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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Ralf Rene Shu-Zhong Cabos, Hainburg, DE;
Jonas Schulze, Hainburg, DE;
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Techniques for updating wake separation distance between aircraft are described. A sensors mesh within a flight path of an aircraft is used to detect when a wake vortex from the aircraft has drifted onto the sensor mesh. A minimum wake separation distance and separation interval for following aircraft are determined based on the various sensor measurements, environmental conditions, and aircraft properties. The minimum wake separation distance and separation interval are used to minimize aircraft separation distances between aircraft that are required due to wake vortex turbulence caused by aircraft during flight.