China Safety Science Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 110-117.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2023.02.1355

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Four-dimension diversion and regression path planning method in hazardous weather conditions

WANG Yantao(), LIU Kun   

  1. National Key Laboratory of ATM Operation Safety Management, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
  • Received:2022-10-12 Revised:2023-01-15 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-08-28

Abstract:

In order to solve problems due to diversion caused by hazardous weather under TBO,a 4-dimension diversion and regression path planning method was proposed. First, the airspace according to the performance limitation was rasterized. The ant colony algorithm and roulette method were used to generate the 3-dimension path for hazard weather avoidance. The concept of diversion and regression path was defined. Combining the path with the estimated time of arrival, the speed of the diversion path was calculated. Through aligning the time, the 4-dimension diversion path was obtained. Finally, taking a route in Midwest China as the operation scenario, selecting three different reroute 4-dimension regression points, the path of avoiding obstacles caused by hazardous weather was obtained. The effects of three different diversion schemes were evaluated through fuel consumption and emission costs. The result shows: when the latest recovery point is chosen, the diversion scheme 3 has 5.9 t fuel consumption and 26.3 t greenhouse gas emission, which are the least of the three schemes, but the number of conflict resolution is twice that of others. The diversion scheme 1 with the earliest recovery point does not conflict with other flights, but the fuel consumption and emission are increased by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively compared with scheme 3. The results above show this scheme can be used to select different recovery points in the 4-dimension diversion and regression path planning process.

Key words: hazardous weather, 4-dimension diversion, return trajectory, trajectory based operation (TBO), estimate arrive time (ETA), ant colony algorithm