Upgrade of LATSA
Page 9 of 148
2 Project objectives
2.1 Terms of
Reference
In various industry meetings participants determined that data supporting animal and ventilation parameters within Version 1 of LATSA needed to be validated in addition to the expansion of the
LATSA software to cope the multitude of load configurations. These discussions resulted in the development of the following objectives:
Review the existing LATSA software and recommend software improvements; Validate and amend if necessary the biological parameters used in the current model
which have been used to produce the physiological data for cattle, sheep and goats; Extrapolate the physiological data to include all weights for cattle, sheep and goats;
Upgrade the existing software to perform the following calculations: a.
Calculate stocking densities based on ASEL [Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock] for consignments of multiple species and liveweights;
b. For the calculated stocking densities calculate total area and payload required to fit a
desired consignment to ASEL standards; c.
Include a database of approved crate designs with floor area specifications for each deck single, double, triple and total floor area available for each crate;
d. Be able to load known classes and weights of animals to an elected type of crate,
e. Be able to fill known number of crates with different species and average weights of
animals to ASEL standards. For all the functions listed above ensure that ventilation on aircraft can cope with the
requested ASEL stocking density. Should aircraft ventilation be insufficient to cope with any of the requested ASEL stocking densities, recalculate stocking densities to ensure
adequate ventilation for livestock; Undertake industry consultation with information providers and nominated software users
to ensure software capabilities match industry expectations; To design the software so it can be accessed through the World Wide Web with suitable
security. Advice provided by LiveCorp and MLA was that for the purposes of this particular project, the
assessment of the adequacy of aircraft ventilation was to be limited to a steady state result in level flight and continue to utilise the same on ground time constraints built into version 1 of
LATSA. Modelling of conditions during ascent and descent, and while the aircraft is on the tarmac, may be considered in subsequent reviews and upgrades.
Upgrade of LATSA
Page 10 of 148
3 Methodology
3.1 Project stages
Kategori