Continuous descent operations in high throughput and constant wind environment

• Main Author: Low, Yong Lin
• Other Authors: Mao Jian Feng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Air navigation; DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aviation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64018
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project report attempted to simulate the flight of a Boeing 747-400 operating under Continuous Descent Operation procedures in an environment with a constant wind velocity. The descent profile was divided into 6 segments each with 2 possible descent modes, namely the Constant Flight Path Angle...