Vertidrome Airside Level of Service: Performance-Based Evaluation of Vertiport Airside Operations [PDF]
Drones, 2023 This paper presents the Vertidrome Airside Level of Service (VALoS) framework, a novel performance metric designed to evaluate airside traffic flow operations at vertidromes in the context of Urban Air Mobility (UAM). As the UAM industry rapidly evolves,
Karolin Schweiger, Franz Knabe
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An exemplary definition of a vertidrome's airside concept of operations
Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 Abstract In many cities the (public) transportation system already faces challenges to adjust appropriately to the growing population. Lifting the transportation offer into the third dimension by introducing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) may be a promising step towards an improvement.
Schweiger, Karolin +2 more
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Impact of Wind on eVTOL Operations and Implications for Vertiport Airside Traffic Flows: A Case Study of Hamburg and Munich [PDF]
Drones, 2023 This study examines the impact of wind/gust speed conditions on airside traffic flows at vertiports in the context of on-demand urban air mobility based on the Vertidrome Airside Level of Service Framework.
Karolin Schweiger +2 more
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HorizonUAM: operational challenges and necessary frameworks to ensure safe and efficient vertidrome operations [PDF]
CEAS Aeronautical JournalAbstract Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a potential game changer for urban transportation, promising faster, more efficient and affordable services. However, beyond the visionary concepts, it is crucial to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges of UAM and vertidrome operations also from a research perspective.
Schweiger, Karolin +6 more
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Integrating vertidrome management tasks into U-space [PDF]
CEAS Aeronautical JournalAbstract U-space as defined by the European Commission is a set of new services relying on a high level of digitalization and automation of functions and specific procedures, designed to provide safe, efficient, and secure access to airspace for large numbers of unmanned aircraft, operating automatically and even beyond visual line of sight ...
Schuchardt, Bianca Isabella +2 more
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Vertidrome Design: State of the Art and Current Research [PDF]
, 2021 As one might expect Urban Air Mobility to be a brand-new topic, the approach of lifting (a portion of) urban traffic into the air is not really new. Helicopter operations and the hype about tiltrotor aircrafts at the end of the 20th century already built a path towards urban aerial ridesharing operations.
Schweiger, Karolin
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Level of Service Concept for Vertidrome Operations to ensure connectivity for multimodal transportation [PDF]
, 2021 Presentation of a performance assessment concept (Vertidrome Airside Level of Service - VALoS) in order to evaluate the capability of a vertiport to process a specific traffic flow and to ensure connectivity to other transporation modes.
Schweiger, Karolin
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How to fly safely within a crowded urban airspace - Integrating vertidrome management tasks into U-space [PDF]
, 2023 Schuchardt, Bianca Isabella +2 more
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As the urban air mobility (UAM) industry matures, the need for a comprehensive evaluation framework to assess its performance from a transport service perspective becomes increasingly important. This dissertation contributes to the dynamically changing landscape of UAM by focusing on vertidromes, UAM-tailored ground infrastructure for passenger ...
Schweiger, Karolin
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Urban Air Mobility: Vertidrome Airside Level of Service Concept
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM, 2021 The vertidrome, a ground infrastructure supporting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operations, is one of the key elements of Urban Air Mobility (UAM).
Schweiger, Karolin +2 more
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