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CASCADE (Complex Autonomous aircraft Systems Configuration, Analysis and Design Exploratory) Need System Design Field Trials Knowledge
Transcript of Field Trials Configuration, Analysis and Design · • Case Study Focus •Safety •Capability •...
CASCADE(Complex Autonomous aircraft Systems Configuration, Analysis and Design Exploratory)
Need
SystemDesign
FieldTrials
Knowledge
Case Studies
• CaseStudyFocus• Safety• Capability
• SampleaVolcanoPlume?• Gasdetection• Ashdetectionandsamplecollection• Visuals– visiblelightandmultispectral
• TargetLocations• Montserrat– Gasmeasurement&visualmonitoring• Guatemala– Ashdetectionandsamplecollection• Chile(probablyone-off)– Gasmeasurement– detailslater• PossibleDeepCarbonObservatoryfieldproject
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Chances Peak, MontserratGasmeasurement&visualmonitoring
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• Airport• Observatory• PotentialLandingSites
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• MapKey:• RedCircle 3.3kmradiusfromsummit• PinkCircle 2kmradiusfromsummit• YellowArea ProposedFlightZone
• BVLOSApplication• 22nd Aprilthroughto30th April2018• ExemptiontotheAirNavigation(Overseas
Territories)Order2014• ASSI– AirSafetySupportInternational
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• ObjectivesofAprilflights• MakecontactswithinATC• Workthroughestablishingandoperating
withinanexclusionzone• MavicPro&Phantom
• WhyMontserrat• SafetyCaseandinteractionwithATCwill
bechallengingtogivefullcoverage• Regularcommercialflights(twinengine)
andsightseeingtripsfromotherislands• ComesunderUKASSIcontrol• Busyenoughtobechallenging,small
enoughtobefeasible!• Changingterrainofsignificantinterest• Significantdegassingofsignificantinterest• Interestindepositingandrecovering
sensorsatthesummit
SafetytCapability
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• PotentialtoworktowardsoperationsfromtheAirport
• ATCkeentoworkwithCASCADE
https://app.airmap.io/
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• 120m altitude• DJI Phantom 3 Professional• 26/3/2018• MVO have not ordered a
Phantom 4 Professional!
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Flight Demonstrations over Plymouthe.g. DEM - Digital Elevation Model
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Current OperationsMinimum 2 hr/wk helicopter operations
+• Complement not replace• Potential for helicopter
deployment• Fixed wing & rotary wing
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Fixed Wing – up to 20kg
• Developnewfixedwingplatform• Bristol,Manchester&Southampton?• 10-20kgMTOWrange• Fieldoperations• Designawayday?• Suggestedstartingpointfortheplanform?
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• Helicopterdeployed• Dropfromthehelicopter• Releasedabovethegasplume• Simplelightweightsensors• Autonomousrecovery• Interestingpathplanningchallenges• ProofofconceptusingCOTSplatform
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• RotaryWing- Vulcan• Gasplumemeasurements• Verticaltransects• Plumedevelopmentdownwind• Sensordeploymentatthesummit
View of the gas plume from Plymouth
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Volcán de Fuego, GuatemalaAshdetectionandSamplecollection
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Image credit: Albert Dros. www.albertdros.com
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
Guatemala, November 2017
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Regular Strombolian activity
With paroxysms every 3-5 weeks
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Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
Image credits (left to right): IM Watson, Andy Shepherd/National Geographic
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Fuego40km
Source: Washington VAAC
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Volcano de Fuego, Monthly VAAs1999 - present
Observations
MobileFLIR
RSAM
Webcam
Aviation Hazards - Fuego
Fuego
~8km
~3kmBarrancas
Volcán de Fuego Flight Plans
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Regular Small Ash Plumes to Target
Take-off & Landing!?
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Feb 2016
• Volume added: +44,850 m3 over 4 days
• Extrusion rate: ~0.13 m3/s (~0.08 m3/s DRE)
Average point density:
19 Feb17: 635 m-2 (0.04 m)23 Feb17: 814 m-2 (0.035 m)
Photogrammetry
Aeris prototype sensor module (SO2, H2S, CO2, HCl)Collaborative product development with Airgraph systems
Miniaturised multiGAS(SO2, H2S, CO2)In collaboration with
Aiuppa et al., INGV Palermo
Pacaya In-plume Gas Measurements
• Drop in throttle
• Upwards vertical acceleration
• Nose down correction
Plume Detection
Flight through cloud
Temperature and humidity spike indicates plume
Plume Detection
Villarrica, ChileGasmeasurement– March2018
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• RotaryWing- Vulcan• March2018• Pointandgridmeasurementofgas
concentrationsinthevent
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• PapersubmittedtoJournalofGeochemistry,Geophysics,Geosystems,May2018
• Acknowledgementaspartofawidergroup…
Collect High Altitude Air SamplesInitialdesignwork
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• Currentwork• Initiallabworkonreversiblecollective
mechanism• Modellingofdifferentconceptsfor
discussionwithBill!• Needforjointmeeting- Manchester,
Southampton,Bristol&METoffice.
Any Questions?
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