Research papers
5,896 papers · NASA NTRS, NTSB, FAA CAMI
NASA NTRS · 1,277 NTSB Safety Studies · 12 NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports · 17 Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons · 1,993
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- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Statistical model for the orientation of non-spherical particles settling in turbulence
The orientation of small anisotropic particles settling in a turbulent fluid determines some essential properties of the suspension. We show that the orientation distribution of small heavy spheroids settling through tur…
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
FIRED: Frequent Inertial Resets with Diversification for Emerging Commodity Cyber-Physical Systems
A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is defined by its unique characteristics involving both the cyber and physical domains. Their hybrid nature introduces new attack vectors, but also provides an opportunity to design new secu…
- 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.
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Cyber-Physical Attacks on UAS Networks- Challenges and Open Research Problems
Assignment of critical missions to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is bound to widen the grounds for adversarial intentions in the cyber domain, potentially ranging from disruption of command and control links to capture …
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Towards the development of a macro-structured water-repellent surface
Drop-surface interaction is predominant in nature as well as in many industrial applications. Freezing rain is the frequent origin of ice accretion on surfaces.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Professional Pilot Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) EFB Usage, Policies and Reliability
Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have flooded the aviation industry. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) tablets are now commonly used by pilots as EFBs.
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Journal of American College Health)
Promoting healthy transition to college through mindfulness training with first-year college students: Pilot randomized controlled trial
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Journal of Psychosomatic Research)
Heart rate variability biofeedback therapy and graded exercise training in management of chronic fatigue syndrome: An exploratory pilot study.
Both interventions reduce fatigue and HRV-BF seems to have additional effects on components of mental health, including depression, whereas GET seems to emphasise components of physical health.
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
PI(D) tuning for Flight Control Systems via Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion
Previous results reported in the robotics literature show the relationship between time-delay control (TDC) and proportional-integral-derivative control (PID).
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
As Assessment of Airline Service Quality in a Category One Nation: Focus on Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
To evaluate airline service quality from passengers’ in a Category One (CAT1) nation. The researchers used quantitative method to evaluate airline quality of service, from passengers’ perspective at Mallam Aminu Kano Int…
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Dynamic System Identification, and Control for a cost effective open-source VTOL MAV
This paper describes dynamic system identification, and full control of a cost-effective vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) multi-rotor micro-aerial vehicle (MAV) --- DJI Matrice 100.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Integration of Military Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into the US National Airspace System: The Relationship Between UAS Accidents and Safety Concerns
The purpose of this study was to discover if a relationship existed between the most common safety concerns and the most common UAS accidents with regards to the integration of military unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Advances in Composite Manufacturing of Helicopter Parts
This study investigates and compares different methods for improving standard autoclave composite manufacturing in order to find suitable approaches to a more efficient composite production.
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Fast dynamics of water droplets freezing from the outside-in
A drop of water that freezes from the outside-in presents an intriguing problem: the expansion of water upon freezing is incompatible with the self-confinement by a rigid ice shell.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Integrating Fatigue Management with Safety Management Systems for Commercial Flightcrew Operations
Fatigue remains a significant hazard in commercial aviation and has been a major concern among all stakeholders for decades. This review of the literature explores the current prescriptive structure of the regulatory env…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Estimating Airport Operations at General Aviation Airports Using the FAA NPIAS Airport Categories
The number of annual aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) is a significant concern to both airport owners and operators and to governmental agencies because operations data are one of the most important criteria …
- arXiv 2017 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Design, Control and Visual Navigation of the DelftaCopter
To participate in the Outback Medical Express UAV Challenge 2016, a vehicle was designed and tested that can hover precisely, take-off and land vertically, fly fast forward efficiently and use computer vision to locate a…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Forecasting the Air Race Classic: Lessons in Interdisciplinary Aviation Weather Support and Decision-Making
The Air Race Classic (ARC) is an all-female Visual Flight Rules air race held each June. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach (ERAU-DB) has had primarily student race teams participate and frequently place …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Competency-Based Training in Aviation: The Impact on Flight Attendant Performance and Passenger Satisfaction
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO, 2017), over one billion tourists traveled the globe in 2016. In spite of this increase of travelers, airlines are faced with declining levels of customer…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
The Value of a Collegiate FAR Part 141 Jeopardy-Crew Resource Management (CRM)-Simulation Event
This article explores the viability of using a FAR Part 141 collegiate crew resource management (CRM) flight simulator scenario event as a jeopardy event (a graded, syllabus item) in an upper-level professional pilot cur…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Broadening Traditional Aviation Meteorology Education to Support Spaceflight Operations
The purpose of this paper is to examine the expansion of traditional aviation meteorology education necessary to support the growing commercial space-operations industry.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Using Conversation Analysis in Data-Driven Aviation Training with Large-Scale Qualitative Datasets
This paper contributes to a growing body of work related to the Conversation Analytic Role-play Method (CARM) by studying the primary flight instruction environment to create training interventions related to radio commu…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Employing Flight Simulation in the Classroom to Improve the Understanding of the Fundamentals of Instruction among Flight Instructor Applicants
An examination of the gap in the knowledge and understanding of teaching methods that exists in the aviation training industry is examined in this study.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Exploration of a Confidence-Based Assessment Tool within an Aviation Training Program
Traditional use of multiple-choice questions reward a student for guessing. This technique encourages rote memorization of questions to pass a lengthy exam, and does not promote comprehensive understanding or subject cor…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Finding the Balance Between Price and Protection: Establishing a Surface-to-Air Fire Risk-Reduction Training Policy for Air-Carrier Pilots
Currently, U.S. air carriers do not provide equipment or training necessary to mitigate the risk posed by surface-to-air fire (SAFIRE) threats.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Impact of US Low Cost Carriers Entrance to the Airline Market in Colombia, South America
This study researched the impact of US low cost carriers’ entrance to the airline market in Colombia, South America. The study analyzed the overall market share between Florida and Colombia after U.S.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2017 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Long and short-range air navigation on spherical Earth
Global range air navigation implies non-stop flight between any two airports on Earth. Such effort would require airplanes with the operational air range of at least 12,500 NM which is about 40-60% longer than anything e…
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
An Evaluation of the Relationships between Collegiate Aviation Safety Management System Initiative, Self-Efficacy, Transformational Safety Leadership and Safety Behavior mediated by Safety Motivation
Part of the Aerospace Engineering Commons, Aviation and Space Education Commons, Aviation Safety and Security Commons, Community College Leadership Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Curriculum and Social Inqui…
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)
Feasibility and Effectiveness of Memory Specificity Training in Depressed Outpatients: A Pilot Study.
This is the first study to show that MeST in an outpatient setting is feasible and can lead to an increase in autobiographical memory specificity and that it may decrease depressive symptoms.
- 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 2017 Article (Cancer Nursing)
Using Perceived Self-Efficacy to Improve Fatigue and Fatigability In Post-Surgical Lung Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Fatigue remains a prevalent and debilitating symptom in persons with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Exercise has been shown to be effective in reducing fatigue, yet interventions are limited for postsurg…
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
Evaluation of Stress Affecting Aircraft Maintenance Technician ‟ s Performance
- Semantic Scholar 2017 Article
A Bayesian Network Model of Pilot Response to TCAS Resolution Advisories
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Lazily Adapted Constant Kinky Inference for Nonparametric Regression and Model-Reference Adaptive Control
Techniques known as Nonlinear Set Membership prediction, Lipschitz Interpolation or Kinky Inference are approaches to machine learning that utilise presupposed Lipschitz properties to compute inferences over unobserved f…
- 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…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Implementation of dual time stepping and GMRES of implicit gas-kinetic scheme for unsteady flow simulations
A dual time-stepping strategy of gas-kinetic scheme for the simulation of unsteady flows is introduced in this work. The dual time-stepping strategy is always used in the approaches of unsteady flows, and the ability of …
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Automatic Interpretation of Unordered Point Cloud Data for UAV Navigation in Construction
The objective of this work is to develop a data processing system that can automatically generate waypoints for navigation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to inspect surfaces of structures like buildings and bridges.…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal Control-Based UAV Path Planning with Dynamically-Constrained TSP with Neighborhoods
This paper addresses path planning of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with remote sensing capabilities (or wireless communication capabilities).
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Proceedings of the The First Workshop on Verification and Validation of Cyber-Physical Systems
The first International Workshop on Verification and Validation of Cyber-Physical Systems (V2CPS-16) was held in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on integration of Formal Methods (iFM 2016) in Reykjavik…
- 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.
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Collaborative Visual Area Coverage using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This article addresses the visual area coverage problem using a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are assumed to be equipped with a downward facing camera covering all points of interest within a circle o…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
SMS Derived vs. Public Perceived Risk in Aviation Technology Acceptance (Literature Review)
Aviation technology progressed from the first airplane flight to landing on the moon in just 63 years with continued progress today. Thus, organizations like commercial airlines and the National Aeronautics and Space Age…
- 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.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
A Validation of the Efficacy of Descriptive Instrumental Collective Case Study Research Methodology for Examining Pilot Cognitive Functioning
The research conducted developed a descriptive understanding of how the cognitive processes of risk assessment, problem solving, and decision making, as well as other supportive processes, are employed by pilots-in-comma…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Stress Coping Strategies in Indian Military Pilots-Preliminary Observations
ABSTRACT In aviators, stress coping has been linked to flying performance and has a bearing on flight safety and mission effectiveness.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to Understand Aviation Students’ Perceptions toward Augmented Reality Maintenance Training Instruction
Augmented Reality (AR) Technology, since its inception, has been enhanced significantly by software and hardware developers, and has been widely utilized in various fields such as manufacturing, entertainment, architectu…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
Investigation into Unmanned Aircraft System Incidents in the National Airspace System
With the promulgation of Federal Aviation Regulations for small unmanned aircraft systems, the volume of unmanned flight operations is expected to increase, which demands an analysis of potential hazards to the National …
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A two-scale Stefan problem arising in a model for tree sap exudation
The study of tree sap exudation, in which a (leafless) tree generates elevated stem pressure in response to repeated daily freeze-thaw cycles, gives rise to an interesting multi-scale problem involving heat and multiphas…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Learning Quadrotor Dynamics Using Neural Network for Flight Control
Traditional learning approaches proposed for controlling quadrotors or helicopters have focused on improving performance for specific trajectories by iteratively improving upon a nominal controller, for example learning …
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article (Pediatric emergency care)
Effectiveness of a High-Fidelity Simulation-Based Training Program in Managing Cardiac Arrhythmias in Children: A Randomized Pilot Study.
A simulation-based training with debriefing had positive effects on stress and satisfaction about skills of pediatric residents and nurses and on observed TSs and NTSs of the leaders during simulation sessions.