Proactive Spatial Planning in Regard to a new Regional Mobility Hub – the case of Ebreichsdorf

The City of Ebreichsdorf is a fast growing municipality in the metropolitan region of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. Especially the southern suburbs of Vienna such as the region surrounding Ebreichsdorf are gaining from the growth of the Austrian Capital City Vienna. The expansion of the railroad track of „Pottendorfer Linie“ to a double track railroad and the thereby even better connexion from Ebreichsdorf to Vienna will strengthen its growth process even more. A new regional mobility hub is planned to be built, located on a greenfield site, between the city districts Ebreichsdorf and Unterwaltersdorf. The existing railway track is going to be abandoned. In spatial planning terms, its leading goal is to locate future growth in the area of the new train station. Unfortunately, Austrian planning practice tends to adopt reactive behaviour in the context of infrastructure and settlement development. Thus, simultaneous planning of high-level-infrastructure and surrounding station area is mostly missed. Especially small and medium-sized cities are often overwhelmed by this task. The results of this uncoordinated approach vary from non-development of suitable land to uncoordinated urban sprawl around the stations. Furthermore, only reactive actions can be taken to contain negative consequences and to enable an orderly, soil-saving settlement development. Therefore, in February 2016 the Smart City Ebreichsdorf project (SMCE) started as an exploratory study funded by the Klima- und Energiefonds (KLIEN 'climate and energy fund') with a duration of one year. The research focus was on creating a proactive planning community together with citizens by acting on four thematic topics: planning and process; railway station; district; and energy and resources, to. As a result, four scenarios have been developed for Ebreichsdorf including necessary dimensions of action. Criteria for an innovative implementation were defined and necessary actors for the continuing project were involved at an early stage of the development process. The Smart City concept obtains incresasing importance in the course of urban and regional development. Thereby, new technologies are used to create a sustainable environment and economy in order to ensure quality of life for further generations. Particular measures are: minimizing soil sealing, adopting technologies for future mobility, preventing urban sprawl, de-densification, as well as creating cities of short distances. The participation and awareness of the citizens are of fundamental importance. Using the example of the test bed Ebreichsdorf, the main aim of the SMCE project is to demonstrate proactive city development with an overall systemic, interdisciplinary approach to an area, and involving the population and the relevant stakeholders of the political, administrative and private sectors. This paper examines how this proactive planning-process of Smart City Ebreichsdorf is working. It shows the development process in the exploratory project and its results and explains the integrated dimensions of action. Building on this, it presents the current project and new planning approaches, e.g. to avoid soil sealing. With a focus on Ebreichsdorf, this paper demonstrates how such a proactive planning process can be used for a smart urban and regional development

Can a new railway track be used to foster smart urban and regional development?

The future Smart City Ebreichsdorf (SMCE) is a fast growing municipality in the area of the metropolitan region of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. The expansion to a double track railroad of the „Pottendorfer Linie“and the thereby even better connexion to Ebreichsdorf will strengthen this growing process even more. A new train station is built, located on a greenfield site, between the city districts Ebreichsdorf and Unterwaltersdorf. The existing railway track is going to be abandoned. In spatial planning approaches, it’s goal leading to locate future growth in the area of the new train station. Action options, how such an innovative growth process around the railway station could be formed, are absent up to now. The state Lower Austria and the city Ebreichsdorf are aware of this problem. So the idea of planning and implementing a „Smart City“ or a „Smart Urban Region“ at this certain area has moved in focus of considerations. An urban transformation towards a future smart city is necessary. The Smart City concept gets more and more important in the course of urban and regional development. Thereby, new technologies are used to create a sustainable environment and economy in order to ensure the quality of life for the further generations. The participation and awareness of the citizens are of fundamental importance. With a focus on Ebreichsdorf this paper demonstrates how such an impulse can be used for a smart urban and regional development. First results of the ongoing project show, that it is advantageous to involve citizens and main stakeholders as well as all political parties in an early stage. This increases the acceptance and facilitates the further process. Furthermore, the complexity of Smart City is best handled by a team of researchers from various disciplines. In the course of a scenario workshop, it became clear that all different disciplines have different accesses to the same topic. Through this a stimulating discussion and exchange of experiences has been started

Can a new railway track be used to foster smart urban and regional development?

The future Smart City Ebreichsdorf (SMCE) is a fast growing municipality in the area of the metropolitan region of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. The expansion to a double track railroad of the „Pottendorfer Linie“and the thereby even better connexion to Ebreichsdorf will strengthen this growing process even more. A new train station is built, located on a greenfield site, between the city districts Ebreichsdorf and Unterwaltersdorf. The existing railway track is going to be abandoned. In spatial planning approaches, it’s goal leading to locate future growth in the area of the new train station. Action options, how such an innovative growth process around the railway station could be formed, are absent up to now. The state Lower Austria and the city Ebreichsdorf are aware of this problem. So the idea of planning and implementing a „Smart City“ or a „Smart Urban Region“ at this certain area has moved in focus of considerations. An urban transformation towards a future smart city is necessary. The Smart City concept gets more and more important in the course of urban and regional development. Thereby, new technologies are used to create a sustainable environment and economy in order to ensure the quality of life for the further generations. The participation and awareness of the citizens are of fundamental importance. With a focus on Ebreichsdorf this paper demonstrates how such an impulse can be used for a smart urban and regional development. First results of the ongoing project show, that it is advantageous to involve citizens and main stakeholders as well as all political parties in an early stage. This increases the acceptance and facilitates the further process. Furthermore, the complexity of Smart City is best handled by a team of researchers from various disciplines. In the course of a scenario workshop, it became clear that all different disciplines have different accesses to the same topic. Through this a stimulating discussion and exchange of experiences has been started

Fifth-Generation Technologies for the Connected Car:Capable Systems for Vehicle-to-Anything Communications

Two strong technology trends, one in the mobile communications industry and the other in the automotive industry, are becoming interwoven and will jointly provide new capabilities and functionality for upcoming intelligent transport systems (ITSs) and future driving. The automotive industry is on a path where vehicles are continuously becoming more aware of their environment due to the addition of various types of integrated sensors. At the same time, the amount of automation in vehicles increases, which, with some intermediate steps, will eventually culminate in fully automated driving without human intervention. Along this path, the amount of interactions rises, both in-between vehicles and between vehicles and other road users, and with an increasingly intelligent road infrastructure. As a consequence, the significance and reliance on capable communication systems for vehicleto-anything (V2X) communication is becoming a key asset that will enhance the performance of automated driving and increase further road traffic safety with combination of sensor-based technologies [1]

Nonlinear numerical flight dynamics for the prediction of maneuver loads

Dynamic analysis of flexible aircraft typically involves the separation of rigid body and structural dynamics. This approach is justified, if an adequate distance between the frequencies of the elastic and the flight mechanic modes is present. For aircraft structures characterized by relatively low elastic frequencies (e.g. large passenger aircraft or sailplanes) the combined calculation of the coupled rigid body and structural dynamics becomes important and the setup of an integrated aeroelastic model of the aircraft is necessary. This article describes the derivation of the integrated aeroelastic model, composed of governing equations for the translational, the rotational, and the elastic motion. A modal approach is used for the calculation of the elastic deformations of the aircraft, therefore using unconstrained free-free vibration modes from a Finite-Element analysis. The aerodynamic forces are calculated by a CFD solver in Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation. The integration of all involved disciplines is finally done via a weak coupling approach applying a CSS (Conventional-Serial-Staggered) algorithm. The integrated model is intended to be used for the prediction of maneuver or gust loads

Static and Dynamic Aeroelastic Validation of a Flexible Forward Swept Composite Wing

An aeroelastically tailored, forward swept composite wing was designed, manufactured, and tested at DLR. One of the goals was the determination of a siffness distribution that maximizes the deflection and minimizes the twist of the wing under high aerodynamic loading. The design of the wing involved a stiffness-based continuous optimization process combined with a discrete stacking sequence optimization using blended laminates. Steady and dynamic aeroelastic tests were performed in a low-speed wind tunnel, where the deformations of the wing and loads were measured. This paper describes the approaches applied to the numerical simulation of the wing and presents comparisons of simulation results to experimental data. The test cases and validations comprise three parts: Static coupling with tip displacements up to 20%, unsteady structural dynamics without aerodynamic forces, and unsteady aeroelasticity. For the unsteady test cases, dynamic effects were provoked by excitation of the wing root in a pitch degree of freedom. The numerical simulations used methods of different fidelity. Geometrically linear and nonlinear structural methods are applied, and for the aeroelastic tests combined with a vortex-lattice method. Good agreement between experiment and simulation was obtained for both the steady and unsteady test cases

Status, Recommendations, and Outlook

When entities share knowledge from their local surroundings, awareness among drivers and automated vehicles can increase immensely and lead to safe and efficient intelligent transport systems (ITS). The ability to connect and share information is the enabler for connected automated driving (CAD) services. Also, non-ITS related services for road users are evolving and require interoperability and trust between service providers. In this chapter, the authors analyze and forecast further research and development (R&D) and standardization needs in C-V2X regarding broader aspects of CAD as well as for connected road users (CRU). They provide stakeholder recommendations to accelerate the development of the CAD ecosystem in terms of regulation, manufacturing, and operation. Overall, CAD enabled by C-V2X will be a paradigm shift in the way transportation is perceived today, and will bring important societal advantages in terms of safer roads, individual time spent commuting, and cleaner air, addressing increasing climate change concerns globally