Integrated system to determine turbulent effects, in particular in aircrafts in flight

Abstract

A method for processing and providing information relating to the effects of turbulent movements present in a fluid and perceived or perceivable by a moving vehicle when acted on by these turbulent movements comprises the steps of detecting on-board a first moving vehicle A a perceived level of turbulence TpA to which the vehicle is subject in that moment; calculating a parameter N indicative of the turbulence by applying to the perceived level of turbulence TpA a correction function f(TpA, k1A, k2A, k3A, . . . knA) where k1A, k2A, k3A, . . . , knA are parameters considered to be indicative of the influence of the specific first moving vehicle A on the level of turbulence perceived in it; transmitting a pair of values formed by the parameter N and the position P of the first moving vehicle A at the moment when it is subject to the turbulence level TpA, so that they are received by a second moving vehicle B; calculating on-board the second moving vehicle B a predicted level of turbulence TpB by means of an inverse function f−1(N, k1B, k2B, k3B, . . . , knB), where k1B, k2B, k3B, . . . , knB are parameters considered to be indicative of the influence of the specific second moving vehicle B on the level of turbulence perceivable therein based on the parameter N; using the predicted level of turbulence TpB as an indication of the level of turbulence which would be perceived on the second moving vehicle B if it were to pass through said point P. Devices (11, 14) and electronic systems (10) applying this method are also described.

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