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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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- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Technical Memorandum (TM)
San Francisco Bar Pilot Fatigue Study
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent of fatigue among San Francisco Bar Pilots (Maritime Pilots) and its potential impact on safety, and to make recommendations concerning how the risk of fatigue could be…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Effect of resistance training on muscle use during exercise
This study examined the effect of resistance training on exercise-induced contrast shift in magnetic resonance (MR) images. It was hypothesized that a given load could be lifted after training with less muscle showing co…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Video
Langley's 50th Year
This video gives an historical overview of Langley Research Center's major achievements in aeronautics and astronautics research between the years 1917-1967.
- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Presentation
Pilot/Controller Coordinated Decision Making in the Next Generation Air Transportation System
Introduction: NextGen technologies promise to provide considerable benefits in terms of enhancing operations and improving safety. However, there needs to be a thorough human factors evaluation of the way these systems w…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
Aircraft icing: Introduction
The objectives of the Workshop were as follows: (1) to assess the current understanding of fixed wing and rotorcraft operational icing environments and problems (2) to evaluate facilities requirements for R&D and certifi…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Special Publication (SP)
Applications of research on human decision making
Human decision making in manned space flight including topics on memory models, signal detection, and pilot performance
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Technical Memorandum (TM)
Flight simulators. Part 1: Present situation and trends. Part 2: Implications for training
The present situation and developments in the technology of flight simulators based on digital computers are evaluated from the standpoint of training airline flight crews.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
Slewing maneuvers and vibration control of space structures by feedforward/feedback moment-gyro controls
This paper presents a moment-gyro control approach to the maneuver and vibration suppression of a flexible truss arm undergoing a constant slewing motion.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - NASA Standards (STD)
Range Flight Safety Requirements
The purpose of this NASA Technical Standard is to provide the technical requirements for the NPR 8715.5, Range Flight Safety Program, in regards to protection of the public, the NASA workforce, and property as it pertain…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
Optimal recovery from microburst wind shear
The flight path of a twin-jet transport aircraft is optimized in a microburst encounter during approach to landing. The objective is to execute an escape maneuver that maintains safe ground clearance and an adequate stal…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Deep stall characteristics of MU-300
The deep stall characteristics of the MU-300 Diamond aircraft are described. The MU-300 obtained type certification from the FAA in 1981, and from Canada, West Germany, and England in 1983.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Proceedings
Antecedents and analogues - Experimental aircraft
The paper reviews the development of experimental aircraft from 1953 to the present. Consideration is given to the X-series experimental aircraft, to X-15 (the first aerospace plane), to the transition of experimental ai…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Other
Human factors: Aeronautics
The objectives of the Aeronautics Human Factors Research and Technology program are to provide the technology base and capability to design effective crew-cockpit systems and to advance solutions to human problems affect…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Reprint (Version printed in journal)
The Sub-bureau for Atmospheric Angular Momentum of the International Earth Rotation Service - A meteorological data center with geodetic applications
By exchanging angular momentum with the solid portion of the earth, the atmosphere plays a vital role in exciting small but measurable changes in the rotation of our planet.
- Semantic Scholar 2019 Article (Journal of The American Geriatrics Society)
Pain Management in Nursing Home Residents: Findings from a Pilot Effectiveness‐Implementation Study
To evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a multilevel pain management intervention in nursing homes (NHs) comprising a pain management guideline, care worker training, and pain champions.
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Research on Autonomous Maneuvering Decision of UCAV based on Approximate Dynamic Programming
Unmanned aircraft systems can perform some more dangerous and difficult missions than manned aircraft systems. In some highly complicated and changeable tasks, such as air combat, the maneuvering decision mechanism is re…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Special Publication (SP)
Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire Missions. Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 44
In 2006, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., obtained a civil version of the General Atomics MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system and modified it for research purposes.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Other
NASA research experience on jet aircraft control problems in severe turbulence
Wind tunnel tests, flight simulation tests, and flight tests on jet aircraft control in severe atmospheric turbulence
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Video
Airline Safety and Economy
This video documents efforts at NASA Langley Research Center to improve safety and economy in aircraft. Featured are the cockpit weather information needs computer system, which relays real time weather information to th…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Conference Paper
Certification
Objective 1: Provide regulators with a methodology for development of airworthiness requirements for certification of UAS. a) Rationale: a comprehensive methodology does not currently exist to support development of regu…
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Planning Framework for Persistent, Multi-UAV Coverage with Global Deconfliction
Planning for multi-robot coverage seeks to determine collision-free paths for a fleet of robots, enabling them to collectively observe points of interest in an environment.
- NASA NTRS 2019 JPL Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Spacebased Estimation of Moisture Transport in Marine Atmosphere Using Support Vector Regression
An improved algorithm is developed based on support vector regression (SVR) to estimate horizonal water vapor transport integrated through the depth of the atmosphere ((Theta)) over the global ocean from observations of …
- NASA NTRS 2019 KSC Conference Paper
Space Shuttle Corrosion Protection Performance
The reusable Manned Space Shuttle has been flying into Space and returning to earth for more than 25 years. The launch pad environment can be corrosive to metallic substrates and the Space Shuttles are exposed to this en…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other
N.A.C.A. Stall-Warning Device
With some airplanes the approach to the stall is accompanied by changes in the behavior, such as tail buffeting or changes in the control characteristics of the airplane so that the pilot obtains a warning of the impendi…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - Patent
Dual Expander Cycle Rocket Engine with an Intermediate, Closed-cycle Heat Exchanger
A dual expander cycle (DEC) rocket engine with an intermediate closed-cycle heat exchanger is provided. A conventional DEC rocket engine has a closed-cycle heat exchanger thermally coupled thereto.
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Trajectory-Based Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Operations Simulator (TUS)
Nowadays, the demand for optimized services in urban environments to provide better society wellness is increasing. In this sense, ground transportation in dense urban environments has been facing challenges for many yea…
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Towards Integrating Formal Verification of Autonomous Robots with Battery Prognostics and Health Management
The battery is a key component of autonomous robots. Its performance limits the robot's safety and reliability. Unlike liquid-fuel, a battery, as a chemical device, exhibits complicated features, including (i) capacity f…
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Domain-Knowledge-Aided Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Flight Control Design
This paper aims to examine the potential of using the emerging deep reinforcement learning techniques in flight control. Instead of learning from scratch, we suggest to leverage domain knowledge available in learning to …
- NASA NTRS 2019 GSFC Reprint (Version printed in journal)
The Effects of Safety Information on Aeronautical Decision Making
The importance of aeronautical decision making (ADM) has been considered one of the most critical issues of flight education for future professional pilots.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - NASA Memorandum (MEMO)
Crash-Fire Protection System for T-56 Turbopropeller Engine Using Water as Cooling and Inerting Agent
A crash-fire protection system to suppress the ignition of crash-spilled fuel that may be ingested by a T-56 turbopropeller engine is described.
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Thrust Characteristics of Multiple Lifting Jets in Ground Proximity
An investigation has been made to determine the thrust characteristics within ground proximity of a series of models which might represent vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft with multiple exit jet engines exha…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
A Combined Water-Bromotrifluoromethane Crash-Fire Protection System for a T-56 Turbopropeller Engine
A crash-fire protection system is described which will suppress the ignition of crash-spilled fuel that may be ingested by a T-56 turbo-propeller engine.
- NASA NTRS 2019 GSFC Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Another Approach to Enhance Airline Safety: Using Management Safety Tools
The ultimate goal of conducting an accident investigation is to prevent similar accidents from happening again and to make operations safer system-wide.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Four-Propeller Deflected Slipstream VTOL Model Including the Effects of Ground Proximity
Results are presented of a wind-tunnel investigation of the longitudinal stability, control, and performance characteristics of a model of a four-propeller deflected-slipstream VTOL airplane in the transition speed range…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Book
The Airline Quality Rating 2003
The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other
Pilot Program for the Development of Classification and Accuracy Assessment Methods and Improved Accessibility for Landsat and Related GIS Data and Technology Transfer of These Methods to State and Local Governments
This project has a single, comprehensive objective that is manifested in many tangible products and impacts throughout the state and the mid-south region.
- arXiv 2019 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Persistent Surveillance With Energy-Constrained UAVs and Mobile Charging Stations
We address the problem of achieving persistent surveillance over an environment by using energy-constrained unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are supported by unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) serving as mobile chargi…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Investigation of a Water-Pond Arresting of a Dynamic Model of a Jet Transport
Brief dynamic-model tests have been made at the request of the Federal Aviation Agency to investigate the use of a shallow pond of water at the end of a runway as a means of arresting jet-transport aircraft when they are…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Conference Proceedings
The Conference Proceedings of the 1998 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society
Thirteen papers (presentations) from the 8th World Conference on Transportation Research are presented. Topics include European Airline competition, cost analyses, performance evaluations, deregulation; aviation policy i…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Quality Training and Learning in Aviation: Problems of Alignment
The challenge of producing training programs that lead to quality learning outcomes is ever present in aviation, especially when economic and regulatory pressures are brought into the equation.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
A Summary of Operating Conditions Experienced by Three Military Helicopters and a Mountain-Based Commercial Helicopter
The results of a survey of the flight conditions experienced by three military helicopters engaged in simulated and actual military missions, and a commercial helicopter operated in the mountainous terrain surrounding De…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Aviation System Safety and Pilot Risk Perception: Implications for Enhancing Decision-Making Skills
This research explores risk perception in a defined population of flight instructors and the implications of these views for flight training.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Conference Paper
Cloudy 94 and Applications to Quasar Emission Line Regions
This review discusses the most recent developments of the plasma simulation code Cloudy and its application to the, emission-line regions of quasars.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Conference Proceedings
Human Factors Certification of Advanced Aviation Technologies
Proceedings of the Human Factors Certification of Advanced Aviation Technologies Conference held at the Chateau de Bonas, near Toulouse, France, 19-23 July 1993.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Reprint (Version printed in journal)
The Effect of Corporate Influence in the Short Haul Business Travel Market
The importance of corporate involvement in the decision making process for business related air travel is being increasingly recognised in the literature. Business travellers consume air services (i.e.
- NASA NTRS 2019 GSFC Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Corporate Social Responsibility in Aviation
The dialog within aviation management education regarding ethics is incomplete without a discussion of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Technical Memorandum (TM)
Ditching Investigation of a Dynamic Model of a HU2K-1 Helicopter
Various configurations and approach conditions were investigated in order to determine the ditching behavior and the best ditching procedure.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Conference Paper
Icing: Accretion, Detection, Protection
The global aircraft industry and its regulatory agencies are currently involved in three major icing efforts: ground icing; advanced technologies for in-flight icing; and tailplane icing.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Reprint (Version printed in journal)
The Effect of Corporate Influence in the Short Haul Business Travel Market
The importance of corporate involvement in the decision making process for business related air travel is being increasingly recognized in the literature. Business travellers consume air services (i.e.
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Reprint (Version printed in journal)
The ''Rock'': The Role of the Press in Bringing about Change in Aircraft Accident Policy
From 1926 to 1938, the Aeronautics Branch, forerunner of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), had been charged with aircraft accident investigation.