基于需求的空中出行网络设计,优化起降点与车队调度。
Demand-Driven Vertiport Siting and Discrete-Event Fleet Simulation for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Network Design

- 根据通勤数据聚类生成候选起降点,结合约束筛选
- 高需求下扩展至16个站点、12架电动飞行器
- 适合长距离或拥堵路段,非飞行时间需充足
本文提出一种需求驱动的按需城市空中交通(UAM)网络设计框架,整合起降点选址、车队仿真与门到门出行时间可行性。通过通勤与乘客活动数据估算需求,转换为空间行程终点,并使用K-means聚类生成候选起降点。在范围与最小间距约束下筛选候选网络,再通过离散事件仿真评估多车调度、空驶调运、电池更换与服务规律性。飞行时间与能耗采用点质量电动垂直起降飞行器(eVTOL)性能模型计算。在大洛杉矶地区案例中,最优设计从低需求下的4个站点、4架eVTOL扩展至最高需求下的16个站点、12架eVTOL。结果表明,更大车队可改善完成时间与到站规律性,但无法消除空驶飞行,说明空间需求不平衡仍是运营负担。旅行时间节省分析进一步显示,当非飞行时间充足时,UAM在长距离或拥堵路段最具可行性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper presents a demand-driven framework for on-demand Urban Air Mobility (UAM) network design that links vertiport siting, fleet simulation, and door-to-door travel-time feasibility. Demand is estimated from commuter and passenger activity data, converted into spatial trip-end points, and clustered using K-means to generate candidate vertiport locations. Candidate networks are screened using range and minimum station-spacing constraints, then evaluated with a discrete-event simulation that models multi-vehicle dispatch, deadhead relocation, battery swaps, and service regularity. Flight time and energy consumption are computed using a point-mass eVTOL performance model. In a Greater Los Angeles case study, the preferred design expands from four stations and four eVTOLs at low demand to sixteen stations and twelve eVTOLs at the highest tested demand level. Results show that larger fleets improve completion time and vehicle-arrival regularity but do not eliminate deadhead flights, indicating that spatial demand imbalance remains an operational burden. The travel-time savings analysis further suggests that UAM is most defensible for longer or congestion-heavy trips where sufficient non-flight time remains after accounting for flight time.
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