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Modelling and Managing Airport Passenger Flow: A Case of Hasan Polatkan Airport in Turkey

İlkay Orhan, Gamze Orhan
1. Eskisehir Technical University Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
F IJAST 2020; 1 (2) : 71-79; 10.23890/IJAST.vm01is02.0204; Language: EN

The airport passenger flow process is an integrated system in which passengers interact with multiple components of the system, and a failure in one component can cause greater disruption in others because of time-related constraints. Airport operators analyse and decide the results by using decision support systems under the airport management strategies by determining the potential congestion and related problems such as capacity limitations or equipment malfunctions. In this study, airport systems handle the passenger flow that covers all activities between the airport entrance and boarding. Discrete event simulation was used to assess the passenger flow and performing the activities in the related processes. The model comprises security screening, check-in, passport control and boarding processes. Within the proposed model, points with potential bottlenecks in Hasan Polatkan Airport have estimated according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) performance values.

Airport Management.Decision Support Systems.Simulation.Air Transportation .Airport terminal analysis

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Sizing of a Turboprop Engine Powered High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and It`s Propulsion System for an Assumed Mission Profile in Turkey

Ali Dinç
1. American University of the Middle East, Kuwait College of Engineering and Technology Department
F IJAST 2020; 1 (1) : 5-8; 10.23890/IJAST.vm01is01.0101; Language: EN

In this study, preliminary sizing of a turboprop engine powered high altitude unmanned aerial vehicle and it`s propulsion system for an assumed mission profile in Turkey was performed. Aircraft mission profile is one of the most important design inputs in aircraft design. While the aircraft is dimensioned according to the requirements in the specification (useful payload, range, target cost, etc.), parameters such as cruise altitude and speed within the mission profile affect the engine type, power level, fuel quantity, and therefore the overall dimensions and total weight of the aircraft. The unmanned aerial vehicle with turboprop engine investigated in this study, can stay in the air for at least 24 hours at high altitude (40000 ft) and can be used for border surveillance, coast control, forest fires and land exploration.

Unmanned aerial vehicle sizing, Turboprop engine, Gas turbine engine, Cycle analysis

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