Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations
Research and Innovation Perspectives
Aerospace Series (PEP)
1. Auflage August 2023
614 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Comprehensively covers research and development initiatives to enhance the environmental sustainability of the aviation sector
Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations provides an updated and timely outlook of recent research advances in aeronautics and air transport, with emphasis on the overall environmental objectives and current achievements.
The book discusses some of the most promising advances in sustainable aircraft and air traffic management technologies including: aircraft systems, aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, materials, biofuels, autonomous systems, air traffic flow management and dynamic airspace management. The physical processes associated with production and environmental impacts of various aircraft emissions, including air pollutants, noise and contrails, are presented to support the development of computational models for aircraft design, mission planning and trajectory optimisation. Relevant advances in systems engineering and lifecycle management processes are also covered, identifying the existing gaps in both academic research and industry best practices towards developing viable solutions. A set of research case studies concludes and complements the book, addressing aircraft design, systems design and mission optimisation for a more efficient and environmentally sustainable air transport.
Key features:
* Addresses recent advances in aviation sustainability including multidisciplinary design approaches and multi-objective operational optimisation methods.
* Contains important research and industrially relevant contributions from world-class experts.
* Includes a number of research case studies, addressing aircraft design, propulsion, avionics, alternative aviation fuels and air traffic management solutions.
Sustainable Aviation Technology and Operations is an excellent book for aerospace engineers, aviation scientists, researchers and graduate students involved in the field.
Ch. 1 - Aviation Sustainability: A Research and Development Roadmap
Ch. 2 - Climate Impacts of Aviation
Ch. 3 - Noise Pollution and Other Impacts
SECTION 2: ADVANCES IN AVIONICS, CNS/ATM AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS
Ch. 4 - Air Traffic Management Systems and Operations
Ch. 5 - Trajectory Optimisation
Ch. 6 - Emission Models and Optimality Criteria
SECTION 3: AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
Ch. 7 - Advanced Aerodynamic Configurations
Ch. 8 - Light-Weight Structures and Advanced Materials
Ch. 9 - Aeroengine Evolutions
Ch. 10 - Approved Drop-in Biofuels and Prospects for Alternative Aviation Fuels
SECTION 4: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY IN AVIATION
Ch. 11 - Life-Cycle Assessment of Aviation Systems
Ch. 12 - Life-Cycle Management and Logistics Supply Chain Challenges in Aviation
Ch. 13 - A Novel Systems Engineering Model for the Civil Aviation Industry
SECTION 5: RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CASE STUDIES
CS-1 - Airline Efforts to Reduce Carbon Footprint - A Global Outlook
CS-2 - Contrail Modelling for 4-Dimentional Trajectory Optimisation
CS-3 - Energy-Optimal 4D Guidance and Control for Terminal Descent Operations
CS-4 - Multi-Objective 4D Trajectory Optimisation for Integrated Avionics and ATM Systems
CS-5 - Optimal Aircraft Trajectories to Minimise the Combined Radiative Forcing Impacts of Contrails and CO2
CS-6 - Distributed Propulsion - A Novel Design Methodology
CS-7 - Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Integration in Unmanned Aircraft
CS-8 - Benefits and Challenges of Liquid Hydrogen Fuels for Commercial Transport Aircraft
CS-9 - More-Electric Aircraft Benefits Estimation
CS-10 - Integration of Naturally Occurring Materials in Lightweight Aerostructures
CS-11 - "W" Life-Cycle Model Case Study - San Francisco Airport Redevelopment
CS-12 - Munich Airport Sustainability
CS-13 - Copenhagen Airport Energy Management
Alessandro Gardi is an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE), with ten years of experience in aerospace systems research and education. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and a Ph.D. in the same field from RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia). His work focusses on Avionics, Air Traffic Management and Sustainable Aviation Technology for conventional and autonomous aerospace vehicles. In this domain, he specialises in multi-objective trajectory optimization with emphasis on optimal control methods and AI/metaheuristics for air and space platforms. Dr Gardi has also worked on advancing systems and software engineering methodologies for the design of aerospace and defence systems, exploiting Internet of Things (IoT) technology, AI/machine learning, health monitoring and data integrity/cyber-resilience functionalities to operate autonomously for extended periods of time even in degraded conditions. To date, Dr Gardi has been a senior investigator in more than 10 research projects funded by industry and government, and has produced more than 150 refereed publications. In addition to his primary affiliation at Khalifa University, Dr Gardi is an Associate of RMIT University (Australia) and serves as Associate Editor for Drone Systems and Applications, Automation, Robotics and the ASTM Journal of Test and Evaluation.
