VALoS
VALoS is a quantitative performance metric for evaluating UAM airside operations. This unifies expectations from all the stakeholders involved.
Whether the process has satisfied its operational requirements
VALoS takes into account parameters such as
- Transfer times between operational modes
- Overall operational times
- Aircraft turnaround times
- Capacity management
- Passenger and traffic flow Discrete Event-based simulations can be used. Maybe Digital Twins?
Key points
- VALoS aims to quantify requirements and goals. This removed ambiguous qualitative descriptions of stakeholder expectations
- VALoS doesn’t prescribe solutions. It lays down precise requirements taking into account all stakeholders
VALoS gives insights into
- Max/critical flow rate
- Potential bottlenecks
- Operational concept capabilities
- Vertidrome capabilities