METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AIR TURBULENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT
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1. A method for detecting air turbulence in the environment of an aircraft,wherein, in the course of a flight of the aircraft (A), the following series of successive steps is carried out in an automatic and iterative manner;
- A/ at any instant ti;
a) the current values at said instant ti of the static temperature and of the static pressure, as well as the current values of auxiliary parameters tied to the flight of the aircraft are measured on board the aircraft;
b) a potential temperature θ
i is calculated on the basis of said current values of the static temperature and of the static pressure;
c) characteristics of the wind are determined;
d) on the basis of said characteristics of the wind and of said potential temperature θ
i, an extrapolated height hiE is determined, corresponding to the height attained by an isentropic trajectory of potential temperature θ
i, at a subsequent instant ti+1 such that ti+1=ti+Δ
t, Δ
t being a predetermined time interval; and
B/ at the instant ti+1;
e) the current height hi+1 of the aircraft at this instant ti+1 is determined;
f) a theoretical height δ
i+1 is calculated, corresponding to the difference between said extrapolated height hiE and said current height hi+1;
g) this theoretical height is compared with a height threshold; and
h) if said theoretical height is below said height threshold, an alert signal is emitted signaling the detection of turbulence.
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Abstract
The device (1) comprises means (10) for determining a theoretical height corresponding to the difference between an extrapolated height of an isentropic trajectory and the current height of the aircraft, and means (16) for comparing this theoretical height with a height threshold indicating a risk of turbulence.
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1. A method for detecting air turbulence in the environment of an aircraft,
wherein, in the course of a flight of the aircraft (A), the following series of successive steps is carried out in an automatic and iterative manner; -
A/ at any instant ti; a) the current values at said instant ti of the static temperature and of the static pressure, as well as the current values of auxiliary parameters tied to the flight of the aircraft are measured on board the aircraft; b) a potential temperature θ
i is calculated on the basis of said current values of the static temperature and of the static pressure;c) characteristics of the wind are determined; d) on the basis of said characteristics of the wind and of said potential temperature θ
i, an extrapolated height hiE is determined, corresponding to the height attained by an isentropic trajectory of potential temperature θ
i, at a subsequent instant ti+1 such that ti+1=ti+Δ
t, Δ
t being a predetermined time interval; andB/ at the instant ti+1; e) the current height hi+1 of the aircraft at this instant ti+1 is determined; f) a theoretical height δ
i+1 is calculated, corresponding to the difference between said extrapolated height hiE and said current height hi+1;g) this theoretical height is compared with a height threshold; and h) if said theoretical height is below said height threshold, an alert signal is emitted signaling the detection of turbulence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11)
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9. A device for detecting air turbulence in the environment of an aircraft,
which comprises: -
means for measuring on board the aircraft the current values of the static temperature and of the static pressure, as well as the current values of auxiliary parameters tied to the flight of the aircraft; means for calculating, on the basis of the current values at any instant ti of the static temperature and of the static pressure, a potential temperature θ
i relating to this instant ti;means for determining characteristics of the wind; means for determining, on the basis of said characteristics of the wind and of said potential temperature θ
i, an extrapolated height hiE corresponding to the height attained by an isentropic trajectory of potential temperature θ
i, at a subsequent instant ti+1 such that ti+1=ti+Δ
t, Δ
t being a predetermined time interval;means for determining the current height of the aircraft; means for calculating a theoretical height δ
i+1 corresponding to the difference between said extrapolated height hiE and the current height hi+1 at the instant ti+1;means for comparing this theoretical height with a height threshold; and means for emitting an alert signal signaling the detection of turbulence, if said theoretical height is below said height threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12)
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