Hartmut Fricke

Hartmut Fricke
RESEARCH FOCUSES
- Planning of the (en-route) mainline-traffic Trajectory Management:
Flight performance anaylsis and modeling in context with variable objective functions like fuel minimization, noise abatement, emission minimization, punctuality, speed. Analysis of the navigations performance (ANP) of aircrafts (project radar analysis) - Support of ground handling at airports
Analysis of the turnaround management of aircrafts under certain fringe conditions (hub / non-hub). Statistically modeling of the process chain, conception of A-CDM Decision Support Systems (Tournaround Management) - Airport Terminal Operations:
Development of evaluation methods for usage of complex buildings like terminals. Development of hybrid simulations of individuals with personality characteristics in buildings in context with functional processes with specified focus on security processes (project terminal simulation), optimization of guidance (projects: video analysis Airport Dresden, signage Airport Dresden) - Admission of ATM systems:
Implementation of safety analysis observing juridical guidelines for readout systems onboard (projects: WFF, InteCo), of aircrafts and for flight controller applications (project iPort) - Simulation technology:
Continual advancement of an ATM real time simulation laboratory, composed of workstations of flight controllers and pseudo pilots, Airbus A320 FMS flight simulator and traffic generator with focus on Trajectory Management, ground rolling traffic researches, innovative operational concepts (virtual tower iPort, S-MAN concepts, Datalink applications, project WFF). - Airport planning:
Flight performance analysis during takeoff and landing: optimization of runway length and obstacle situation with respect to juridical guidelines - Safety in air traffic:
Development of quantitative methods of risk analysis for sectors near the airport (projects: quantitative safety evaluations, extern risks, review and development of aeronautical studies - Communication of knowledge - transfer of expertise in information systems for publicity and politics (project FIS)
LECTURES
- Aerodynamics and Flight Characteristics
- Airline Management
- Fundamentals of Aircraft Engines
- Communication - Surveillance
- Cockpit Technologies and Procedures
- Flight Performance
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Flight Planning
- Airport Operations
- Air Traffic Control
- Air Transport Facilities, Operations and Air Traffic Control
- Air Transport Law and Policy
- Navigation
- Safety in Aviation
- Security
- Terminal Processes
PUBLICATIONS
83 Entries
2025
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Design of a hybrid-electric powertrain model for trajectory optimization , 9 Apr 2025Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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From En-Route to Touchdown: Uncertainty Analysis of Inbound Traffic Flows to Singapore Changi Airport , 8 Apr 2025, 1st Air Transportation Research and Development Symposium (ATRDS2025)Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Enhancing Aircraft Ground Trajectories through Map-Matching and Stochastic Pavement Roughness Modeling , 22 Feb 2025, Journal of Open Aviation Science: Special Issue: The 12th OpenSky Symposium. 2. ed., TU Delft Open, Vol. 2. 27 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Chances and Pitfalls of the Point Merge Concept – A design Optimization Framework with a Case Study for Leipzig/Halle Airport on Noise, Capacity and Flight Efficiency , 2025Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Dynamic modeling of UAV trajectory prediction in an urban environment , 2025Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Fuels – Introduction | Hydrogen as a Fuel , 2025, Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources: Volume 1-7, Second Edition. Garche, J. (ed.). 2 ed., Oxford: Elsevier, Vol. 6. p. 140-160, 21 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Entry for encyclopedia/Dictionary
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Spatial Analysis-Driven Facility Location Optimization for Vertiports , 2025Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
2024
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Analysis of Aircraft Ground Trajectories: Map-Matching with Open Source Data for Modeling Safety-Driven Applications , 16 Jul 2024Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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A Systematic Literature Review on Complexity--Safety Correlation Models Towards Safety-Conscious Arrival Management , Jul 2024, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT). SingaporeElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Probabilistic Prediction of Estimated Time of Arrival - Identifying Sources of Variance and Out-of-Sample Issues , Jul 2024, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution