The Calculation of Aircraft Collision Probabilities

Abstract

The paper extends the statistical-probabilistic method of collision probability calculation, which has been limited to parallel, straight line flight paths, to arbitrary flight paths and vehicle shapes. The general formula is specialized to the cases of large relative velocity, non-zero relative velocity, zero relative velocity, and spherical collision surface. The formulas are applied to independent curved landing approaches to parallel runways.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0744722

Entities

People

  • Juan F. Bellantoni

Organizations

  • John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Paths
  • Geometry
  • Information Science
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers