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US 8,527,119 B2Granted
Method and device for optimizing a takeoff procedure of an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJérôme Chaptal, Rosa Maria Torres Calderon
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Abstract
An optimization method and device for a take-off procedure of an aircraft. The device (1) comprising means (2, 10) for determining optimum values for take-off parameters and adapting them for the actual take-off conditions.
Claims4
A method for optimizing a take-off procedure of an aircraft, wherein the take-off procedure comprises a plurality of take-off parameters, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a processor on-board the aircraft, a plurality of reference take-off conditions, wherein each of the plurality of reference take-off conditions are input by an operator of the aircraft;
- determining, via a processor on-board the aircraft, a plurality of sets, wherein each of the plurality of sets comprises at least one of the plurality of reference take-off conditions and a plurality of take-off criteria for the aircraft;
- receiving, via a processor on-board the aircraft, a cost for each take-off criteria in each of the plurality of sets;
- creating, via a processor on-board the aircraft, a selected set from the plurality of sets, wherein the selected set minimizes a total cost associated with the selected set, wherein the total cost is a sum of the cost for each take-off criteria in each of the plurality of sets;
- receiving, via a processor on-board the aircraft, a plurality of actual take-off conditions, wherein each of the plurality of reference take-off conditions are input by the operator of the aircraft immediately prior to a take-off procedure, such that the plurality of actual take-off conditions represent current take-off conditions and may be the same as or different from the plurality of reference take-off conditions;
- converting, via a processor on-board the aircraft, the selected set into an optimum set comprising a plurality of optimized take-off parameters, wherein each optimized take off parameter is given by the expression:
- X=Xref+dXref/dp(p−pref)
- wherein Xref represents a member of the selected set,
- wherein pref represents a reference take-off condition,
- wherein p represents an actual take-off condition;
- defining a take-off procedure based on the optimum set;
- and
- implementing the take-off procedure upon take-off.
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