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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (16): 328090-328090.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2022.28090

• Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Control • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Aircraft takeoff mass estimation method based on improved simulated annealing algorithm

Bing WANG1,2(), Runyuan ZOU2,3, Zhening CHANG2,3   

  1. 1.College of General Aviation and Flight,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing  210016,China
    2.National Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Flow Management,Nanjing  210016,China
    3.College of Civil Aviation,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing  210016,China
  • Received:2022-10-08 Revised:2022-11-04 Accepted:2022-12-14 Online:2022-12-27 Published:2022-12-22
  • Contact: Bing WANG E-mail:evanwb@163.com
  • Supported by:
    China-EU Aviation Science and Technology Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MJ-2020-S-03)

Abstract:

Aircraft takeoff mass, an important parameter of aircraft performance, has significant effect on the accuracy of departure trajectory prediction. Aircraft mass is airline commercial operation data, and is difficult to obtain through public accesses. In this paper, a method for aircraft takeoff mass estimation is proposed based on historical trajectory data. Using the total energy model and considering the effect of wind, an iterative model of aircraft takeoff mass is established based on the Base of Aircraft Data(BADA) performance model. Combining the taboo table function in the taboo search algorithm and the simulated annealing algorithm, the improved algorithm is applied to solve the model efficiently. The result of a typical sample flight shows that the relative error between the estimated takeoff mass and the real mass is 2.91%. Compared with the BADA reference mass, the accuracy of trajectory prediction using estimated takeoff mass is effectively improved. Takeoff mass estimation of 15 types of aircraft and 26 724 flights is conducted. The average relative error value of the estimated mass of all flights is 3.45%. The absolute value of relative error of 97.67% of all flights is within 10%, demonstrating accurate estimation results. The proposed method for aircraft takeoff mass estimation can be applied to batch flights and can provide technical support for high-precision trajectory simulation and prediction.

Key words: air traffic management, takeoff mass estimation, BADA performance model, trajectory prediction, simulated annealing algorithm

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