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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- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Line-oriented flight training: Northwest Airlines
An exemption from certain FAA regulations which stereotype simulator flight training was obtained and pilots with current line experience were used to prepare and develop scenarios for a program in which each crew member…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Issues related to line-oriented flight training
The use of a training simulator along with carefully structured, detailed, line trip scenarios was envisioned by NASA as a means of providing a controllable, repeatable way to observe line crews in a highly realistic sim…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Management training for cockpit crews at Piedmont flight
A brief history of Piedmont Airlines' flight operations is presented. A captain-management seminar conducted regularly by Piedmont is discussed.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Dynamic training devices in CRM training
Pilot training effectiveness and flying safety of a seasonal tour flight company are described. The change from single pilot to two pilot operated twin otters is examined.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Meteorological Input to General Aviation Pilot Training
The meteorological education of general aviation pilots is discussed in terms of the definitions and concepts of learning and good educational procedures.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Innovative approaches to recurrent training
Innovative approaches to recurrent training for regional airline aircrews are explored. Guidelines for recurrent training programs which include in corporation of cockpit resource management are discussed. B.W.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
United Airlines LOFT training
Line oriented training is used in a broader, more generic sense that as a specific program under FAR 12.1409 and AC 120-35. A company policy was adopted more than twenty years ago requiring that all pilot checks and recu…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Group 4: Instructor training and qualifications
Each professional instructor or check airman used in LOFT training course should complete an FAA approved training course in the appropriate aircraft type. Instructors used in such courses need not be type-rated.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
An overview of the demonstration advanced avionics system guest pilot evaluation conducted at Ames Research Center
The guest pilot flight evaluation of the Demonstration Advanced Avionics System (DAAS) is discussed. The results are based on the fifty-nine questionnaires that were completed by the participants.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
The Two Modes of Visual Processing: Implications for Spatial Orientation
The roles of the focal and ambient visual systems in spatial orientation are discussed. The two modes are defined and compared. The contribution of each system is illustrated through examples such as spatial disorientati…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
NASA/Pratt and Whitney experimental clean combustor program: Engine test results
A two-stage vorbix (vortex burning and mixing) combustor and associated fuel system components were successfully tested in an experimental JT9D engine at steady-state and transient operating conditions, using ASTM Jet-A …
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Teledyne Continental Motors emissions data and analysis and flight test results
Five different engine models were tested covering combinations of all engine categories in current production in the range from 100 to 435 brake horsepower.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
An overview of NASA's digital fly-by-wire technology development program
The feasibility of using digital fly-by-wire systems to control aircraft was demonstrated by developing and flight testing a single channel system, which used Apollo hardware, in an F-8C test airplane.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
A pilot's opinion of the F-8 digital fly-by-wire airplane
The handling qualities of the F-8 digital fly-by-wire airplane are evaluated by using the Cooper-Harper rating scale. The reasons for the ratings are given, as well as a short description of the flying tasks.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Mechanization of and experience with a triplex fly-by-wire backup control system
A redundant three-axis analog control system was designed and developed to back up a digital fly-by-wire control system for an F-8C airplane.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Flight test experience with the F-8 digital fly-by-wire system
Flight test results of the F-8 digital fly-by-wire (DFBW) control system are presented and the implications for application to active control technology (ACT) are discussed.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
An overview of NASA's digital fly-by-wire technology development program
The feasibility of using digital fly by wire systems to control aircraft was demonstrated by developing and flight testing a single channel system, which used Apollo hardware, in an F-8C test airplane.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Design and development experience with a digital fly-by-wire control system in an F-8C airplane
To assess the feasibility of a digital fly-by-wire system, the mechanical flight control system of an F-8C airplane was replaced with a digital system and an analog backup system.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Flight tests of a clear-air turbulence alerting system
The detection of clear-air turbulence (CAT) ahead of an aircraft in real-time by an infrared (IR) radiometer is discussed. It is noted that the alter time and reliability depend on the band-pass of the IR filter used and…
- NASA NTRS 2016 LaRC Conference Paper
Controlling Air Traffic (Simulated) in the Presence of Automation (CATS PAu) 1995: A Study of Measurement Techniques for Situation Awareness in Air Traffic Control
As automated systems proliferate in aviation systems, human operators are taking on less and less of an active role in the jobs they once performed, often reducing what should be important jobs to tasks barely more compl…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Overview of FAA's aircraft icing program
An overview of the FAA's icing program is presented. The program involves certification of various types of aircraft for flight in known icing conditions, the study of icing conditions, and the preparation of certificati…
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
An overview of SAE ARP 1587: Aircraft gas turbine engine monitoring system guide
A systematic approach to developing an engine monitoring system (EMS) is outlined. An extensive shopping list of EMS capabilities and benefits are included.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Pollution reduction technology program for turboprop engines
The reduction of CO, HC, and smoke emissions while maintaining acceptable NO(x) emissions without affecting fuel consumption, durability, maintainability, and safety was accomplished.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Corporate/commuter airlines meteorological requirements
The meteorological information requirements of corporate and commuter airlines are reviewed. The skill level and needs of this class of aviator were assessed.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Tensile strength of composite sheets with unidirectional stringers and crack-like damage
The damage tolerance characteristics of metal tension panels with riveted and bonded stringers are well known. The stringers arrest unstable cracks and retard propagation of fatigue cracks.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
Comparison of toughened composite laminates using NASA standard damage tolerance tests
The proposed application of composite materials to transport wing and fuselage structures prompted the search for tougher materials having improved resistance to impact damage and delamination.
- NASA NTRS 2016 LaRC Conference Paper
Lamb Wave Tomography for Corrosion Mapping
As the world-wide civil aviation fleet continues to age, methods for accurately predicting the presence of structural flaws-such as hidden corrosion-that compromise airworthiness become increasingly necessary.
- NASA NTRS 2016 CDMS Conference Paper
ERTS orbit maintenance
Error drift in the ERTS orbit maintenance problem is determined from the actual ground trace errors that the spacecraft experienced over the first 3 1/2 repeat cycles.
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Implementation of real-time moving horizon estimation for robust air data sensor fault diagnosis in the RECONFIGURE benchmark
This paper presents robust fault diagnosis and estimation for the calibrated airspeed and angle-of-attack sensor faults in the RECONFIGURE benchmark. We adopt a low-order longitudinal model augmented with wind dynamics.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
User Interface Design Recommendations for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
The number of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) has dramatically increased in recent years. As a consequence, the number of incidents involving manned and unmanned aircraft has soared.
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article
Coloured Petri net-based traffic collision avoidance system encounter model for the analysis of potential induced collisions
An encounter model is formalised to identify all of the potential collision scenarios that can be induced by a resolution advisory that was generated previously by the TCAS without considering the downstream consequences…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
Departure Day - Pre-Scheduled Shuttles Depart for Sky Harbor Airport (on your own)
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Distributed Quaternion Kalman Filter With Applications to Fly-by-Wire Systems
The introduction of automated flight control and management systems have made possible aircraft designs that sacrifice arodynamic stability in order to incorporate stealth technology intro their shape, operate more effic…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
The mixed-phase version of moist-air entropy
The aim of this note is to derive the mixed-phase version of the moist-air entropy potential temperature $θ_s$ derived in Marquet (2011).
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article (Computers in industry (Print))
Natural language processing for aviation safety reports: From classification to interactive analysis
HighlightsWe identify the needs for NLP for the analysis of aviation safety reports.Automatic document classification can be performed.Probabilistic topic modelling is of limited use for identifying new aspects.We presen…
- Semantic Scholar 2016 Article (Applied Ergonomics)
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…
- FAA CAMI 2016 CAMI CAMI technical report
A Review of the Pilot Self-Assessment Process for Fitness to Fly
Review of the IMSAFE (Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion) self-assessment model and emerging alternatives. Surveys pilot adherence to self-assessment standards across recreational, commercial, and CFI…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
High-elevation equatorial catapult-launched RBCC SSTO spaceplane for economic manned access to LEO
A conceptual and feasibility study of an RBCC SSTO catapult-launched reusable strap-on parallel-boosted gliding-reentry lifting-body spaceplane for economic manned short-duration 300-kg payload LEO access is presented an…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
An Approximation Algorithm for a Shortest Dubins Path Problem
The problem of finding the shortest path for a vehicle visiting a given sequence of target points subject to the motion constraints of the vehicle is an important problem that arises in several monitoring and surveillanc…
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Robust MRAC augmentation of flight control laws for center of gravity adaptation
When an aircraft is flying and burning fuel the center of gravity (c.g.) of the aircraft shifts slowly. The c.g. can also be shifted abruptly when e.g. a fighter aircraft releases a weapon. The shift in c.g.
- NASA NTRS 2016 GSFC Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Situational Leadership in Air Traffic Control
In high-risk environments such as air traffic control, leadership on different levels plays a certain role in establishing, promoting, and maintaining a good safety culture.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Industry report (AQRR)
Airline Quality Rating 2016
The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) is the most comprehensive study of the performance and quality of the largest airlines in the United States.
- arXiv 2016 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Fluctuations of electrical conductivity: a new source for astrophysical magnetic fields
We consider the generation of magnetic field by the flow of a fluid for which the electrical conductivity is nonuniform. A new amplification mechanism is found which leads to dynamo action for flows much simpler than tho…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Journal article (IJAAA)
The Military Learner: The Acceptance of New Training Technology for C-130 Aircrews
The problem in this qualitative embedded single-case study was that business and military organizations have shrinking budgets, which has caused conflicting priorities for training funds.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
Exhibits & Networking
Participants view exhibits, equipment, avionics displays, and OEM aircraft, discuss potential fleet solutions, & arrange meetings/demonstrations.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
Next Steps & Closing
Discuss next steps for NTAS & PS&DS, action items, participant feedback, etc.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
Refreshment Break
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
L3 Aviation Products: As Diverse as Aviation Itself
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
Talon Systems
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 ERAU Conference paper
ATP CTP UPDATE