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Estimating fuel-efficient air plane trajectories using machine learning
Computers, Materials and Continua
  • Jaiteg Singh, Chitkara University, Punjab
  • Gaurav Goyal, Chitkara University, Punjab
  • Farman Ali, Sejong University
  • Babar Shah, Zayed University
  • Sangheon Pack, Korea University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract

Airline industry has witnessed a tremendous growth in the recent past. Percentage of people choosing air travel as first choice to commute is continuously increasing. Highly demanding and congested air routes are resulting in inadvertent delays, additional fuel consumption and high emission of greenhouse gases. Trajectory planning involves creation identification of cost-effective flight plans for optimal utilization of fuel and time. This situation warrants the need of an intelligent system for dynamic planning of optimized flight trajectories with least human intervention required. In this paper, an algorithm for dynamic planning of optimized flight trajectories has been proposed. The proposed algorithm divides the airspace into four dimensional cubes and calculate a dynamic score for each cube to cumulatively represent estimated weather, aerodynamic drag and air traffic within that virtual cube. There are several constraints like simultaneous flight separation rules, weather conditions like air temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction that pose a real challenge for calculating optimal flight trajectories. To validate the proposed methodology, a case analysis was undertaken within Indian airspace. The flight routes were simulated for four different air routes within Indian airspace. The experiment results observed a seven percent reduction in drag values on the predicted path, hence indicates reduction in carbon footprint and better fuel economy.

Publisher
Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Airplane trajectory,
  • Coefficient of drag,
  • Four-dimensional trajectory prediction,
  • Machine learning,
  • Route planning,
  • Stochastic processes
Scopus ID

85116963055

Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series
Citation Information
Jaiteg Singh, Gaurav Goyal, Farman Ali, Babar Shah, et al.. "Estimating fuel-efficient air plane trajectories using machine learning" Computers, Materials and Continua Vol. 70 Iss. 3 (2022) p. 6189 - 6204 ISSN: <p><a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1546-2218" target="_blank">1546-2218</a></p>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/babar-shah/63/