Potential Crash Location (PCL) Model

Abstract

As the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) grows, there is a need to integrate UAS into the National Airspace System. One challenge that has been encountered is developing a comprehensive risk analysis approach to model the risk posed by UAS operations to the general public. One component of this Target Level of Safety approach is a model for determining crash location. There are multiple approaches for modeling the potential crash locations of an UAS after a catastrophic failure. This report examines two potential models for fixed wing based on previous research into UAS risk analysis: the Clothier model (reference 1) and the Sensis model (reference 2) as well as two models for rotary wing aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 2012
Accession Number
ADB383242

Entities

People

  • David Burke
  • Natasha Bradley

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Department Of Defense
  • Descent Trajectories
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Trajectories
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Vehicles

Readers

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space