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Títol: Remain Well Clear system evaluation for small drones

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: PASTOR LLORENS, ENRIC

Departament: DAC

Títol: Remain Well Clear system evaluation for small drones

Data inici oferta: 14-02-2023     Data finalització oferta: 14-10-2023


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
    GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Remain Well Clear, Detect and Avoid systems and Collision Avoidance
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
The integration of drones in non-segregated airspace requires
the implementation of two key functions: the remain well clear
and the collision avoidance functions. Remain well clear
intended to keep vehicles separated at a safe distance from each
other, while collision avoidance is intended as a last-ditch
system providing directions to avoid imminent collisions.

This project will evaluate different protection volumes in order
to determine the safest and most efficient set-up. The analysis
will be carried out via fast simulation techniques for large
amount of drone encounters.

 
Overview (resum en anglès):
In the past few years, the operations of unmans aircraft systems (UAS), and
more specifically drone operations, have experienced an important growth.
However, one of the main challenges is its safe and efficient integration into the
airspace system. To achieve this goal, detect and avoid (DAA) systems are
essential, as they allow detecting traffic in the surrounding area and include
functions to remain well clear (RWC) and for collision avoidance (CA).
Many research projects are being carried out to define Minimum Operational
Performance Standards (MOPS) of DAA systems for UAS. Nevertheless, these
projects are focused on large UAS and there is no specific regulation applying
to small UAS (drones). Moreover, applying the same regulations would be very
inefficient.
Taking into account what has been previously stated, this project aims to
design and evaluate a series of protection volumes that will allow the operation
of small drones while remaining well clear (RWC) from the rest of the traffic
while ensuring safe and efficient operations.
To ensure that the new safety nets designed work properly, and before its
implementation, an evaluation and a verification process is required. To
achieve so, an already designed software (DEG), will be used. This software
allows to generate encounters between drones in which conflicts occur (in the
moments before a collision) and analyse them.
Then, some protection volumes (WCV) will be defined and a process of RWC
system evaluation using DEG will be performed. Once collected the most
important data on the functions that analyse the well clear (WC) status and the
loss of well clear (LoWC), the evaluation and verification process of the RWC
system designed can be finished with the main objective to determine which
one could adapt better to the operation of small drones.

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