Aircraft landing event system and method
AssigneesAirbus Operations GmbH, Airbus SAS
InventorsGeorge Howell, Andrew Hebborn, James Bullen, Andrea Laruelo-Fernandez
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Abstract
An aircraft landing event system is disclosed including a processor, the processor being configured to receive aircraft braking performance information from a plurality of aircraft that have performed a landing event on a particular runway. The processor is configured to determine an aircraft braking performance indicator on the basis of the aircraft braking performance information of the plurality of aircraft, and communicate the aircraft braking performance indicator to an aircraft landing system of an approaching aircraft that is about to perform a landing event on the particular runway.
Claims17
An aircraft landing event system, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive aircraft braking performance information from a plurality of aircraft that have performed a landing event on a particular runway;
- a processor configured to determine an aircraft braking performance indicator on the basis of the aircraft braking performance information of the plurality of aircraft;
- a transmitter configured to communicate the aircraft braking performance indicator to an aircraft landing system of an approaching aircraft that is about to perform a landing event on the particular runway;
- wherein the processor is configured to cause control of at least a part of the landing system of the approaching aircraft based on the transmitted aircraft braking performance indicator;
- and,
- wherein the aircraft braking performance information received by the processor, for each one of the plurality of aircraft, comprises
- a wheel slip,
- a braking force,
- a braking torque,
- a friction coefficient of the runway, or
- a maximum reactive force between one or more wheels of the landed aircraft and the runway,
- wherein the aircraft braking performance information is determined by a braking system of the respective aircraft during the respective landing event as a function of respective position of respective aircraft in both a longitudinal and a lateral direction of the runway, and
- wherein the processor is configured to control the braking system of the approaching aircraft based on the transmitted aircraft braking performance indicator and determine a landing distance of the approaching aircraft on the runway.
A method of determining an aircraft braking performance indicator, comprising:
- receiving aircraft braking performance information from a plurality of aircraft that have performed a landing event on a particular runway;
- providing a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine an aircraft braking performance indicator on a basis of the aircraft braking performance information of the plurality of aircraft;
- communicating the aircraft braking performance indicator to an aircraft landing system of an approaching aircraft that is about to perform a landing event on the particular runway;
- wherein the processor is configured to cause control of at least a part of the landing system of the approaching aircraft based on the transmitted aircraft braking performance indicator;
- wherein the aircraft braking performance information received by the processor, for each one of the plurality of aircraft, comprises
- a wheel slip,
- a braking force,
- a braking torque,
- a friction coefficient of the runway, or
- a maximum reactive force between one or more wheels of the landed aircraft and the runway,
- wherein the aircraft braking performance information is determined by a braking system of the respective aircraft during the respective landing event as a function of respective position of respective aircraft in both a longitudinal and a lateral direction of the runway, and
- wherein the processor is configured to control the braking system of the approaching aircraft based on the transmitted aircraft braking performance indicator and determine a landing distance of the approaching aircraft on the runway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.