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5,883 papers · NASA NTRS, NTSB, FAA CAMI
NASA NTRS · 1,269 NTSB Safety Studies · 12 NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports · 17 Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons · 1,993
172 matches · Environmental Science
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article
“Old” and “new” safety thinking: Perspectives of aviation safety investigators
Abstract The development of various safety paradigms over time has led to public discussions that tend to highlight a dichotomy between the so-called “old” and “new” safety thinking.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Brain, behavior, and immunity)
Pilot Study of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Fatigue for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: Inflammatory and Epigenetic Changes
This pilot study examined whether a combined aerobic resistance exercise program reduced fatigue and the potential inflammatory and epigenetic mechanisms in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving intensity-mo…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Transportation Science)
Aviation Safety: A Whole New World?
In 2017, over four billion passengers worldwide embarked on air journeys on scheduled flights. Only eight of them were killed in air accidents. Viewed in isolation, this outcome would suggest that ...
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology)
Sensing for aerospace combustor health monitoring
Purpose This paper proposes new methods of fault detection for fuel systems in order to improve system availability. Novel fault systems are required for environmentally friendly lean burn combustion, but can carry high …
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article
Analysis of Runway Incursion Trends: Implications for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Investments
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Transportation Research Procedia)
Urban Air Mobility: Safety Challenges
Abstract Aviation industry has increased its potential in the last 100 years. From the first steps whereas aviation 1.0 can be defined as the period between the first powered flight (1903) and the advent of the first com…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Safety Science)
Safety intelligence: Incremental proactive risk management for holistic aviation safety performance
Abstract Aviation safety is traditionally managed based on the analysis of accidents and incidents. Such strategies allowed aviation safety to evolve greatly, but have the major drawback of being reactive, i.e.
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (2019 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS))
Challenges in Vehicle Safety and Occupant Protection for Autonomous electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Vehicles
The burgeoning electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle industry has generated a significant level of enthusiasm amongst aviation designers, manufacturers and researchers.
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum)
Analysis of interactions between Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations and current air traffic in urban areas: Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) study for UAM Operations
This paper presents a preliminary modeling and analysis of interactions between proposed UAM operations and present-day conventional traffic if UAM operations occurred along FAAapproved helicopter routes and altitude cei…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Case Studies on Transport Policy)
Investigating the moderating effects of multi group on safety performance: The case of civil aviation
Abstract The main purpose of this study is to analyze the moderating effects of the multi-group in the relationship safety management system (SMS) and human factors (HF) and civil aviation safety (CAS) performance and to…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Computing in Civil Engineering)
Vision-model-based Real-time Localization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Autonomous Structure Inspection under GPS-denied Environment
UAVs have been widely used in visual inspections of buildings, bridges and other structures. In either outdoor autonomous or semi-autonomous flights missions strong GPS signal is vital for UAV to locate its own positions…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (International Journal of Aviation Management)
How does aviation industry measure safety performance Current practice and limitations
In this paper we present a review of existing aviation safety metrics and we lay the foundation for our four-years research project entitled “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management System…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology)
Meteorological Impacts on Commercial Aviation Delays and Cancellations in the Continental United States
Weather creates numerous operational and safety hazards within the National Airspace System (NAS). In 2014, extreme weather events attributed 4.3% to the total number of delay minutes recorded by the Bureau of Transporta…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Ecography)
Aeroecology meets aviation safety: early warning systems in Europe and the Middle East prevent collisions between birds and aircraft
The aerosphere is utilized by billions of birds, moving for different reasons and from short to great distances spanning tens of thousands of kilometres.
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article
Human Performance Contributions to Safety in Commercial Aviation
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Safety Science)
Forecasting and assessing consequences of aviation safety occurrences
Abstract Aviation safety is essential for the healthy growth and sustainability of the global economy. The implementation of Safety Management Systems to support safe service delivery has become one of the most important…
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Transportation Research Procedia)
Consequences of flight crew fatigue on the safety of civil aviation
Abstract From the scientific research and accident investigations, we are aware of the effects of fatigue on our performance. The 24/7 nature of aviation business implies that fatigue will always be a risk factor.
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Policy and Practice in Health and Safety)
Design, scope and focus of safety recommendations: results from aviation safety investigations
Abstract Literature and industry standards do not mention inclusive guidelines to generate safety recommendations. Following a literature review, we suggest nine design criteria as well as the classification of safety re…
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Sustainability)
A Hybrid HFACS-BN Model for Analysis of Mongolian Aviation Professionals’ Awareness of Human Factors Related to Aviation Safety
Safety is crucial to ensure the sustainability of aviation growth. To better clarify the influences of human factors on aviation accident risks, this study developed a hybrid HFACS-BN model (HFACS: Human Factors Analysis…
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies)
A causal encounter model of traffic collision avoidance system operations for safety assessment and advisory optimization in high-density airspace
Abstract The traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) acts as a proverbially accepted last-resort means to resolve encounters effectively, while it also has been proven to potentially induce a collision in the hectic ai…
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article
Commercial Aviation Safety Survey
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology)
Development taxonomy of human risk factors for corporate sustainability in aviation sector
PurposeContemporary management and strategy mean optimization of ingredient factors such as human factors, systems, operations and equipment.
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article
IMPLEMENTATION OF AVIATION SAFETY STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY: A CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Safety Science)
Generating synthetic aviation safety data to resample or establish new datasets
Abstract Aviation safety data are limited in availability due to their confidential nature. Some aggregated overviews already exist but in order to effectively use the data, it is important to fill the gaps of their exis…
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article
Aircraft icing: an ongoing threat to aviation safety
A comprehensive review of the past research on aircraft icing is presented, including a simple introduction to the recently rising issue on supercooled large droplet (SLD) icing.
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article
Safety knowledge transfer through mobile virtual reality: A study of aviation life preserver donning
Virtual Reality techniques are used, adapting them to the constraints imposed by on-board aircraft use, such as usage on non-immersive, small displays, and show that the participants who use the mobile VR tool were able …
- Semantic Scholar 2018 Article (Consumer Communications and Networking Conference)
AMELIA: An application of the Internet of Things for aviation safety
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
Statistical modelling of runway incursion occurences in the United States
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance)
A Review of General Aviation Safety (1984-2017).
Research findings over the past 30 yr will be reviewed, and areas in which general aviation occupant survival could be improved and injury severity mitigated will be discussed with the view of equipping aircraft with cra…
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
AVIATION SAFETY REGULATION IN THE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRPORT
Safety is at the heart of the aviation system, accident rates are on a steady downward trend with 2.1 accidents per million departures in 2016, representing the lowest annual aviation accident rate.
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (BioScience)
From Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential of Continent-Wide Radar Networks
Abstract Migratory animals provide a multitude of services and disservices—with benefits or costs in the order of billions of dollars annually.
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Aircraft Technology)
Aviation 4.0: More Safety through Automation and Digitization
The world is talking about the Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution, that is, the current trend of higher level of automation, digitalization and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Ambio)
Crowded skies: Conflicts between expanding goose populations and aviation safety
We here review the collision risks posed by large-bodied, flocking geese to aircraft, exacerbated by recent major increases in northern hemisphere goose populations and air traffic volume.
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
INFLUENCING FACTORS OF RUNWAY INCURSION RISK AND THEIR INTERACTION MECHANISM BASED ON DEMATEL–ISM
The proposed DEMATEL-ISM method can analyze the influencing factors of runway incursions and their influencing mechanism, thereby offsetting the shortcomings of the linear risk factor statistical model and offering a nov…
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article
Improving Aviation Safety in Indonesia: How Many More Accidents?
Numerous and consecutive aircraft accidents combined with a consistent failure to meet international safety standards in Indonesia, namely from the International Civil Aviation Organization and the European Aviation Safe…
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article (Reliability Engineering & System Safety)
A framework for risk management decisions in aviation safety at state level
Aviation is a key industrial sector for global development. Safety is essential for its healthy growth. However its management is pervaded by simplistic methods based on risk matrices.
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article
Aviation safety and security
The goal of NASA’s Aviation Safety and Security Program (AvSSP) is to develop and demonstrate technologies that contribute to a reduction in the fatal aviation accident rate.
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article (International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety)
Review on civil aviation safety investment research
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article
Can we learn from aviation: safety enhancements in transport by achieving human orientated resilient shipping environment
It is well reported in the literature that more than 80% of shipping accidents are attributed to Human/organisational Error. Maritime community has realised that despite all the increased safety standards and technologic…
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article
Sensitivity analysis of stack power uncertainty in a PEMFC-based powertrain for aircraft application
Abstract Experimental data concerning the reliability of fuel cell systems (FCS) in aviation are still unavailable to technical community, while assessing reliability of a component or a whole system represents a fundame…
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article (Accident Analysis and Prevention)
Modelling runway incursion severity.
A structured framework for modelling causal factors and their relationship to severity is proposed, which includes a description of the airport surface system architecture, establishment of terminological definitions, th…
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article (Journal of Sleep Research)
Effects of sleep/wake history and circadian phase on proposed pilot fatigue safety performance indicators
The Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and Samn–Perelli fatigue ratings, and psychomotor vigilance task performance and mixed‐model analysis of variance examined associations between these measures and sleep/wake history, after…
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article
Commercial Aviation Safety, 5th Edition By Clarence Rodrigues;Stephen Cusick
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article
A risk-based framework for assessment of runway incursion events
A new framework is presented, which is based on the risk of scenarios associated with the initiation of runway incursion events, rather than on the outcomes of the events, to enable effective safety management for the mo…
- Semantic Scholar 2015 Article
The Impact of Safety Management Systems on Safety Performance: Commercial Aviation Operations
- Semantic Scholar 2014 Article (International Universities Power Engineering Conference)
Assessing network architectures for the more electric engine and aircraft
- Semantic Scholar 2014 Article (Risk Analysis)
Analysis of the Effects of Communication and Surveillance Facility Service Outages on Traffic Separations
Evidence is provided that unscheduled service outages of air traffic management facilities are associated with lost or reduced traffic separations and thus can be considered precursors to hazardous loss of separation eve…
- Semantic Scholar 2014 Article
Progress in Loss of Control Mitigation
- Semantic Scholar 2014 Article
Identification of Causal Paths and Prediction of Runway Incursion Risk by Means of Bayesian Belief Networks
The results in part confirm what is known about the causes of runway incursions, but more important shed light on multifaceted causal interactions in a modeling space that allows causal inference and evaluation of change…