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Airport building development: Towards a framework for managing building-induced wind shear and turbulence risks
Journal of Airport Management,
11
(4),
369-385
(2017)
Abstract
Low-altitude wind shear and turbulence are known to be contributing factors in up to one third of aircraft approach/landing incidents. Wind shear and turbulence effects can be exacerbated when large obstacles, such as airport buildings, are located upwind from aircraft trajectories. Therefore, it is vital that airports conduct building-induced wind shear and turbulence risk assessments before commencing new airport building developments. Airports may utilise guidelines published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) to manage building-induced wind shear and turbulence hazards. These existing guidelines are derived from studies that only consider a narrow scope, however, and thus may be inappropriate at many airports, particularly when applied to building developments in close proximity to runways utilised by small general aviation aircraft. This paper reviews the existing literature and identifies areas where future research efforts should be focused, with a view towards developing a robust framework for assessing building-induced wind shear and turbulence hazards at airports. Such a framework will have implications for airport management, as it will be vital for guiding safe airport building development while simultaneously managing the risks to aviation posed by building-induced wind shear and turbulence hazards.
Keywords: building development; wind shear; turbulence; hazard; risk management
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Author's Biography
David Conal Robinson is a Modelling Engineer at Synergetics Consulting Engineers. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Monash University and has over 5 years’ experience modelling complex fluid flows in environmental, industrial and aerospace processes.
Dave Collins is Director and Principal Environmental Engineer at Synergetics Consulting Engineers, environmental and process modelling specialists to industry and governments. His firm has developed deep experience with field measurements and computational modelling of complex systems since January 2000 and has been recognised with Melbourne and UN Environment Day Awards for their development of Australia’s first positive energy office building. Dave has experience across a wide range of risk assessment and national policy development projects, including representing the Commonwealth in the development of the first National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure, and on the National Advisory Body for Scheduled Wastes. His research at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and University of Melbourne specialised in computational modelling and field measurement of airflow around complex building arrangements.
James Brett is Lead Modelling Engineer at Synergetics Consulting Engineers. He holds a PhD and MEngSc from the University of Melbourne, specialising in aerospace and industrial fluid dynamics. James has worked on a range of research and consulting modelling projects over 10 years including biodiesel combustion, numerical model development, computational fluid dynamics modelling of aircraft, and experimental design for wind and water tunnel boundary layer studies.
Joseph Klewicki holds joint appointments from January 2011 in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne and the University of New Hampshire, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a Distinguished Alumnus of the Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BS (1983), MS (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from MSU, Georgia Tech and MSU respectively.
Patrick Murray is Professor of Aviation and Logistics at the University of Southern Queensland. He specialises in human factors and his current research projects include regional airline safety, pilot aptitude testing and evidence-based training (EBT) for airline pilots. Patrick has held senior positions in the military, a major international airline and the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Aeronautical Society, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and the Australian Institute of Management. Patrick is a current flying instructor and examiner, specialising in multi-crew airline pilot training. He is a member of the advisory boards for the EBT Foundation and the LOSA Collaborative and works with a number of airlines on crew performance and safety change.
