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Aviation research, sourced & cited.
Curated index of aviation-relevant research from NASA NTRS, NTSB safety studies, FAA CAMI, and academic sources. Every record links back to its original — we don't host PDFs, we describe each paper and credit the authors. Built for cross-link with the rest of Atlas: search by topic, drill into a CFR section or airframe and see the research that bears on it.
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- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (International Journal of Aerospace Engineering)
Aerodynamic Interaction Characteristics Study of the Ducted Coaxial Propeller for a Novel eVTOL in Hovering
The ducted coaxial propeller (DCP) is highly advantageous in the design of eVTOL aircraft due to its safety, compactness, and low noise levels.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Collaborative System of Systems Simulation of Urban Air Mobility
The implementation of Urban Air Mobility represents a complex challenge in aviation due to the high degree of innovation required across various domains to realize it.
- NASA NTRS 2023 LaRC Presentation
Simulation-Based Aircraft Noise Certification: Challenges and Opportunities
- FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) 2023 VOLPE Volpe Center report
Economic Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations
Volpe Center economic-impact analysis of UAS commercial operations in the US — quantifies benefits to agriculture, infrastructure inspection, public safety, and package delivery.
- SKYbrary (Eurocontrol) 2023 SKYBRARY SKYbrary article
Pilot Fatigue — SKYbrary Knowledge Base
SKYbrary pilot fatigue review — circadian biology, biomathematical models (SAFE/FAID), commuting impacts, regulatory frameworks (FAR 117 + EU 83/2014). Cross-references the Colgan 3407 fatigue findings.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy-Aware Routing Algorithm for Mobile Ground-to-Air Charging
We investigate the problem of energy-constrained planning for a cooperative system of an Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Joint Scheduling and Trajectory Optimization of Charging UAV in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks
Wireless rechargeable sensor networks with a charging unmanned aerial vehicle (CUAV) have the broad application prospects in the power supply of the rechargeable sensor nodes (SNs).
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Joint Power and 3D Trajectory Optimization for UAV-enabled Wireless Powered Communication Networks with Obstacles
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) are promising technologies in 5G/6G wireless communications, while there are several challenges about UAV power allocation and schedul…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Resource Scheduling for UAVs-aided D2D Networks: A Multi-objective Optimization Approach
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-aided device-todevice (D2D) networks have attracted great interests with the development of 5G/6G communications, while there are several challenges about resource scheduling in UAVs-aided…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy-Efficient Secure Offloading System Designed via UAV-Mounted Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Resilience Enhancement
With increasing interest in mmWave and THz communication systems, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been suggested as a key enabling technology to establish robust line-of-…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Alpha-Fair Routing in Urban Air Mobility with Risk-Aware Constraints
In the vision of urban air mobility, air transport systems serve the demands of urban communities by routing flight traffic in networks formed by vertiports and flight corridors.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A review of variable-pitch propellers and their control strategies in aerospace systems
The relentless pursuit of aircraft flight efficiency has thrust variable-pitch propeller technology into the forefront of aviation innovation.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A City-centric Approach to Estimate and Evaluate Global Urban Air Mobility Demand
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is expected to effectively complement the existing transportation system by providing fast and safe travel options, contributing to decarbonization, and providing benefits to citizens and communi…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Robust Adaptive MPC Using Uncertainty Compensation
This paper presents an uncertainty compensation-based robust adaptive model predictive control (MPC) framework for linear systems with both matched and unmatched nonlinear uncertainties subject to both state and input co…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
6-DOF All-Terrain Cyclocopter
This paper presents the design of a 6-DOF all-terrain micro aerial vehicle and two control strategies for multimodal flight, which are experimentally validated.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Can Urban Air Mobility become reality? Opportunities, challenges and selected research results
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.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Large-eddy simulations of the NACA23012 airfoil with laser-scanned ice shapes
In this study, five ice shapes generated at NASA Glenn's Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) are simulated at multiple angles of attack (Broeren et al., J. of Aircraft, 2018).
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Battery-Electric Powertrain System Design for the HorizonUAM Multirotor Air Taxi Concept
The work presented herein has been conducted within the DLR internal research project HorizonUAM, which encompasses research within numerous areas related to urban air mobility.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Automating Bird Diverter Installation through Multi-Aerial Robots and Signal Temporal Logic Specifications
This paper tackles the task assignment and trajectory generation problem for bird diverter installation using a fleet of multi-rotors.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Integrating Vertidrome Management Tasks into U-space
U-space as defined by the European Commission is a set of new services relying on a high level of digitalization and automation of functions and specific procedures, designed to provide safe, efficient and secure access …
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Towards 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.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Closing the Loop on Runtime Monitors with Fallback-Safe MPC
When we rely on deep-learned models for robotic perception, we must recognize that these models may behave unreliably on inputs dissimilar from the training data, compromising the closed-loop system's safety.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Multi-task Learning Framework for Drone State Identification and Trajectory Prediction
The rise of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, as well as the vulnerability of the UAVs' sensors, has led to the need for proper monitoring systems for detecting any abnormal behavior of the UAV.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Geometry Enhanced Optimal Control Technique for Acrobatic Flip Motion of Quadcopter
A nonlinear optimal control strategy, named the geometry enhanced finite time $\boldsymbol{θ-}$D technique, is proposed to manipulate the acrobatic flip flight of variable pitch (VP) quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Design and Validation of a Wireless Drone Docking Station
Drones are increasingly operating autonomously, and the need for extending drone power autonomy is rapidly increasing. One of the most promising solutions to extend drone power autonomy is the use of docking stations to …
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Applied design thinking in urban air mobility: creating the airtaxi cabin design of the future from a user perspective
In the course of developing digital and future aviation cabin concepts at the German Aerospace Center, the exploration of user-centered and acceptance-enhancing methods plays a central role.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
The Feasibility of Electric Air Taxis: Balancing Time Savings and CO$_2$ Emissions -- A joint case study of respective plans in Paris
This paper evaluates the sustainability of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in urban and regional mobility, using Paris as a case study. Paris is committed to eco-friendly transportation and has introduced AAM, including elec…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Safe and Stable Adaptive Control for a Class of Dynamic Systems
Adaptive control has focused on online control of dynamic systems in the presence of parametric uncertainties, with solutions guaranteeing stability and control performance.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Attenuation of long waves through regions of irregular floating ice and bathymetry
Existing theoretical results for attenuation of surface waves propagating on water of random fluctuating depth are shown to over predict the rate of decay due to the way in which ensemble averaging is performed.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Shape effect on ice melting in flowing water
Iceberg melting is a critical factor for climate change, contributing to rising sea levels and climate change. However, the shape of an iceberg is an often neglected aspect of its melting process.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
AVARS -- Alleviating Unexpected Urban Road Traffic Congestion using UAVs
Reducing unexpected urban traffic congestion caused by en-route events (e.g., road closures, car crashes, etc.) often requires fast and accurate reactions to choose the best-fit traffic signals.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Chasing the Intruder: A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Tracking Intruder Drones
Drones are becoming versatile in a myriad of applications. This has led to the use of drones for spying and intruding into the restricted or private air spaces.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Integrated Robotics Networks with Co-optimization of Drone Placement and Air-Ground Communications
Terrestrial robots, i.e., unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and aerial robots, i.e., unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), operate in separate spaces.
- NASA NTRS 2023 ARC Technical Memorandum (TM)
Establishing a Pathway to Greener Aviation
The burning and production of jet fuel in both commercial and regional planes at a high volume releases extreme levels of carbon emission as of its current state.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Study on Workload Assessment and Usability of Wind-Aware User Interface for Small Unmanned Aircraft System Remote Operations
This study evaluates pilots' cognitive workload and situational awareness during remote small unmanned aircraft system operations in different wind conditions.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Research on Damage Analysis of Key Parts of UAV Flight Control System
A set of hardware in the loop simulation methods based on the UAV model is proposed to create fault data, which is used to judge the parts where faults happen.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Rapid droplet leads the Liquid-Infused Slippery Surfaces more slippery
The introduction of lubricant between fluid and substrate endows the Liquid-Infused Slippery Surfaces with excellent wetting properties: low contact angle, various liquids repellency, ice-phobic and self-healing.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Dataset Generation for Drone Optimal Placement Using Machine Learning
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone is increasingly becoming a promising tool in communication system. This report explains the generation details of a dataset which will be used to designing an algorithm for the opt…
- NASA NTRS 2023 ARC Conference Paper
Vibration Anomaly Indicator in UAVs in presence of Wind
One of the critical factors affecting flight safety of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is the amount of vibration they are exposed during a flight.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (British Journal of Anaesthesia)
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.
- FAA CAMI 2023 CAMI CAMI technical report
Reports on Toxicological Findings in Fatal Civil Aviation Accidents
Annual toxicology summary of pilots and other crew from fatal U.S. civil aviation accidents. Documents the prevalence of legal and illicit drugs, sedating antihistamines, antidepressants, cannabinoids, and other CNS-acti…
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Traffic Management Framework for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Systems
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a solution to current traffic congestion by providing on-demand air mobility in urban areas. Effective traffic management is crucial for efficient operation of UAM systems, especially for …
- Flight Safety Foundation 2023 FSF FSF / AeroSafety World
AeroSafety World — Fatigue Science in the Cockpit (Special Issue)
AeroSafety World magazine special issue on fatigue science in commercial aviation — biomathematical models (SAFE, FAID), commuting impacts, ultra-long-range operation patterns.
- arXiv 2023 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Physics-Based Trajectory Design for Cellular-Connected UAV in Rainy Environments Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained increasing attention due to their potential to enhance conventional UAV capabilities by leveraging existing cellular infrastructure for reliable communicatio…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
A Bayesian approach on investigating Helicopter Emergency Medical Fatal Accidents
This paper analyzed the likelihood of a fatality based on various factors in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and analyzing it through a Bayesian logistic regression.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper investigated how willing participants were to fly during COVID-19, and found that their major concerns involved fear and trust issues with airlines, information, and other people.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
Examining Aviation Navigation Display Symbology in Visual Search
This paper investigated whether the design of air traffic symbols affected users speed and accuracy in identification, and which features of the symbols were most effective.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
Immunological and hematological outcomes following protracted low dose/low dose rate ionizing radiation and simulated microgravity
An original research article describing the adaptation of the immune and hematological systems of mice post-simulated spaceflight exposure.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
Chinese hamster V79 cells’ dependence on background ionizing radiation for optimal growth
This paper shows how high-throughput RNA sequencing can explore minute changes in gene regulation, a technique now widely used in experiments designed to predict how we will respond to life in space.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 ERAU Faculty research project
Use of Augmented Reality by Older Adults
This paper discusses how proposed AR heuristics apply to the older adult population and how these heuristics can enhance the benefits of AR technology.