Research papers

Latent human error analysis and efficient improvement strategies by fuzzy TOPSIS in aviation maintenance tasks.

This research establishes a new analytic process for investigating latent human error and provides a strategy for analyzing human error using fuzzy TOPSIS, which enhances the depth and broadness of human error analysis m…

TCAS algorithm for general aviation based on ADS-B

The proposed GA-TCAS alerts the pilot of upcoming potential conflicts, which are becoming increasingly common as the number of GA movements increases, using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and conflict…

Psychophysiological Sensing and State Classification for Attention Management in Commercial Aviation

These initial results are a first step toward the goal of demonstrating simultaneous real time classification of multiple states using multiple sensing modalities in high-fidelity flight simulators.

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A Model Based Approach to Design for Reliability and Safety of Critical Aeronautic Systems

This paper explores how the safety engineering practices applied to the aircraft design can be effectively associated to the MBSE, using the fuel system of a civil aircraft as an example.

Automation Transparency and Personalized Decision Support: Air Traffic Controller Interaction with a Resolution Advisory System

Abstract In order to satisfy future air travel demands, there is a need for a more automated and modernized air traffic control. Automation is expected to advance from its current principal utilization as software tools …

Selling safety: the use of celebrities in improving awareness of safety in commercial aviation

Results suggest that celebrities do increase the recall of safety-related information and subtitles were found to be effective, however, only in the presence of representative in-cabin aircraft noise.

Safety Culture in commercial aviation: differences in perspective between Chinese and Western pilots

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…

Aircraft Fuel System Fuzzy FMEA and FMECA Analysis

Through quantitative analysis,The paper use computer technology and mathematical methods, combined with FMEA and FMECA , the paper organized the failure of an aircraft fuel system parts in recent years ,we set up fault m…

Employing humour and celebrities to manipulate passengers’ attention to pre-flight safety briefing videos in commercial aviation

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…

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…

Maintenance Requirements in Aerospace Systems

Abstract The paper discusses the importance of granularity in maintenance requirements. This becomes significantly important when investigating false alarms that cannot be verified, nor duplicated under typical inspectio…

Commercial Aviation Safety, 5th Edition By Clarence Rodrigues;Stephen Cusick

Dynamic Data-driven Avionics Systems: Inferring Failure Modes from Data Streams

Abstract Dynamic Data-Driven Avionics Systems (DDDAS) embody ideas from the Dynamic Data- Driven Application Systems paradigm by creating a data-driven feedback loop that analyzes spatio-temporal data streams coming from…

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…

The Impact of Safety Management Systems on Safety Performance: Commercial Aviation Operations

Performance deterioration evaluation analysis of aircraft engine based on simulation

DEVELOPMENT OF A BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK RUNWAY INCURSION AND EXCURSION MODEL

The combined system-level BBN model will allow NASA to generically model the causes of RI and RE events and to assess the effectiveness of technology products being developed under NASA funding.

Consistency of the Relations of Cognitive Ability and Personality Traits to Pilot Training Performance

Examining the Effectiveness of Pre-Flight Cabin Safety Announcements in Commercial Aviation

Numerical simulation of crash impact test for fuel cell group of rotorcraft

Significant Human Risk Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Assessing network architectures for the more electric engine and aircraft

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…

Validation of New Technology Using Legacy Metrics: Examination of SURF-IA Alerting for Runway Incursion Incidents

Researcher: Robert Edward Joslin Title: VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY USING LEGACY METRICS: EXAMINATION OF SURF-IA ALERTING FOR RUNWAY INCURSION INCIDENTS Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Doctor o…

Pilot fatigue: relationships with departure and arrival times, flight duration, and direction.

The findings indicate the influence of flight timing (interacting with the circadian body clock cycle), as well as flight duration, on in-flight sleep and fatigue measures at TOD.

A Family of Well-Clear Boundary Models for the Integration of UAS in the NAS

A family of well-clear boundary models based on the TCAS II Resolution Advisory logic are presented, analogous to conflict detection algorithms but instead of predicting loss of separation, they predict whether well- cle…

UAV collision avoidance using sector recognition in cooperative mission to helicopters

Applying lessons from commercial aviation safety and operations to resuscitation.

This commentary provides the perspective of two physician-pilots showing how commercial aviation training, operations, and safety principles can be adapted to resuscitation team training and performance.

Eradicating root causes of aviation maintenance errors: introducing the AMMP

This work builds on the findings from the previous work and introduces a proposed Aviation Maintenance Monitoring Process (AMMP); an integrated process that is to be collectively implemented by industry to proactively mo…

The U.S. Commercial Air Tour Industry: A Review of Aviation Safety Concerns

The U.S. Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations defines commercial air tours as “flight[s] conducted for compensation or hire in an airplane or helicopter where a purpose of the flight is sightseeing.” The incidence of air…

Progress in Loss of Control Mitigation

Research into reduction of Loss-of-Control accident rate in a meaningful and measurable way through the use of innovative pilot training techniques

The goal is to marry expanded situational awareness, knowledge, and judgment with the requisite ‘stick and rudder’ skill-set necessary to successfully master the many flying challenges faced over a career of line operati…

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…

An Agent-Based Approach for Accident Analysis in Safety Critical Domains: A Case Study on a Runway Incursion Incident

An agent-based approach to analyze the dynamics of accidents and incidents in aviation is introduced, illustrated by means of a case study on a runway incursion incident, and a number of advantages with respect to the cu…

Individual-related Factors and Management-related Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Abstract Aviation safety relies heavily on maintenance, yet improper maintenance contributes to a significant proportion of safety threats that cause aviation accidents or incidents.

Human Reliability Analysis for Visual Inspection in Aviation Maintenance by a Bayesian Network Approach

The Bayesian network approach to perform HRA in visual inspection is introduced, which permits the utilization of multi-disciplinary sources of objective and subjective information and some conclusions and recommendation…

Anticipatory Runway Incursion Prevention Systems

SUMMARY Avoiding runway incursions is a significant challenge and a top priority in aviation. Due to all causes of runway incursions belong to human factors, runway incursion prevention systems should remove hu- man from …

Pilot compliance to TCAS Resolution Advisories

A Development of 3-D Resolution Algorithm for Aircraft Collision Avoidance

A collision resolution algorithm, which includes both vertical and horizontal avoidance maneuvers of aircraft, is introduced, which compares between the performance of the proposed algorithm and that of algorithms with o…

A TCAS-II Resolution Advisory Detection Algorithm

A mathematical model of the TCAS II Resolution Advisory (RA) logic that assumes accurate aircraft state information is presented and an algorithm for RA detection is presented, analogous to a conflict detection algorithm…

Analysis of Runway Incursion Data

A statistical analysis of runway incursion (RI) events was conducted, and the structure of a predictive model emerges that can be used to forecast the frequency of RI events at various airports for various classes of air…

Runway Safety Monitor Algorithm for Single and Crossing Runway Incursion Detection and Alerting

The Runway Safety Monitor (RSM) algorithm provides warnings of runway incursions in sufficient time for pilots to take evasive action and avoid accidents during landings, takeoffs or when taxiing on the runway.

Los Angeles International Airport Runway Incursion Studies: Phase III, Center-Taxiway Simulation

Information Organization in the Airline Cockpit

The all-engine-out landing of Air Transat Flight 236 in the Azores Islands is described and certain aspects of that accident are used to motivate a conceptual framework for the organization and display of information in …

The Effectiveness of Airline Pilot Training for Abnormal Events

The results suggest that the training and testing practices used in airline training may result in rote-memorized skills that are specific to the training situation and that offer modest generalizability to other situati…

Model-Based Approaches for Fast and Robust Fault Detection in an Aircraft Control Surface Servo Loop: From Theory to Flight Tests [Applications of Control]

Contrasting safety assessments of a runway incursion scenario: Event sequence analysis versus multi-agent dynamic risk modelling

This study contrasts two approaches to assess accident risk of an example safety critical sociotechnical system by comparing an event sequence based assessment with a multi-agent dynamic risk model (MA-DRM) based assessm…