Research papers

Application of text mining and coupling theory to depth cognition of aviation safety risk

Integrated Arrival and Departure Management for Urban Air Mobility Vertiport Operations in the New York City Airspace

This paper introduces the Vertiport Human-Automation Teaming Toolbox (V-HATT), a novel framework developed for managing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in terminal airspace and vertiports.

TADAD: Trust AI-based Decentralized Anomaly Detection for Urban Air Mobility Networks at Tactical Edges

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) networks pose challenges to confidentiality, availability, and integrity within security and safety concerns.

Risk Assessment of Loss of Control In-Flight Trajectories for Urban Air Mobility Safety

In Urban Air Mobility (UAM), maintaining a minimum separation between aircraft is a safety requirement, which becomes challenging amidst congested air traffic and off-nominal conditions, such as Loss of Control In-flight…

Toward robust and efficient communications for urban air mobility

For the realization of the future urban air mobility, reliable information exchange based on robust and efficient communication between all airspace participants will be one of the key factors to ensure safe operations.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Aviation Safety Culture

Artificial intelligence is developing at a rapid pace, with examples of machine learning already being used in aviation to improve efficiency.

Aerodynamic Performance and Numerical Analysis of the Coaxial Contra-Rotating Propeller Lift System in eVTOL Vehicles

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles possess high payload transportation capabilities and compact design features. The traditional method of increasing propeller size to cope with high payload is no lon…

Energy management of an eVTOL aircraft with optimization based on the Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy (ECMS)

This article introduces an optimization-based energy management strategy developed and validated for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

A Decentralized Voting and Monitoring Flight Control Actuation System for eVTOL Aircraft

The emergence of eVTOL (electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft necessitates the development of safe and efficient systems to meet stringent certification and operational requirements.

Aviation Safety for Urban Air Mobility: Pilot Licensing and Fatigue Management

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging air traffic system designed for passengers and cargo in and around urban environments. Both the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States and the European Union Aviation…

Exploring the intellectual insights in aviation safety research: A systematic literature and bibliometric review

Autonomous Navigation for eVTOL: Review and Future Perspectives

This survey paper explores the emergent domain of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), emphasizing the critical role of autonomous navigation capabilities essential for their effective integration and…

Graph Learning-based Fleet Scheduling for Urban Air Mobility under Operational Constraints, Varying Demand & Uncertainties

This paper develops a graph reinforcement learning approach to online planning of the schedule and destinations of electric aircraft that comprise an urban air mobility (UAM) fleet operating across multiple vertiports.

Flight Mission Feasibility Assessment of Urban Air Mobility Operations under Battery Energy Constraint

This paper introduces a decision-making framework for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operations that addresses the dual challenges of collision safety and battery energy constraints.

Certification Aspects of Runtime Assurance for Urban Air Mobility

The transition towards autonomous operations for Urban Air Mobility introduces significant safety challenges, necessitating novel safety assurance strategies.

A Review on Airspace Design and Risk Assessment for Urban Air Mobility

The increasing deterioration of urban traffic congestion has led to the emergence of Urban Air Mobility (UAM). UAM seeks to reduce congestion by offering flexible and efficient aerial transportation using electric vertic…

Synthetic Data-Integrated Li-Ion Battery Modeling for eVTOL Energy Systems

Lithium-ion batteries play a crucial role in present-day energy storage systems, necessitating the development of precise prediction models to improve their performance and ensure safety.

On a Collision Course: Unveiling Wireless Attacks to the Aircraft Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)

The first working RF attacks on TCAS are introduced, demonstrating how to take full control over the collision avoidance displays and create so-called Resolution Advisories of arbitrary aircraft on a collision course and…

5G-Based Synchronous Network for Air Traffic Monitoring in Urban Air Mobility

In the next decade, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is expected to become a global reality. Its success hinges on the realization of infrastructures for air traffic control and management (ATM) to guarantee security and safety …

Intelligent Spectrum and Airspace Resource Management for Urban Air Mobility Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

In an era dominated by a surge in air travel and heightened reliance on efficient communication systems, there’s a critical need to smartly allocate frequency resources for aviation communications to efficiently manage a…

Safe Architecture Design of Flight Control System for eVTOL

Advanced flight control system, aviation battery and motor technologies are driving the rapid development of eVTOL to offer possibilities for Urban Air Mobility.

GOVERNANCE NETWORK ON AVIATION SAFETY: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

The governance network serves as a crucial conceptual framework to be applied within the context of air transportation policy, particularly concerning aviation safety.

Leveraging eye-tracking technologies to promote aviation safety- A review of key aspects, challenges, and future perspectives

Bayesian network model of aviation safety: Impact of new communication technologies on mid-air collisions

Aviation Safety Enhancement via NLP & Deep Learning: Classifying Flight Phases in ATSB Safety Reports

Aviation safety is paramount, demanding precise analysis of safety occurrences during different flight phases. This study employs Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Deep Learning models, including LSTM, CNN, Bidirecti…

Aircraft trajectory prediction and aviation safety in ADS-B failure conditions based on neural network

With the rapid expansion of transportation demand, the number of global flights has rapidly increased, which also poses challenges to air traffic management (ATM).

Human Error Management in Aviation Maintenance using Hybrid FMEA with a Novel Fuzzy Approach

Human errors significantly contribute to aviation accidents during aircraft maintenance. Therefore, managing human errors becomes a critical aspect of aviation maintenance.

Illuminating the Neural Landscape of Pilot Mental States: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach with Shapley Additive Explanations Interpretability

Predicting pilots’ mental states is a critical challenge in aviation safety and performance, with electroencephalogram data offering a promising avenue for detection.

Investigating Runway Incursion Incidents at United States Airports

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the number of runway incursions is increasing. Over the last two decades, the number of runway incursions at U.S.

Method of Intelligent Management of Aviation Maintenance Tools Based on RFID Technology

The aviation industry heavily relies on efficient maintenance processes to ensure safe and reliable operations. However, the management and organization of maintenance tools in aviation are often time-consuming and prone…

Extracting Domain-Specific Chinese Named Entities for Aviation Safety Reports: A Case Study

Aviation safety reports can provide detailed records of past aviation safety accidents, analyze their problems and hidden dangers, and help airlines and other aviation enterprises avoid similar accidents from happening a…

Can Urban Air Mobility become reality? Opportunities and challenges of UAM as innovative mode of transport and DLR contribution to ongoing research

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a new air transportation system for passengers and cargo in urban environments, enabled by new technologies and integrated into multimodal transportation systems.

Analysis on coupling dynamic effect of human errors in aviation safety.

Human factors have increasingly been the leading cause of aircraft accidents. In most cases, human factors are not working alone, instead they are coupled with complex environment, mechanical factors, physiological and p…

Lessons from aviation safety: pilot monitoring, the sterile flight deck rule, and aviation-style computerised checklists in the operating room.

Commercial aviation practices including the role of the pilot monitoring, the sterile flight deck rule, and computerised checklists have direct applicability to anaesthesia care.

Examining the Potential of Generative Language Models for Aviation Safety Analysis: Case Study and Insights Using the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)

This research investigates the potential application of generative language models, especially ChatGPT, in aviation safety analysis as a means to enhance the efficiency of safety analyses and accelerate the time it takes…

Challenges to the Operational Safety and Security of eVTOL Aircraft in Metropolitan Regions: A Literature Review

The start of urban air mobility operations using helicopters began in 1940s in Los Angeles to transport passengers and mail between various locations.

Qualitative Analysis of General Aviation Pilots’ Aviation Safety Reporting System Incident Narratives Using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System

ABSTRACT NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) gathers data from voluntary aviation safety reports for nonfatal accidents and incidents.

Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Aviation Safety: Systematic Review of Research and Outlook into the Future

Advanced digital data-driven applications have evolved and significantly impacted the transportation sector in recent years. This systematic review examines natural language processing (NLP) approaches applied to aviatio…

A Layered Structure Approach to Assure Urban Air Mobility Safety and Efficiency

The demand for air mobility services will depend on the safety of these operations but also on the transportation time savings in congested urban areas.

Sequential Classification of Aviation Safety Occurrences with Natural Language Processing

Safety is a critical aspect of the air transport system given even slight operational anomalies can result in serious consequences. To reduce the chances of aviation safety occurrences, accidents and incidents are report…

An In-time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) Concept of Operations for Vertiport Design and Operations

The National Airspace System is foreseen to undergo revolutionary change with Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and its use of vertiports to transport passengers and cargo.

Functional and Safety Challenges of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Application in Electrified Regional Aircraft

This paper identifies potential weaknesses and challenges of hydrogen fuel cell systems as main energy provider for electrified aircraft propulsion and presents potential solutions.

Advanced Air Mobility Operation and Infrastructure for Sustainable Connected eVTOL Vehicle

Advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging sector in aviation aiming to offer secure, efficient, and eco-friendly transportation utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Designing augmented reality for future commercial aviation: a user-requirement analysis with commercial aviation pilots

Augmented reality (AR) capable head-mounted displays (HMDs) have been proposed as technological enablers of several complex future flight concepts, which will bring accompanying pilot situation awareness (SA) and operati…

Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of an Aircraft Fuel System Using Machine Learning—A Literature Review

The fuel system, which aims to provide sufficient fuel to the engine to maintain thrust and power, is one of the most critical systems in the aircraft.

Analysis of Single-Pilot Intention Modeling in Commercial Aviation

With the continual enhancement of the onboard avionics, the minimum flight crew has been downsized from five to two-person crew mode, and reduced crew operation has drawn extensive attention from aviation experts.

Minimum-Time Trajectory Generation of eVTOL in Low-Speed Phase: Application in Control Law Design

With the emergence of electric propulsive technologies in the past decades, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft gain increasing interest, which paves the path for advanced air mobility.

Integrating physiological monitoring systems in military aviation: a brief narrative review of its importance, opportunities, and risks

Abstract Military pilots risk their lives during training and operations. Advancements in aerospace engineering, flight profiles, and mission demands may require the pilot to test the safe limits of their physiology.

Safety Management Systems in Aviation

Contents: Foreword Preface Prologue - Quest Airlines Introduction to SMS History and evolution of safety Principles of quality management Hazards Risks Controls Taxonomies Process-based safety risk management/safety assu…

SHIELD Human Factors Taxonomy and Database for Learning from Aviation and Maritime Safety Occurrences

Human factors (HF) in aviation and maritime safety occurrences are not always systematically analysed and reported in a way that makes the extraction of trends and comparisons possible in support of effective safety mana…