CHALLENGES TO THE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF eVTOL AIRCRAFT IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW¶
Abstract¶
THE CONCEPT OF URBAN AIR MOBILITY (UAM) EMERGED IN THE 1960S. ITS IMPLEMENTATION USED HELICOPTERS TO AVOID CONGESTION BY LAND, TYPICAL OF POPULATED METROPOLITAN REGIONS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SEVERE LIMITATION IN USING THESE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS, HUGE OPERATING COSTS, AND HIGH NOISE GENERATION LEVELS. IN 2010, A NEW UAM CONCEPT CONCEIVED ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (EVTOL) VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES, IN PRINCIPLE, WOULD BE SAFER, WITH LOWER OPERATING COSTS AND LESS NOISY THAN HELICOPTERS. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS HAVE DEVELOPED DOZENS OF EVTOL MODELS, FOCUSING ON THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THEM FOR UAM IN SOME METROPOLITAN REGIONS. HOWEVER, WE MUST CONSIDER SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO MATERIALIZE THIS NEW CONCEPT, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY. AMONG THESE CHALLENGES IS THESE VEHICLE OPERATIONS INTEGRATION TO THE AIRSPACE STRUCTURE AND THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, THE NEW EMBEDDED AND GROUND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, THE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS, THE RELIABILITY OF AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, THE METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION PROVISION IN REAL-TIME AND WITH COMPLETE COVERAGE OF METROPOLITAN AIRSPACES TO BE USED BY EVTOL, AND OTHERS. DESPITE SOME SIMILARITIES, THIS NEW UAM CONCEPT WILL NOT BE IDENTICAL FOR ALL URBAN REGIONS. THEREFORE, LOCAL STUDIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT GRADUAL AND SAFE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF OPERATIONS WITH THESE VEHICLES. THIS PAPER PRESENTS A LITERATURE REVIEW, IDENTIFYING AND DISCUSSING THE UTMOST SAFETY AND SECURITY-RELATED CHALLENGES RESEARCHERS OBSERVE.
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@inproceedings{SIT130,
author = {BRUNO GARCIA FRANCISCONE; ELTON FERNANDES},
title = {CHALLENGES TO THE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF eVTOL AIRCRAFT IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 Air Transportation Symposium},
series = {SITRAER 2022},
year = {2022},
pages = {53-63},
publisher = {SBTA - Brazilian Air Transportation Research Society},
address = {São José dos Campos, Brazil,}
}
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