Print Email Facebook Twitter Multiple-Phase Trajectory Optimization for Formation Flight in Civil Aviation Title Multiple-Phase Trajectory Optimization for Formation Flight in Civil Aviation Author van Hellenberg Hubar, M.E.G. Contributor Visser, H.G. (mentor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Control and Operations Programme Aerospace Transport & Operations Date 2016-07-19 Abstract A tool is developed that is able to optimize the trajectories of multiple aircraft that fly in formation in order to obtain the minimum total fuel consumption. Several experiments are conducted to investigate the benefits of formation flight for commercial aircraft. Finally, also the influences of wind and delay on the trajectories of the aircraft that join in the formation are examined Subject formation flightcivil aviationGPOPSmultiple-phasesmultiple aircraftoptimizationtrajectory optimizationminimum fuel burnminimum Direct Operating costsmultiple-phase trajectory optimization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:698e7ac8-23ac-4c13-831b-f9125838ff1c Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2016 van Hellenberg Hubar, M.E.G. Files PDF Marco_Thesis_Final.pdf 13.77 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:698e7ac8-23ac-4c13-831b-f9125838ff1c/datastream/OBJ/view