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Parametric Modeling and Evaluation of Departure and Arrival Air Routes for Urban Logistics UAVs

Drones
With the rapid development of the low-altitude economy, the intensive take-offs and landings of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) performing logistics transport tasks in urban areas have introduced significant safety risks.
Zhongming Li, Yifei Zhao, Xinhui Ren
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Urban Air Mobility Vertiports: A Bibliometric Analysis of Applications, Challenges, and Emerging Directions

Applied Sciences
Vertiports, as the foundational ground infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), have garnered increasing scholarly attention in recent years. To examine how the existing literature has reviewed and summarized vertiport-related knowledge, this study ...
Yannan Lu, Weili Zeng, Wenbin Wei, Weiwei Wu, Hao Jiang   +4 more
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Throughput and Capacity Analysis of a Vertiport with Taxing and Parking Levels

Aerospace
Amidst the increasing aerial traffic and road traffic congestion, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a new mode of aerial transport offering less travel time and ease of portability. A critical factor in reducing travel time is the emerging electric
Samiksha Rajkumar Nagrare, Teemu Joonas Lieb   +1 more
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Aerial Vehicle Detection Using Ground-Based LiDAR

Aerospace
Ground-based LiDAR sensing offers a promising approach for delivering short-range landing feedback to aerial vehicles operating near vertiports and in GNSS-degraded environments.
John Kirschler, Jay Wilhelm
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Data-driven vertiport siting: A comparative analysis of clustering methods for Urban Air Mobility

Journal of Urban Mobility
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a promising solution to enhance metropolitan urban mobility. A critical determinant of UAM’s success is vertiport siting, which directly influences accessibility and travel time benefits. However, existing research
Tao Guo, Hao Wu, Shahriar Iqbal Zame, Constantinos Antoniou   +3 more
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Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Vertiport Design, Amenities, and Services

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace
The rise of urban air mobility (UAM) and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft necessitates the development of well-designed vertiports that align with consumer expectations.
David C. Ison
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Secure and Intelligent Low-Altitude Infrastructures: Synergistic Integration of IoT Networks, AI Decision-Making and Blockchain Trust Mechanisms

Sensors
The low-altitude economy (LAE), encompassing urban air mobility, drone logistics and sub 3000 m aerial surveillance, demands secure, intelligent infrastructures to manage increasingly complex, multi-stakeholder operations.
Yuwen Ye, Xirun Min, Xiangwen Liu, Xiangyi Chen, Kefan Cao, S. M. Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Xiao Chen   +6 more
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Optimization of Low-Altitude Vertiport Network Topology Resilience

Aerospace
This study investigates the construction of a topological network for resilient low-altitude vertiports. Addressing the issue of excessive network redundancy often caused by maximizing algebraic connectivity in traditional topology optimization problems,
Hua Xie, Ziyuan Zhu, Jianan Yin, Yuhang Wu, Long Zhou, Qingchun Wu   +5 more
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Sustainability of Drone-Based Urban Air Mobility: A Systematic Review of Consensus and Controversies

Drones
Drone-based Urban Air Mobility (UAM) shows immense potential in urban logistics and emergency response; however, evidence regarding its systemic sustainability remains fragmented.
Yuchen Guo, Junming Zhao, Mingbo Wu, Xiangguo Peng, Yu Xia, Yankai Yu   +5 more
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Research of Hierarchical Vertiport Location Based on Lagrange Relaxation

Aerospace
With the rise of the low-altitude urban traffic system, urban air mobility (UAM) has developed rapidly. As a critical component of the UAM system, the strategic layout of vertiports helps divert ground traffic pressure. To satisfy various demand patterns,
Yuzhen Guo, Junjie Yao, Jing Jiang, Dongxiao Qiao   +3 more
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