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Single Aircraft Mid-Air Refueling Using Spherical Distances

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  • Abdulrahman Yamani

    (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)

  • Thom J. Hodgson

    (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina)

  • Louis A. Martin-Vega

    (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida)

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of a single military transport aircraft that must carry cargo from an origin base to a destination base. Refueling is required and performed by a tanker aircraft that originates from and returns to a third base. The objective is to determine the initial fuel required by each aircraft and the location of the refueling point so as to minimize the total fuel consumed subject to restrictions on the range of the transport and the tanker. Based on U.S. Air Force data, analytical relationships are derived which allow the problem to be formulated similar to a constrained spherical Weber problem with two main differences: 1) the objective function is nonlinear, and 2) some of the constraints are a function of the decision variables. Spherical convexity of both the objective function and the feasible region is shown and used to develop a solution procedure. Computational experience is given.

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  • Abdulrahman Yamani & Thom J. Hodgson & Louis A. Martin-Vega, 1990. "Single Aircraft Mid-Air Refueling Using Spherical Distances," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 38(5), pages 792-800, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:38:y:1990:i:5:p:792-800
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.38.5.792
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