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Descent Performance

Descent Performance is a phase-specific aircraft performance metric that characterizes the efficiency, controllability, and energy management of an aircraft during its controlled reduction in altitude under prescribed flight conditions.

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115

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2017–2026

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Publications

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In-flight performance of the IUE

A. Boggess, R. C. Bohlin, D. C. Evans et al. · Nature · 1978 · 102 citations

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Optimal Control Based Vertical Trajectory Determination for Continuous Descent Arrival Procedures

Sang Gyun Park, John-Paul Clarke · Journal of Aircraft · 2015 · 50 citations

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MERGING ARRIVAL FLOWS WITHOUT HEADING INSTRUCTIONS

Ludovic Boursier, Bruno Favennec, Eric Hoffman et al. · 2007 · 46 citations

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Relationship between fuel consumption and altitude for commercial aircraft during descent: Preliminary assessment with a genetic algorithm

Enis T. Turgut, Marc A. Rosen · Aerospace Science and Technology · 2011 · 44 citations

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Analyzing commercial aircraft fuel consumption during descent: A case study using an improved K-means clustering algorithm

Qing Zhu, Jun Pei, Xinbao Liu et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2019 · 43 citations

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Authors

115

  1. EH
    Eric Hoffman

    Eurocontrol, France

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  2. ND
    N. de Gelder

    Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Netherlands

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. KZ
    Karim Zeghal

    Eurocontrol, France

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  4. AT
    Aymeric Trzmiel

    Eurocontrol, France

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  5. HE
    Heinz Erzberger

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

42

  1. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    44 citations

  2. Netherlands Aerospace Centre

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    153 citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    150 citations

  4. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    1 h-index

    10 publications

    1K citations

  6. Eurocontrol

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    75 citations

  7. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    70 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  2. Journal of Aircraft

    2 publications · 91 citations

    2

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  3. 25th Joint Propulsion Conference

    Conference · 1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. Astrodynamics

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Nature

    1 publications · 102 citations

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