Future Air Mobility and Low-altitude Airspace Management

课程简介

/ Indicative Syllabus Introduction: Overview and Basic Concepts in emerging UAM, including vehicle-based aspects, public acceptance of UAM, examples of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) application, prospects and drawbacks for introducing UAM, and potential solutions . Challenges and Impact Factors of UAM: The exploration of challenges includes questions on safety, noise, energy efficiency, environmental impact, certification and policy, as well as challenges in the area of traffic management and ground infrastructure requirements. Airspace structure: The definition, design, and categorization of low- altitude airspace for UAM. The operating environments include airspaces, types of operations, regulations, and procedures necessary to support an operation. Aircraft types and performance: The latest technological advancements in low-altitude aircrafts, including electric aircraft, drones and others. -- 1 of 4 -- 2 Aircraft categorization and performance. Introduce t he regulatory requirements of the airspace that all aircraft are required to comply with within which they are conducting operations. UAM terminal: terminal area design to support UAM departure and arrival operations, operations and management for UAM, including vertiport/ vertistop location, design and management. UAM operators are expected to utilize whichever vertiport configuration meets their operational needs. Airfield capacity and delay: Low-altitude airfield capacity evaluation and delay management. Introduce demand-capacity balancing technique when the requested resources cannot support the collective UAM Operational Intent demand. Demand management: Demand evaluation and management strategies for congestion mitigation in UAM. Technical methods such as machine learning for demand forecasting. UAM traffic management: Air traffic management, air traffic control strategies for UAM. Introduce new ATC tactical deconfliction techniques, including the formulation of new separation standards that would rely on enhanced aircraft performance and air traffic management system fidelity may be utilized.

目标

This subject will provide students with 1. an overview and introduction to next generation air mobility systems, mainly including Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and green aviation. 2. the latest research and technological advancements in future air mobility. 3. the skills to design and implement air traffic management and vertiport design and operations in air mobility system.

先修要求

/ Co-requisite/ Exclusion Nil

Teaching Pattern

Methodology Teaching is conducted through class lectures, quiz and group project. The basic concepts, research methodology and theoretical models will be introduced. The understanding problems and challenges in emerging UAM and solution strategies development will be emphasized. Research methodology, case study and analytics skills are taught in class as well as the related real-life scenarios to enhance the teaching and learning abilities. Teaching/Learning Methodology Outcomes a b c d Lecture √ √ √ √ Quiz √ √ √ Group project √ √ √ √ -- 2 of 4 -- 3