The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention
Involving air traffic controllers and pilots into the bird strike prevention process is considered an essential step to increase aviation and avian safety. Prior to implementing operational measures such as real-time warning systems, it is vital to evaluate their feasibility. This paper studies the...
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| author | Isabel C. Metz Joost Ellerbroek Thorsten Mühlhausen Dirk Kügler Stefan Kern Jacco M. Hoekstra |
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| description | Involving air traffic controllers and pilots into the bird strike prevention process is considered an essential step to increase aviation and avian safety. Prior to implementing operational measures such as real-time warning systems, it is vital to evaluate their feasibility. This paper studies the efficacy of a bird strike advisory system for air traffic control. In addition to the potential safety benefit, the possible impact on airport operations is analyzed. To this end, a previously developed collision avoidance algorithm underlying the system was tested in fast-time Monte Carlo simulations involving various air traffic and bird densities to obtain representative conclusions for different operational conditions. The results demonstrate the strong safety potential of operational bird strike prevention in case of precise bird movement prediction. Unless airports operate close to their capacity limits while bird abundance is high, the induced delays remain tolerable. Prioritization of hazardous strikes involving large individuals as well as flocks of birds are expected to support operational feasibility in all conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-295c6f4056dc428788137ff04a95b4362023-12-03T13:10:03ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102021-01-01811710.3390/aerospace8010017The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike PreventionIsabel C. Metz0Joost Ellerbroek1Thorsten Mühlhausen2Dirk Kügler3Stefan Kern4Jacco M. Hoekstra5Control and Simulation Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsControl and Simulation Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyControl and Simulation Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsInvolving air traffic controllers and pilots into the bird strike prevention process is considered an essential step to increase aviation and avian safety. Prior to implementing operational measures such as real-time warning systems, it is vital to evaluate their feasibility. This paper studies the efficacy of a bird strike advisory system for air traffic control. In addition to the potential safety benefit, the possible impact on airport operations is analyzed. To this end, a previously developed collision avoidance algorithm underlying the system was tested in fast-time Monte Carlo simulations involving various air traffic and bird densities to obtain representative conclusions for different operational conditions. The results demonstrate the strong safety potential of operational bird strike prevention in case of precise bird movement prediction. Unless airports operate close to their capacity limits while bird abundance is high, the induced delays remain tolerable. Prioritization of hazardous strikes involving large individuals as well as flocks of birds are expected to support operational feasibility in all conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/1/17airportair traffic managementaviationbird strikecollision avoidance algorithmsafety |
| spellingShingle | Isabel C. Metz Joost Ellerbroek Thorsten Mühlhausen Dirk Kügler Stefan Kern Jacco M. Hoekstra The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention Aerospace airport air traffic management aviation bird strike collision avoidance algorithm safety |
| title | The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention |
| title_full | The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention |
| title_fullStr | The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention |
| title_short | The Efficacy of Operational Bird Strike Prevention |
| title_sort | efficacy of operational bird strike prevention |
| topic | airport air traffic management aviation bird strike collision avoidance algorithm safety |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/1/17 |
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