The continues growth in aviation and passenger numbers is putting more
pressure on airports to become more efficient in order to reduce the number of
delays due to external factors such as weather, pilot deviation/errors and airport
maintenance traffic. As major hubs (e.g. Heathrow, New York or Paris) expand
in size to accommodate more traffic; aircraft surface movement and
management become more complex and the margin for error is even lower. The
traditional airport traffic management tools in large airports are increasingly
stretched to the limit in meeting safety and traffic throughput requirements. This
presents a huge challenge to the efficiency of airport operations because of the
increased number of departures and arrivals at those airports. New technology
for surface movement needs to be implemented in order to increase the safety
and airport capacity. The federal aviation authorities in the USA was first to
introduce the concept of Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control
System (A-SMGCS) to address this problem in commercial airdrome operations.
The system facilitates pilot recognition of the route designated by the traffic
controllers and uses warning information to make them aware of any potential
deviations/incursions. The system is introduced to enhance the efficiency of
surface movement by increasing the aircraft taxiing speed and reducing any
pilot errors during bad weather conditions.
This thesis focuses on the surface guidance system for aircraft equipped with
head-up display. A simulation model of the virtual environment using FlightGear
and Simulink is developed based on the study of a moving map and surface
guidance system for Head-Up Display (HUD) to assign the route, guide the
aircraft on the designated taxiway and avoid potential conflict with other aircraft.
A method of generating an airport in FlightGear and driving an airport moving
map to rotate and move is also illustrated which includes the data processing
flow chart and system flow chart. The Ordnance Survey National Grid and world
coordinate system is discussed and used to transform from GPS latitude and
longitude data to the position on Nation Grid.
There is also an explanation of the 3D viewing process to generate the virtual
taxiway geometries on the HUD. The communication between the traffic
console and airplane is also discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CRANFIELD1/oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/8469 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Gu, Jinxin |
| Contributors | Savvaris, Al |
| Publisher | Cranfield University |
| Source Sets | CRANFIELD1 |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or dissertation, Masters, MSc by Research |
| Rights | © Cranfield University 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner. |
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