form shows that traffic stability, and therefore capacity, is also affected by the safety and efficiency characteristics of decentralized concepts. This suggests that the capacity measurement of decentralized concepts must consider the variation of intrinsic system-wide properties with density, using a minimum of safety, efficiency and stability metrics. Future work will continue the development of the model, and its validation using large-scale simulation experiments. Subject separation managementairspace capacity measurementself-separationtraffic stabilitydecentralized traffic management;Domino Effect Parameter (DEP) To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:65150114-7575-4502-855b-c614878db616 Source 7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation: Philadelphia, USA Event 7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2016-06-20 → 2016-06-24, Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 E. Sunil, J.B. Maas, Joost Ellerbroek, J.M. Hoekstra, M.A.P. Tra Files PDF ICRAT2016_Stability_Final.pdf 505.66 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:65150114-7575-4502-855b-c614878db616/datastream/OBJ/view