Method and system for determining a minimum-thrust synchronous descent and rejoining profile for an aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US10089893B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15727468

    申请日:2017-10-06

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: A method for determining a minimum-thrust descent and rejoining profile in respect of a target point by an aircraft comprises a first step of computing an energy differential of the aircraft in the air ΔEa between a first initial state of the aircraft at an initial geodesic point Qi and a second final state of the aircraft at the final arrival target point Qf. The method comprises a second step of adjusting an adjustable modelled profile of altitude hm(t) and of air speed Vam(t) of the aircraft with the aid of parameters so the adjusted modelled profile of altitude h(t) and of air speed Va(t) of the aircraft ensures the consumption of the variation of energy of the aircraft in the air ΔEa in a fixed required timespan Δtrequired and a fixed required altitude variation tf−ti in the required time timespan, the aircraft operating permanently in an engine regime with constant and minimum thrust. The method comprises a third step of determining a lateral geodesic trajectory of the aircraft on the basis of the adjusted altitude profile h(t), of the adjusted air speed profile Va(t) and of the knowledge of the speeds of the winds in the aircraft's scheduled geographical traversal zone.

    AID METHOD FOR PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGAM PRODUCT AND AID DEVICE FOR PILOTING

    公开(公告)号:US20180061248A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15684155

    申请日:2017-08-23

    Applicant: Thales

    Abstract: An aid method for piloting an aircraft including acquiring an instruction intended to alter the flight plan, determining an applicability period of the instruction made up of a plurality of applicability moments of the instruction in which the application of the instruction is compatible with the operational capabilities of the aircraft and with the constraints of the flight plan, for each applicability moment of the instruction, determining an altered flight plan in case of application of the instruction at this applicability moment and calculating values of the operational parameters associated with this flight plan, and selecting an optimal applicability moment based on values of the operational parameters associated with the altered flight plan and operational parameters associated with the current flight plan.

    Aid method for piloting an aircraft, associated computer progam product and aid device for piloting

    公开(公告)号:US10360802B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15684155

    申请日:2017-08-23

    Applicant: Thales

    Abstract: An aid method for piloting an aircraft including acquiring an instruction intended to alter the flight plan, determining an applicability period of the instruction made up of a plurality of applicability moments of the instruction in which the application of the instruction is compatible with the operational capabilities of the aircraft and with the constraints of the flight plan, for each applicability moment of the instruction, determining an altered flight plan in case of application of the instruction at this applicability moment and calculating values of the operational parameters associated with this flight plan, and selecting an optimal applicability moment based on values of the operational parameters associated with the altered flight plan and operational parameters associated with the current flight plan.

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