Moses - Aircraft Navigation

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Module / Version:
#50858 / #1

Validity:
Seit WS 2019/20

Default display language:
English

Module title:
Aircraft Navigation

Credits:
6

Responsible person:
Uijt de Haag, Maarten

Grading:
benotet

Type of exam:
Portfolioprüfung

Zugehörigkeit

Faculty:
Fakultät V

Institute:
Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt

Area of expertise:
35341700 FG Flugführung und Luftverkehr

Prüfungsausschuss:
Verkehrswesen

Kontakt

Office:
F 3

Contact person:
Strümpfel-Seifert, Christoph

E-mail address:
maarten.uijtdehaag@tu-berlin.de

Website:

https://www.ff.tu-berlin.de/menue/studium_und_lehre/lehrveranstaltungen_im_wintersemester/aircraft_navigation/

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students have: Knowledge: • Overview of the categories of navigation and position-fixing systems • Definition of navigation performance parameters: accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity • Overview of the navigation requirements for various applications and phases of flight • Fundamental principles and operation of air data systems, inertial navigation systems, and radio-navigation systems used for manned and unmanned aircraft (i.e. drones) • Overview of alternative navigation methods based on cameras, lasers scanners and range radios • Application of navigation performance in flight guidance, air traffic management and air route planning Skills: • Express position and velocity vectors in various coordinate frames • Identify the basic measurements of the various navigation aids and use these measurements to estimate the user position • Perform an error propagation analysis • Assess the required navigation performance (e.g. accuracy and availability) Competencies: • Identify the performance challenges associated with the various navigation aids • Assess the impact of the operational environment on the radio navigation aids (e.g. atmospheric effects, multipath, interference, obstruction) • Address the role of navigation in flight guidance and air traffic management of manned and unmanned aircraft • Solve navigation problems working in small groups

Content

Lecture: • Overview and principles of navigation • Earth geometry, coordinate systems, and maps • Error propagation and geometry • Air data systems • Inertial navigation • Signal propagation and antennas • Terrestrial navigation: Direction finding, NDB, VOR, DME, Loran-C • Satellite-based navigation: GNSS • Performance-based navigation (PBN) • Navigation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) • Approach and landing systems: ILS, GBAS, SBAS • Alternative navigation using cameras, range radios and laser scanners Tutorial: • Calculate positions using VOR, DME, and GNSS measurements • Error analysis for various nav systems (e.g. GNSS, Inertial, DME and VOR) • Analyze the error characteristics of air data • Perform basic inertial position calculation using collected data • Analyze the GNSS availability at example airport (e.g. small mountain airport)

Module Components

Pflichtgruppe:

All Courses are mandatory.

Course Name	Type	Number	Cycle	Language	SWS	VZ
Aircraft Navigation	IV	3534 L 50858	WiSe	English	4

Workload and Credit Points

Aircraft Navigation (IV):

Workload description	Multiplier	Hours	Total
Attendance	15.0	4.0h	60.0h
Pre/post processing	15.0	8.0h	120.0h
			180.0h(~6 LP)

The Workload of the module sums up to 180.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 6 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures: • Presentations with examples • Demonstrations • Guest lectures Tutorials: • Presentations with examples • Demonstrations Homework: • Working on individual homework in small groups

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

• Flugführung und Luftverkehr - Grundlagen, Flugführung • Lineare Algebra, Analysis I • Differentialgleichungen • Kinematik und Dynamik

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

graded

Type of exam

Portfolio examination

Type of portfolio examination

100 Punkte insgesamt

Language

German/English

Test elements

Name	Points	Categorie	Duration/Extent
Exam	50	written	75 min
Short test	15	written	ca. 20 min
Homework/report	35	written	ca. 16.000 characters/group

Grading scale

This exam uses its own grading scale (see test description).

Test description (Module completion)

Individual: • Written exam about entire course content (lecture and tutorials) • Written short testat about specific course content (lecture and tutorials) Group: • Homework/report Grading scale < 100 Points: 1.0 < 95 Points: 1.3 < 90 Points: 1.7 < 85 Points: 2.0 < 80 Points: 2.3 < 75 Points: 2.7 < 70 Points: 3.0 < 65 Points: 3.3 < 60 Points: 3.7 < 55 Points: 4.0 < 50 Points: 5.0

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Wintersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

The maximum capacity of students is 60.

Registration Procedures

Registration for the course: • In first lecture or exercise Registration for the exam: • Registration via QISPOS • In exceptional cases via Examination Office Application deadlines can be found in the StuPo and / or will be announced.

Recommended literature
Literature relevant to the course contents will be published on the resp. ISIS course website (www.isis.tu-berlin.de)

Assigned Degree Programs

Semester:

Zeige auch ausgelaufene Studiengänge und StuPOs

This module is used in the following Degree Programs (new System):

	Studiengang / StuPO	StuPOs	Verwendungen	Erste Verwendung	Letzte Verwendung
	Verkehrswesen (B. Sc.)	1	17	WS 2019/20	SoSe 2024

Students of other degrees can participate in this module without capacity testing.

Miscellaneous

For the module, a course is offered on the learning platform ISIS.

Aircraft Navigation