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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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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Anthropometry Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Flight Deck Displays and Controls: Literature Review
The regulatory requirements and guidance for showing compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration anthropometric considerations in aircraft design are widely dispersed in an array of source documents.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Space Harpoon Projectile Analysis for Space Debris Capture
Space debris will become a more prevalent issue in this decade as technological advancements and greater dependencies on communications require more satellites in orbit, with some companies already hosting mega-constella…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Air passenger demand forecast through the use of Artificial Neural Network algorithms
Airport planning depends to a large extent on the levels of activity that are anticipated. In order to plan facilities and infrastructures of an airport system and to be able to satisfy future needs, it is essential to p…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
The Persistence of Safety Silence: How Flight Deck Microcultures Influence the Efficacy of Crew Resource Management
The majority of First Officers and Captains feel that Captains establish the tone of the flight deck microculture. However, the majority of these pilots also report that as First Officers, they have hesitated to share sa…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Accuracy of Commercially-Available Speech Recognition Systems in Identifying PIREP Terminology
Pilot Reports (PIREPs) are an important source of information that aids, other pilots, air traffic control, and operational aviation meteorologists in terms of forecasting and updating weather advisories such as SIGMETs.…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Aviation Risk Management
Risk management plans form a central part of all projects. However, projects in industries such as aviation and aerospace face serious risks due to the inherent hazards that may endanger the lives of those who utilize th…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Air passenger demand forecast through the use of Artificial Neural Network algorithms
Airport planning depends to a large extent on the levels of activity that are anticipated. To plan the facilities and infrastructures of an airport system and to be able to satisfy future needs, it is essential to predic…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Optimization of Lean and Agile Supply Chain Management Practices in the Aviation Industry
Organizations that provide products and/or services must be able to execute fast, adaptive supply and (fluctuating) demand practices. From producers to consumers, and every stakeholder involved throughout the supply chai…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Effectiveness of a Flight Simulation Training Visual Aid for Normal and Crosswind Approach and Landing
Flight simulators have a significant contribution to effective and efficient flight training across the globe. Significant literature has suggested the effectiveness of simulation tools in training pilots in different sc…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Fatigue in Aircraft Maintenance Technician Schools
Fatigue has long been identified as a human factor in aviation. Subsequently, a series of studies have highlighted fatigue-related elements within the context of the aviation industry, focusing on the flight deck – with …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Stroboscopic Augmented Reality as an Approach to Mitigate Gravitational Transition Effects During Interplanetary Spaceflight
During interplanetary spaceflight, periods of extreme gravitational transitions will occur such as transitions between hypergravity, hypogravity, and microgravity.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT IN RAMP HANDLING OPERATIONS: RISK MAPPING FOR TURKISH AIRPORTS
Ramp handling acts a vital role in sustainable airport operations. The ramp related services provided to aircraft and their passengers at the airports are related to the landing, take-off, unloading and loading of the ai…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
GA Pilot Perceptions of Speech Systems to Transcribe and Submit PIREPs
Flying into hazardous weather can be a cause of aviation incidents and accidents. Accidents involving general aviation (GA) pilots who are not instrument rated who fly into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) are …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Native Language Effects on Flight Training Performance
Several high-profile commercial aviation accidents in the past that were caused in part by inadequate English language proficiency confirmed the importance of clear and concise communication between air traffic controlle…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Organizational Networks, and Management of Disruptions in the Airline Ground Operation Process During Seasonal Crises
This study focuses on informal relationships between airlines and suppliers in managing disruptions in the airline ground operation process during peak times in the summer seasons.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research)
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Simulations for Civilian, Ab Initio Pilot Training
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Safety Science)
Safety and security implications of crisis-driven austerity HRM practices in commercial aviation: A structural equation modelling approach
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Electronic Research Archive)
Fatigue detection method for UAV remote pilot based on multi feature fusion
In recent years, UAV industry is developing rapidly and vigorously. However, so far, there is no relevant research on the fatigue detection method for UAV remote pilot, which is the core technology to ensure the flight s…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article
Automatic speech recognition in noise polluted cockpit environments for monitoring the approach briefing in commercial aviation
The language processing part of the overall system is described, which is a commercially available automatic speech recognition system trained on aviation specific vocabulary and strategies for dealing with cockpit noise…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy-Efficient Trajectory Design for UAV-Aided Maritime Data Collection in Wind
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially fixed-wing ones that withstand strong winds, have great potential for oceanic exploration and research.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Wireless-Enabled Asynchronous Federated Fourier Neural Network for Turbulence Prediction in Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
To meet the growing mobility needs in intra-city transportation, the concept of urban air mobility (UAM) has been proposed in which vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft are used to provide a ride-hailing service.…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Aerial Base Station Positioning and Power Control for Securing Communications: A Deep Q-Network Approach
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is one of the technological breakthroughs that supports a variety of services, including communications.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimization for Master-UAV-powered Auxiliary-Aerial-IRS-assisted IoT Networks: An Option-based Multi-agent Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
This paper investigates a master unmanned aerial vehicle (MUAV)-powered Internet of Things (IoT) network, in which we propose using a rechargeable auxiliary UAV (AUAV) equipped with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Modulation property of flexural-gravity waves on a water surface covered by a compressed ice sheet
We study the nonlinear modulation property of flexural-gravity waves on a water surface covered by a compressed ice sheet of given thickness and density in a basin of a constant depth.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Spreading, pinching, and coalescence: the Ohnesorge units
Understanding the kinematics and dynamics of spreading, pinching, and coalescence of drops is critically important for a diverse range of applications involving spraying, printing, coating, dispensing, emulsification, an…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Multiagent Control of Airplane Wing Stability with "Feathers" under the Flexural Torsional Flutter
This paper proposes a novel method for the prevention of the unbounded oscillation of an aircraft wings under the flexural torsion flutter.
- NASA NTRS 2021 ARC Conference Paper
Adaptive Stress Testing of Collision Avoidance Systems for Small UASs with Deep Reinforcement Learning
The next-generation Airborne Collision Avoidance System for smaller UASs (ACAS sXu) is currently being developed and tested by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide detect-and-avoid capability for small un…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Dataset of Stationary, Fixed-wing Aircraft on a Collision Course for Vision-Based Sense and Avoid
The emerging global market for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services is anticipated to reach USD 58.4 billion by 2026, spurring significant efforts to safely integrate routine UAV operations into the national airspace i…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Bounded Distance-control for Multi-UAV Formation Safety and Preservation in Target-tracking Applications
The notion of safety in multi-agent systems assumes great significance in many emerging collaborative multi-robot applications. In this paper, we present a multi-UAV collaborative target-tracking application by defining …
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Estimating the non-dimensional energy of vortex rings by modelling their roll-up
The non-dimensional energy of starting vortex rings typically converges to values around 0.33 when they are created by a cylinder piston or a bluff body translating at a constant speed.
- FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) 2021 MITRE MITRE reference architecture
UAS BVLOS Airspace Integration Reference Architecture
MITRE technical reference architecture for BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) UAS operations in the NAS. Defines detect-and-avoid + remote-ID + UTM integration patterns.
- FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) 2021 FAA-TC FAA Tech Center damage-tolerance study
Composite Damage Tolerance Inspection Methods for Aging Aircraft
Hughes Technical Center damage-tolerance research for composite structures — ultrasonic + thermography NDI methods for impact damage detection. Underpins FAA AC 20-107B composite-aircraft maintenance guidance.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Joint Cluster Head Selection and Trajectory Planning in UAV-Aided IoT Networks by Reinforcement Learning with Sequential Model
Employing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has attracted growing interests and emerged as the state-of-the-art technology for data collection in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Multi-UAV Conflict Resolution with Graph Convolutional Reinforcement Learning
Safety is the primary concern when it comes to air traffic. In-flight safety between Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) is ensured through pairwise separation minima, utilizing conflict detection and resolution methods.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
UAV-based Crowd Surveillance in Post COVID-19 Era
To cope with the current pandemic situation and reinstate pseudo-normal daily life, several measures have been deployed and maintained, such as mask wearing, social distancing, hands sanitizing, etc.
- NASA NTRS 2021 ARC Technical Memorandum (TM)
Development of Near-term Urban Air Mobility Routes and Airspace Integration
Growing interest in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has been demonstrated by a great deal of investment in related research made by industry, government, and academia.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Software Tool for Evaluating Unmanned Autonomous Systems
The North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University (NC A&T) in collaboration with Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed methodologies for creating simulation-based technology tools that are capa…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Flight Control System Design for Autonomous Aerial Surveys of Volcanoes
The controller for a quadrotor working in severe environment is developed in this study. Here, the severe environment indicates the temperature-varying air near the volcano.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Location-aware Beamforming for MIMO-enabled UAV Communications: An Unknown Input Observer Approach
Numerous communications and networking challenges prevent deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in extreme environments where the existing wireless technologies are mainly ground-focused; and, as a consequence, the a…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Anomalous convective flows carve pinnacles and scallops in melting ice
We report on the shape dynamics of ice suspended in cold fresh water and subject to the natural convective flows generated during melting.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Prediction of nonlinear interface dynamics in the unidirectional freezing of particle suspensions with rigid compacted layer
Water freezing in particle suspensions widely exists in nature. As a typical physical system of free boundary problem, the spatiotemporal evolution of the solid/liquid interface not only origins from phase transformation…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Drone delivery: Reliable Cellular UAV Communication Using Multi-Operator Diversity
The market size of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a drones) can reach up to 10% of the global market value. In particular, drone delivery is one of the most attractive applications.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Spatio-Temporal Split Learning for Autonomous Aerial Surveillance using Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Networks
Autonomous surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are deployed to observe the streets of the city for any suspicious activities.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Obstacle Avoidance for UAS in Continuous Action Space Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Obstacle avoidance for small unmanned aircraft is vital for the safety of future urban air mobility (UAM) and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM).
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Adaptive and quasi-sliding control of shimmy in landing gears
Shimmy is a dangerous phenomenon that occurs when aircraft's nose landing gears oscillate in a rapid and uncontrollable fashion. In this paper, we propose the use of two nonlinear control approaches (zero average control…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
High Spots for the Ice-Fishing Problem with Surface Tension
In the ice-fishing problem, a half-space of fluid lies below an infinite rigid plate (``the ice'') with a hole. In this paper, we investigate the ice-fishing problem including the effects of surface tension on the free s…
- NASA NTRS 2021 GSFC Presentation
Psyche Hardware Abstraction Simulation Environment (PHASE): Development of High-Fidelity Downlink Model for Flight Software Performance Testing
NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Independent Test Capability (ITC) Team develops high fidelity software-only simulations (or “digital-twins”) of NASA’s most critical missions that a…
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Salt-fingering in seasonally ice-covered lakes
When ice forms on lakes, dissolved salts are rejected, which can lead to under-ice salt-finger formation. We performed a series of laboratory experiments to visualize these fingers.
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Framework for eVTOL Performance Evaluation in Urban Air Mobility Realm
In this paper, we developed a generalized simulation framework for the evaluation of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) in the context of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) and …
- arXiv 2021 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Data-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning for Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs: Field Experiments
Attitude control of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a difficult control problem in part due to uncertain nonlinear dynamics, actuator constraints, and coupled longitudinal and lateral motions.