Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 3149-3156.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2023.10.19

• Systems Engineering • Previous Articles    

Demarcation method of safety separation for multi-rotor UAV in free airspace

Honghai ZHANG, Bowen LI, Hao LIU, Gang ZHONG, Yuhan FEI   

  1. School of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • Received:2022-05-30 Online:2023-09-25 Published:2023-10-11
  • Contact: Honghai ZHANG

Abstract:

In order to ensure the safe operation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the low-altitude airspace, this paper proposes a demarcation method of safety separation for multi-rotor UAV in free airspace in combination with the characteristics of multi-rotor UAV. Firstly, the smallest circumscribed sphere of the UAV body cylinder is used as the collision box of the UAV. A UAV mid-air collision probability model is established based on the position information, speed information, position error information and three-dimensional Gaussian distribution assumption. Secondly, according to the characteristics of free airspace, a demarcation method of safety separation based on the maximum collision probability is proposed. Taking the Matrice 600 Pro UAV as an example, when the safety target level is 5% of the maximum collision probability, the longitudinal, lateral, and vertical safety separations are 16 m, 11 m and 6 m respectively according to the proposed method. The proposed method can provide a theoretical basis for the formulation of safety separation standards for multi-rotor UAV.

Key words: air transportation, safety separation demarcation, collision probability, multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), free airspace

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