Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations Research and Innovation Perspectives

Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations provides an updated and timely outlook of recent research advances in aeronautics and air transport, with emphasis on the overall environmental objectives and current achievements.

The book discusses some of the most promising advances in sustainable aircraft and air traffic management technologies including: aircraft systems, aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, materials, biofuels, autonomous systems, air traffic flow management and dynamic airspace management. The physical processes associated with production and environmental impacts of various aircraft emissions, including air pollutants, noise and contrails, are presented to support the development of computational models for aircraft design, mission planning and trajectory optimisation. Relevant advances in systems engineering and lifecycle management processes are also covered, identifying the existing gaps in both academic research and industry best practices towards developing viable solutions. A set of research case studies concludes and complements the book, addressing aircraft design, systems design and mission optimisation for a more efficient and environmentally sustainable air transport.

Key features:

• Addresses recent advances in aviation sustainability including multidisciplinary design approaches and multi-objective operational optimisation methods.
• Contains important research and industrially relevant contributions from world-class experts.
• Includes a number of research case studies, addressing aircraft design, propulsion, avionics, alternative aviation fuels and air traffic management solutions.

Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations is an excellent book for aerospace engineers, aviation scientists, researchers and graduate students involved in the field.

Roberto Sabatini is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering with more than 25 years of experience in the Aerospace and Defence Industry and in Academia. He is an expert in Avionics, Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), with specific hands-on competence in Guidance, Navigation and Control, Aviation Human Factors and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for civil and military aerospace applications. During his career, he was responsible for numerous research and flight test programs on airplanes, helicopters and UAS.

SECTION 1: SUSTAINABLE AVIATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ch. 1 – Aviation Sustainability: A Research and Development Roadmap

Ch. 2 – Climate Impacts of Aviation

Ch. 3 – Noise Pollution and Other Impacts

SECTION 2: ADVANCES IN AVIONICS, CNS/ATM AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS

Ch. 4 – Air Traffic Management Systems and Operations

Ch. 5 – Trajectory Optimisation

Ch. 6 – Emission Models and Optimality Criteria

SECTION 3: AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

Ch. 7 – Advanced Aerodynamic Configurations

Ch. 8 – Light-Weight Structures and Advanced Materials

Ch. 9 – Aeroengine Evolutions

Ch. 10 – Approved Drop-in Biofuels and Prospects for Alternative Aviation Fuels

SECTION 4: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY IN AVIATION

Ch. 11 – Life-Cycle Assessment of Aviation Systems

Ch. 12 – Life-Cycle Management and Logistics Supply Chain Challenges in Aviation

Ch. 13 – A Novel Systems Engineering Model for the Civil Aviation Industry

SECTION 5: RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CASE STUDIES

CS-1 – Airline Efforts to Reduce Carbon Footprint – A Global Outlook

CS-2 – Contrail Modelling for 4-Dimentional Trajectory Optimisation

CS-3 – Energy-Optimal 4D Guidance and Control for Terminal Descent Operations

CS-4 – Multi-Objective 4D Trajectory Optimisation for Integrated Avionics and ATM Systems

CS-5 – Optimal Aircraft Trajectories to Minimise the Combined Radiative Forcing Impacts of Contrails and CO2

CS-6 – Distributed Propulsion – A Novel Design Methodology

CS-7 – Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Integration in Unmanned Aircraft

CS-8 – Benefits and Challenges of Liquid Hydrogen Fuels for Commercial Transport Aircraft

CS-9 – More-Electric Aircraft Benefits Estimation

CS-10 – Integration of Naturally Occurring Materials in Lightweight Aerostructures

CS-11 – “W” Life-Cycle Model Case Study – San Francisco Airport Redevelopment

CS-12 – Munich Airport Sustainability

CS-13 – Copenhagen Airport Energy Management

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