DLR - Air Tansportation Systems

Overview

Integrated Aircraft Design

Integrated Aircraft Design

The performance of aircraft is not equivalent to flight performance only but to the aircrafts impact on the efficiency of the entire transportation chain. Thus; the simulation of the transportation system constitutes the necessary basis for the derivation of technical requirements and targets for the design of novel aircraft. The selection and weighting of the different economic and ecologic targets depends on the particular future scenario considered.

Air Transport Infrastructures & Processes

One major element of the air transportation system is represented by the air traffic management, which aims at operating the air traffic in a safe, fluent and efficient manner. Besides the required infrastructure, like the segmentation of the air space, the ATS routes, including waypoints and navaids with their corresponding service stations on the ground, this comprises also the air traffic flow control by slot assignment and the provision of specific procedures for the approach and departure at airports.

Air Transport Operations

The efficient operation of an aircraft by an airline needs optimized operational concepts. Besides security and environmental sustainability the economic efficiency is a primary objective. In order to cope with these needs the airlines make increasing requirements on aircrafts with respect to fuel efficiency, maintenance costs and operational reliability

System Analysis Air Transport

Complex systems such as the air transportation system are characterized by a substantial number of components and interactions among the system elements. Therefore it is challenging to conclude a priori on the impact and added value of new technologies, hence, of changes to the system

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