Project ‘R-WAKE’ - wake vortex hazardsAddressing the need of new air traffic management (ATM) applications to support a gradual paradigm shift towards the SESAR 2020+ concept, R-Wake aims at developing a simulation framework to assess the risk and hazards of potential wake vortex encounters for the enroute phase of flight. Wake vortex issues in terminal manoeuvring areas (TMA), and especially in the final approach and initial take-off segments are well known and have received a particular attention in the last decades.The consideration of wake vortex hazards in the en-route phase, however, is fairly novel and it is becoming an important aspect to assess if we take into account new concepts of operations, based upon: a more efficient aircraft trajectory management; higher volumes of traffic; more heterogeneous traffic; and, reduced or refined separation margins.R-Wake will facilitate a precise microscopic representation of both trajectory and wake vortex (WV) in a single simulation framework that takes advantage of four main pre-existing modules: a weather simulator; a traffic simulator; a WV simulator; and a safety & robustness analyzer module.This project will facilitate a better understanding of the impact of WV in the ATM, assessing potential issues and developing new tools to be integrated in future flight-planning and ATM activities.A good knowledge and control of WV hazards in the en-route phase will in turn facilitate the introduction of new concepts of operations, aligned with the SESAR 2020+ paradigm, which aim at improving the performance of ATM in all KPAs: safety, capacity, cost-efficiency and flight efficiency. PROJECT PARTNERSThis project will be managed by GTD in collaboration with the following European Partners:Participants: UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA (Barcelona-Catalunya) DEEP BLUE SRL (Italy) TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BRAUNSCHWEIG (Germany) A-SYST (Luxemburg) M3 SYSTEMS BELGIUM SPRL (Belgium) ABOUT SESAR ‘Single European Sky ATM Research’Europe’s current air traffic control systems have reached their capacity limits. Additionally, flight movements in Europe are expected to double by 2030 and an increased environmental awareness calls for more efficient operations and better technology.The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) was created under European Union law on 27 February 2007, with Eurocontrol and the European Union as founding members, in order to ensure the modernisation of the European air traffic management system by coordinating and concentrating all relevant research and development efforts in the Union.
