The optimization of landing trajectories of the Boeing 737 is presented. The primary factor considered was the noise delivered to the population residing near an air terminal but passenger comfort, fuel consumption and time elapsed during the maneuver were also considered. A digital simulation of the aircraft, a noise model and a passenger comfort model, was completed. The digital simulation was made more efficient time-wise. A population model for an urban area was developed and the noise model was integrated into the population model. A steepest descent optimization algorithm was programmed. Some constant glide slope trajectories into an urban Airport were simulated and evaluated with respect to the performance index, and their ground track plotted. (Author)


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    Title :

    Optimization and Sensitivity Studies of Flight-Path Trajectories


    Contributors:
    G. Cook (author) / R. M. Witt (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    54 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English