UAV path optimization with an integrated cost assessment model considering third-party risks in metropolitan environments

B Pang, X Hu, W Dai, KH Low - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Various applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments facilitate
our daily life and public services. However, UAV operations bring third party risk (TPR) …

Conflict-free four-dimensional path planning for urban air mobility considering airspace occupancy

W Dai, B Pang, KH Low - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban air mobility (UAM) has attracted the attention of aircraft manufacturers, air navigation
service providers and governments in recent years. Preventing the conflict among urban …

Demarcation method of safety separations for sUAV based on collision risk estimation

G Zhong, S Du, H Zhang, J Zhou, H Liu - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2024 - Elsevier
Maintaining safe separations is essential to achieve reliable operations for unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAV). Given the escalating severity of collision risks associated with UAVs …

A concept of airspace configuration and operational rules for UAS in current airspace

B Pang, W Dai, T Ra, KH Low - 2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deployments and operations of civilian unmanned aircraft in urban environments have been
seeing a significant rise, which increases the demand of urban unmanned air traffic and the …

Investigation and modeling of flight technical error (FTE) associated with UAS operating with and without pilot guidance

CHJ Wang, EM Ng, KH Low - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing interest in the utilization of urban airspace for unmanned aerial system
(UAS) operations, be it for cargo delivery or passenger transportation, the future city sky …

Contingency Clarification Protocols for Reliable Counter-Drone Operation

A Shoufan, E Damiani - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Counter-drone technology plays a vital role in protecting airspace against unwanted and
malicious drones. Counter-drone systems increasingly rely on unmanned traffic …

Contingency management concept generation for u-space system

AT Altun, Y Xu, G Inalhan… - 2022 Integrated …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contingency management in aviation is a vital concept that ensures safety, security, and
efficiency in operations. To fully benefit from the envisioned Advanced Air Mobility system …

Chance-constrained UAM traffic flow optimization with fast disruption recovery under uncertain waypoint occupancy time

B Pang, KH Low, VN Duong - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trajectory-based operations offer a promising solution for effective urban air mobility (UAM)
traffic management with conflict-free four-dimensional trajectories. However, these …

An RRT* based method for dynamic mission balancing for urban air mobility under uncertain operational conditions

J Lou, B Yuksek, G Inalhan… - 2021 IEEE/AIAA 40th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Urban air mobility provides an enabling technology towards on-demand and flexible
operations for passenger and cargo transportation in metropolitan areas. Electric vertical …

An adaptive airspace model for quadcopters in urban air mobility

Q Shao, R Li, M Dong, C Song - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging usage of quadcopters in Urban Air Mobility has urged airspace design to be
precise and dynamic to mitigate collision risks. This paper proposes an adaptive AirMatrix …