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Zehner, Gregory F. "Prediction of anthropometric accommodation in aircraft cockpits /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488203857251563.
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Bador, Damien (Damien Pierre Marcellin Dominique). "Improving commonality implementation in the cockpits of commercial aircraft." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40895.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-154).
Product development is a major source of competitive advantage in the commercial aircraft business. Judiciously implementing commonality across a range of products yields important benefits in this area. Thus, measuring the quality of commonality implementation is extremely beneficial for aircraft manufacturers. This thesis analyses the concept of commonality and divides it into three constructs that can help understand all of its aspects: standardization, reusability and modularity. This work then presents a set of metrics measuring each of these aspects, from the point of view of the manufacturer and of the customer. The appropriateness of this set of metrics is then tested in a case study analyzing the efficiency of commonality implementation in the cockpit of two well-known commercial aircraft families: the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family. This thesis further describes what additional analysis should be performed to validate the set of metrics for broader applications. After documenting the efficiency of the set of metrics, this thesis analyses the current practices of commonality management in commercial aviation. It finally explores some of the limitations of the concept of commonality and sketches solutions to overcome them.
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New, Michael Dean. "Deactivation of automation in aircraft systems using dynamic function allocation." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28792.
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Kolbeinsson, Ari. "Visualising uncertainty in aircraft cockpits : Is icon degradation an appropriate visualisation form." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-8342.
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Visualising uncertainty information has been a research area for the past decade or so, and this thesis contains the results of an experiment that examines whether prior research on icon degradation for showing uncertainty can be used in a simulated aircraft cockpit environment. Using icon degradation has been suggested as being effective to combat overconfidence bias, as well as to accurately convey information about uncertainty. Two icon sets using icon degradation were taken from prior research, and one new icon set using shape change and colour change was created for comparison. Subjects flew a flight simulator while reading icons to evaluate the uncertainty displayed, and also evaluating their own confidence in their reading. The results show that shape change leads to much higher accuracy in reading icons, and slightly higher levels of confidence. Furthermore, icon degradation results in a higher variance in reading icons and an increase in errors when no time-pressure or distraction is present. This suggests that the suitability of icon degradation for showing uncertainty is questionable in all situations, and that other design approaches such as shape change should be considered. Furthermore, problems were uncovered in the prior research that the old icons were taken from, and these problems call into question the general approach used in that research. Keywords: Uncertainty visualisation, Naturalistic decision-making, NDM, Aviation, Aircraft cockpit, Decision support, Situation assessment, Threat assessment.
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Chen, Ted L. "Design and evaluation of an in-cockpit re-planning tool as an emergency decision aid." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12240.
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Fayollas, Camille. "Architecture logicielle générique et approche à base de modèles pour la sûreté de fonctionnement des systèmes interactifs critiques." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU30114/document.
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Depuis l'introduction au début des années 2000 du standard ARINC 661 (définissant les interfaces graphiques dans les cockpits), les avions modernes, tels que l'A380, l'A350 ou le B787, intègrent des systèmes interactifs permettant à l'équipage d'interagir avec des applications interactives. Ces applications sont affichées sur des écrans à travers l'utilisation d'un dispositif similaire à un clavier et une souris. Pour des raisons d'exigences de sûreté de fonctionnement, l'utilisation de ces systèmes est limitée, à l'heure actuelle, à la commande et au contrôle de fonctions avioniques non critiques. Cependant, l'utilisation de ces systèmes dans les cockpits d'avions civils apporte de nombreux avantages (tels qu'une amélioration de l'évolutivité du cockpit) qui amènent les industriels à chercher comment l'étendre à la commande et le contrôle de systèmes avioniques critiques. Dans cette optique, nous proposons une approche duale et homogène de prévention et de tolérance aux fautes pour concevoir et développer des systèmes interactifs tolérants aux fautes. Celle-ci repose, dans un premier temps, sur une approche à base de modèles permettant de décrire de manière complète et non ambiguë les composants logiciels des systèmes interactifs et de prévenir les fautes logicielles de développement. Dans un second temps, elle repose sur une approche de tolérance aux fautes naturelles et certaines fautes logicielles résiduelles en opération, grâce à la mise en œuvre d'une solution architecturale fondée sur le principe des composants autotestables. Les contributions de la thèse sont illustrées sur une étude de cas de taille industrielle : une application interactive inspirée du système de commande et contrôle de l'autopilote de l'A380Since the introduction of the ARINC 661 standard (that defines graphical interfaces in the cockpits) in the early 2000, modern aircrafts such as the A380, the A350 or the B787 possess interactive systems. The crew interacts, through physical devices similar to keyboard and mouse, with interactive applications displayed on screens. For dependability reasons, only non-critical avionics systems are managed using such interactive systems. However, their use brings several advantages (such as a better upgradability), leading aircraft manufacturers to generalize the use of such interactive systems to the management of critical avionics functions. To reach this goal, we propose a dual and homogeneous fault prevention and fault tolerance approach. Firstly, we propose a model-based approach to describe in a complete and unambiguous way interactive software components to prevent as much as possible development software faults. Secondly, we propose a fault tolerant approach to deal with operational natural faults and some residual software faults. This is achieved through the implementation of a fault tolerant architecture based on the principle of self-checking components. Our approach is illustrated on a real size case study: an interactive application based on the command and control system of the A380 autopilot
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Carmody, Meghan A. "Task-Dependent Effects of Automation: The Role of Internal Models in Performance, Workload, and Situational Awareness in a Semi-Automated Cockpit." Ft. Belvoir Defense Technical Information Center, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA292538.
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Schoberg, Paul R. "Secure ground-based remote recording and archiving of aircraft "Black Box" data." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FSchoberg.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.Thesis advisor(s): Cynthia E. Irvine, Scott Cote. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171). Also available online.
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Altug, Muhittin Nami. "Structural Analysis Of A Jet Trainer Cockpit." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614086/index.pdf.
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This thesis presents structural analysis of a cockpit of a jet trainer type aircraft and the correlation studies performed by using ground pressurisation test results. For this purpose, first the response of the complex integrated fuselage structure is
investigated under the complex type cabin pressure load. Then, cockpit part of the fuselage structure is modelled using commercial finite element software MSC/PATRAN®and MSC/NASTRAN®
. The finite element model (FEM) of the cockpit structure is improved by the examination of the ground pressurisation test data and is finalised after achieving a good correlation between the finite element analysis (FEA) and the test results. This final form of the FEM of the cockpit structure serving as a benchmark is proved to be reliable for any future modifications.
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Rohre, Stuart M. "QUALIFYING THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER AS AN INSTRUMENTATION RECORDER AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL MONITORING INSTRUMENT." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607385.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaA novel concept using the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) as a structural vibration recording device, to aid in structural health monitoring of commercial and military aircraft, is outlined. The unused cables in the CVR wiring harness act as “latent transducers” that respond to structural vibrations, generating vibration signals, which the CVR records. Postprocessing of such data can provide clues to problem areas or changes in the signature of the aircraft. The standards which the CVR must meet to qualify as a instrumentation-quality recorder are discussed and the steps required to assure compliance are outlined.
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Smith, Catherine E. "Glass Cockpit Transition Training in Collegiate Aviation: Analog to Digital." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1225479328.
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Chiecchio, Jerome Jose Andres. "Aiding the Pilot in Flight Control Fault Detection." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/6833.
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Three flight simulator experiments examined how a health monitoring system may aid pilots in detecting flight control faults. The first experiment introduced an unexpected fault in the flight control system during an approach to a fictitious airport. The second experiment used a factorial design of (1) presence ?? notof a Fault Meter display and (2) presence ?? not ?? an Alerting System, which could have one or two phased alerts. In half the runs, a fault was triggered at some point, and pilot response was recorded. The next experiment comprised one flight in which pilots were given a false alarm by these systems, testing for automation bias.
No consistent pilot response was found to the faults, with pilots sometimes successfully landing the aircraft, sometimes immediately or eventually initiating a go-around, and sometimes loosing aircraft control and crashing. The pilots were not able to identify the fault in 11% of the cases. Tunnel tracking error increased following the faults and the false alarm, suggesting it may be both a manifestation of attempts to diagnose a fault and a cue to pilots of a problem. Finally, the triggering of a false alarm showed the existence of automation bias induced after a small number of interactions with the HMS.
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Jahchan, Nataly. "To what extent does text simplification improve human comprehension? : cognitive evaluations for the optimization of the Airbus cockpit controlled language for future aircraft." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOU20009.
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Cette thèse a pour origine la volonté d'Airbus d'améliorer la langue contrôlée utilisée dans les cockpits de ses futurs avions. Une communication claire et non ambiguë est essentielle dans les domaines où la sécurité est engagée. La langue contrôlée actuellement utilisée dans les cockpits Airbus, a été soigneusement élaborée pour éviter toute ambiguïté et complexité. Elle est conçue pour aider les pilotes dans leur tâche de pilotage en temps normal et dans des situations anormales (en cas d’urgence ou de défaillance). Afin d’optimiser la langue existante, nous avons entrepris d’évaluer les niveaux appropriés de simplification qui permettraient une compréhension plus précise et plus rapide, réduisant ainsi le temps de formation des pilotes. Nous avons tout d’abord exploré le domaine des langues contrôlées afin d’avoir un aperçu des langues contrôlées existantes, de leur contexte et de leurs règles. À partir de cette recherche, nous avons tenté de trouver des solutions d’optimisation, tout en nous efforçant d’apporter une contribution originale à ce domaineThis PhD was initiated by the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Design department at Airbus with the aim of optimizing an existing cockpit controlled language to integrate in future disruptive design. The need for clear and unambiguous communication is vital in safety critical domains, and the current controlled language was carefully constructed to avoid ambiguity and complexity, and is designed to help pilots operate and navigate the aircraft in normal and abnormal (in cases of emergency or failures) situations. In order to optimize the existing language, we set out to assess the appropriate levels of simplification that would achieve more accurate and faster comprehension with minimum pilot training. We first delved into the controlled language domain to form an overview of the existing controlled languages, their context, and rules. From this research we attempted to find solutions for optimization, but at the same time we strove to offer an original contribution to the field through this work
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Di, Croce Lorenzo. "Avionic retrofit of a Piper PA-32R-300: design of the human machine interface for glass cockpit avionic conversion." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.
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This thesis was developed in the framework of a six months, two people project that aimed at designing a Glass Cockpit Avionic Retrofit of a single engine general aviation aircraft. The project was divided in two main work packages, one related to the aircraft systems analysis and modifications, and the other related to the Human Machine Interface improvements. This thesis will be focused on the latter.
The report describes the method that was implemented to perform the Avionic Retrofit of a Piper PA-32R-300. The document is divided into three main parts where the general flowchart is presented, the specific results obtained are shown and the Service Bulletin for the retrofit is reported.
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Koudelka, Jaroslav. "Koncepční návrh hornokřídlého letounu s využitím konstrukčních prvků předchozího typu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-443248.
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The aim of this diploma thesis is to design a new high-wing aircraft for the company TL ultralight using the structural elements from another models from their portfolio. The design is created with an emphasis on crew comfort and cabin ergonomics. The first part of the thesis focuses on the description of the basic requirements for the aircraft and its classification in aviation regulations. It also contains a research part of competing types and currently produced type, which the proposed aircraft should replace in the company's portfolio. Then follows the characteristics of the individual parts of the airframe, the specification of the parts, which will be used from another types from portfolio, and parts which will be completely designed. Great emphasis is placed on the layout of the interior and its design and ergonomic. The proposed aircraft then demonstrates theoretical calculations of basic performances and a preliminary mass analysis. In the end, the benefits of the newly designed aircraft are evaluated with respect to the competing types.
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Maknavičius, Povilas. "Netinkamos daugianarės įgulos sąveikos tyrimas ir jos gerinimo metodai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120723_105248-25990.
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Skrydžio saugos užtikrinimas – tai pagrindinis lėktuvo pilotų darbo uždavinys kiekvieno reiso metu. Tinkama daugianarės skrydžio įgulos sąveika yra bene svarbiausias veiksnys garantuojantis skrydžio saugumą ir efektyvumą. Pagrindinis magistro baigiamojo darbo tikslas – ištirti netinkamą daugianarės įgulos sąveiką, dėl kurios įvyksta įvairaus pobūdžio lėktuvų avarijos ar katastrofos, išanalizuoti pilotų sąveiką sąlygojančius veiksnius ir pateikti galimus siūlymus, panašioms situacijoms išvengti ateityje. Nustatant ir tiriant netinkamą sąveiką sąlygojančius veiksnius, įvertinama ir jų svarba bendrai skrydžio saugai. Pagrindiniai netinkamo bendro pilotų darbo veiksniai: Netinkamas kapitono vadovavimo stilius; Nuovargis: Stresas; Netinkamas bendravimas. Vėliau šie veiksniai yra praktiškai patvirtinami analizuojant jau įvykusias aviakatastrofas. Ieškomos objektyvios netinkamos pilotų sąveikos priežastys kiekvienos avarijos metu. Daugumoje ištirtų įvykių aptikti kritiniai momentai, kuomet pilotams galimai imantis atitinkamai siūlomų veiksmų, dar įmanomas įvykio evoliucijos laike pakeitimas ir aviakatastrofos išvengimas.Flight safety assurance is the main task for aircraft pilots during their every flight. Appropriate multi-crew cooperation is probably the most important factor that guarantees effective and safe flight. The main object of this master’s thesis is to analize inadequate multi-crew cooperation which leads to various airplane crashes, to research factors, that affect cooperation of pilots and to suggest probabale solutions, in order to avoid similar situations in the future. After identifying and researching factors that cause inadequate cooperation, the importance of elements for flight safety is also evaluated. The main factors for inappropriate mutual work between the pilots are: Inappropriate commanding style of captain; Fatigue; Stress; Inappropriate communication. Later these factors are practically confirmed while analizing airplane crashes. During every accident, a search is made for the objective factors that caused an appearance of inadequate cooperation of pilots. Critical moments were found in the most of the crashes, when taking the suggested action there is still a possibility to change the further evoliution of the happening and aircraft crash avoidance.
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Eklund, Rikard. "Presentation av taktisk information på bildskärm : Head-Up Display som stöd för tidsstyrd taxning med flygplan." Thesis, KTH, Ergonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-109317.
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Ayme, Fabien. "Développement d'une méthode énergétique pour l'évaluation expérimentale des flux acoustiques entrants dans les cavités d'avion." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00995861.
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La hiérarchisation de la puissance injectée par des sources acoustiques dans une cavité d'avion telle qu'un cockpit, en vol, revêt un caractère majeur dans le but d'en réduire le bruit intérieur. Afin de répondre à ce besoin, la nécessité de considérer la cavité dans son ensemble à l'aide d'une méthode globale se révèle importante. Au cours de cette thèse, une méthode d'identification basée sur une méthode énergétique locale, appelée MES pour Méthode Energétique Simplifiée, est utilisée. En connaissant la géométrie de la cavité, ainsi que l'absorption des matériaux qui la composent, elle permet de déterminer la puissance rayonnée par les différentes sources acoustiques à l'intérieur de la cavité, à l'aide de mesures d'intensité tridimensionnelle, et de densité d'énergie acoustique totale. Afin de tester la méthode dans un cas réel, mesurer ces quantités énergétiques s'avère alors nécessaire. Une sonde acoustique est donc conçue, fabriquée, testée et enfin validée. Basée sur quatre mesures de pressions réalisées autour d'une sphère rigide à l'aide de microphones électrostatiques déportés, elle permet de mesurer la pression et le vecteur vitesse particulaire au centre de la sphère, et d'en déduire alors l'intensité 3D et la densité d'énergie totale. Un démonstrateur est ensuite construit pour réaliser des essais. Il s'agit d'une maquette de cockpit basée sur celui de l'A380. Différents essais acoustiques et vibro-acoustiques permettent alors de démontrer la capacité de l'association formée par la méthode d'identification et la sonde à déterminer la puissance injectée par les différentes sources dans des conditions acoustiques plus ou moins sévères, avec une précision de l'ordre de 2dB. Le post-traitement à l'aide de la MES des flux acoustiques rayonnés ainsi déterminés permet également de reconstruire le champ acoustique dans la cavité, ainsi que de séparer les différentes contributions en des points d'intérêt tels que les têtes pilote et copilote.
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Bílek, Jan. "Aerospace - Futuristický kokpit moderního letounu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-237164.
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This work describes the visualization design of the flight related quantities in a cockpit of a modern light sport aircraft. It focuses on the utilization of the state of the art trends in flight data displays and introduces the innovative implementation of the aircraft's energy state smart clues that reduce pilots' workload. The initial part of the work presents a research into the flight, engine and navigation data presentation on analog instruments, followed by their illustrative depiction in glass cockpits. Within the framework of this thesis, Microsoft Flight Simulator has been used as a source of the flight related data. Final advances in the display design were introduced through the implementation of the synthetic vision system and a visualization of the virtual tunnel in the sky.
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"Pilot Designed Aircraft Displays In General Aviation: An Exploratory Study and Analysis." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38661.
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abstract: From 2001-2011, the General Aviation (GA) fatal accident rate remained unchanged (Duquette & Dorr, 2014) with an overall stagnant accident rate between 2004 and 2013. The leading cause, loss of control in flight (NTSB, 2015b & 2015c) due to pilot inability to recognize approach to stall/spin conditions (NTSB, 2015b & 2016b). In 2013, there were 1,224 GA accidents in the U.S., accounting for 94% of all U.S. aviation accidents and 90% of all U.S. aviation fatalities that year (NTSB, 2015c). Aviation entails multiple challenges for pilots related to task management, procedural errors, perceptual distortions, and cognitive discrepancies. While machine errors in airplanes have continued to decrease over the years, human error still has not (NTSB, 2013).
A preliminary analysis of a PC-based, Garmin G1000 flight deck was conducted with 3 professional pilots. Analyses revealed increased task load, opportunities for distraction, confusing perceptual ques, and hindered cognitive performance. Complex usage problems were deeply ingrained in the functionality of the system, forcing pilots to use fallible work arounds, add unnecessary steps, and memorize knob turns or button pushes.
Modern computing now has the potential to free GA cockpit designs from knobs, soft keys, or limited display options. Dynamic digital displays might include changes in instrumentation or menu structuring depending on the phase of flight. Airspeed indicators could increase in size to become more salient during landing, simultaneously highlighting pitch angle on Attitude Indicators and automatically decluttering unnecessary information for landing. Likewise, Angle-of-Attack indicators demonstrate a great safety and performance advantage for pilots (Duquette & Dorr, 2014; NTSB, 2015b & 2016b), an instrument typically found in military platforms and now the Icon A5, light-sport aircraft (Icon, 2016).
How does the design of pilots’ environment—the cockpit—further influence their efficiency and effectiveness? To explore the possibilities for small aircraft displays, a participatory design investigation was conducted with 9 qualified instrument pilots. Aviators designed mock cockpits on a PC using pictorial cutouts of analog (e.g., mechanical dials) and digital (e.g., dynamic displays) controls. Data was analyzed qualitatively and compared to similar work. Finally, a template for GA displays was developed based on pilot input.Dissertation/Thesis
Masters Thesis Applied Psychology 2016
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Chen, Yu-Chun, and 陳鈺淳. "The Study of Aircraft Cockpit Sound Sources Localization." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22586455101116222927.
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Identifying the sound sources from the aircraft’s cockpit panel and the pilot is a new flight safety topic, analyzing the voice data from a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) after the aircraft accident. Since most of the characters that all sound sources generated are fixed in the cockpit, their relevant positions can be served as an evident parameter in differentiating distinct sound sources in the cockpit environment. A theory named source localization is widely used in positioning these sound sources. Inspired from the animal ability of hearing, the method, called Time Delay of Arrival (TDOA), is introduced and capable of executing in the present study. The TODA technique includes two-step process as: the first is to estimate the time-delay between a pair of microphones, the second is then to determine the relative position of the expected sound sources via the time-delay. To estimate the time-delay between the microphone pair, the cross-correlation is calculated in this thesis. After acquiring the time-delay data, two distinct search algorithms, namely Linear Intersection (LI) and Optimization, are utilized. These two algorithms are specially validated by conducting the experiments of recording the sound data in the real cockpit of an aircraft MD-80. The results obtained from several real experiments are presented to illustrate the adequacy of the utilized source localization techniques in this thesis. Finally, it has successfully located the pilot-copilot’s pronunciation accordingly recorded in CVR, while further analysis to investigate a well-arrangement of microphones can enhance the accuracy.
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Chou, Chung-di. "Cockpit task management errors : a design issue for intelligent pilot-vehicle interfaces /." 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/12503.
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Palmer, Ryan C. "Applying Human Factors Principles In Aviation Displays: A Transition From Analog to Digital Cockpit Displays In The CP140 Aurora Aircraft." 2007. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/185.
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A flight test program that evaluated the results of a CP140 Aurora cockpit modernization project was conducted between May 2004 and October 2005. This paper uses the results of that test program to show how basic human factors principles were violated which led to the identification of multiple design deficiencies. This paper proposes that the failure to apply good human factors principles when designing aircraft displays can lead to unacceptable deficiencies. The result can be poor modal awareness, confusion in the cockpit, and often negative training for the pilots. In particular, four major deficiencies were analyzed to determine the specific human factors principles that were breached. The violations included a lack of concise and relevant feedback to the pilot, unclear and ambiguous annunciations, poor use of colour coding principles and logic, a lack of suitable attention capture cueing, inappropriate alert cueing, an absence of aural cueing during specific degraded modes of operation, excessive cognitive workload, and a failure to incorporate the pilot as the focal point of the display design, also known as a human centred design philosophy. Recommendations for system design enhancements are provided to ensure safe and effective operations of this prototype system prior to operational implementation.
The evaluation of the prototype system design was conducted by a flight test team from the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta and supported by the Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. The test program encompassed a thorough review of system design documentation, abinitio training and preliminary testing in a Systems Integration Lab and 40 flight test missions. The recorded deficiencies were based upon the observations of two Qualified Test Pilots.
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Bahner, Christopher Michael. "Evaluation of tactical aircrew workload using advanced cockpit simulation and its impact on the design of the EA-18G aircraft." 2006. http://etd.utk.edu/2006/BahnerChristopher.pdf.
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Lee, Margaret A. "Development of a model which provides a total system approach to integrating voice recognition and speech synthesis into the cockpit of US Navy Aircraft." Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23174.
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Palmer, Ryan C. "Implications of violating human factors design principles in aviation displays an analysis of four major deficiencies identified during the test and evaluation of a cockpit modernization program on the CP140 Aurora aircraft /." 2007. http://etd.utk.edu/2007/PalmerRyan.pdf.
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Martins, Laura Sofia Nobre. "Development of a Flight Simulation Training Device and Remote Pilot Station: The URBLOG Unmanned Hybrid Airship Vehicle Case." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/10593.
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With the growing number of passengers and technological advancements, the Aeronautical
industry is keen on new and reinvented types of transportation. New interest in airship
technology has grown in the past few years to enhance its flight capabilities.
A new solution for urban mobility appeared, with new airship design. This airship, named
URBLOG, combines the traditional airship concept with rotorcraft technology. Being a new
concept, it requires methods and solutions to reach its new goals.
Simulation emerges as a solution to design, test and validate methods at a low cost when
developing a new vehicle prototype. Concepts can be optimized and improve their time to
the market. In addition to simulation of the vehicle for design proposes, it is also possible
to apply it on Flight Simulator software to understand its flying characteristics and to design
its synthetic environment, as a flight simulation training device (FSTD).
In this work, an unmanned version of the URBLOG is firstly designed on the CAD software
Blender® and is later implemented in flight simulation software Lockheed Martin
Prepar3D®, reflecting the main purpose and characteristics of the vehicle. A virtual cockpit
is designed, and the flight simulation training device (FSTD) is defined, which can be
integrated into the remote pilot station (RPS) of the URBLOG’s remote piloted aircraft
system (RPAS). This is developed considering the operator’s point of view and the human
factors considerations applicable to cockpit design and remote pilot stations (RPS). A basic
training programme is then produced to train the unmanned vehicle operator of that
station. To verify and validate the programme and that synthetic environment, a human in
the loop study is conducted.Com o crescente número de passageiros e avanços tecnológicos, a indústria aeronáutica está atualmente interessada em novos tipos de transporte. Nos últimos anos surgiu um novo interesse em dirigíveis, combinando novas tecnologias para aprimorar as suas capacidades de voo. Baseado nesta necessidade, surgiu uma nova solução para a mobilidade urbana, com um novo tipo de dirigível. Este dirigível, de nome URBLOG, combina o modo de voo tradicional de um dirigível com a tecnologia de aeronaves de asa rotativa, e sendo um novo conceito, requer métodos e soluções para atingir os seus novos objetivos. A simulação do voo aplica-se como uma solução de baixo custo para desenvolver o novo protótipo do veículo, de modo a projetar, testar e validar os métodos e soluções em questão. Estes conceitos podem ser otimizados e melhorados, agilizando a sua implementação no mercado. Além da simulação do veículo para o desenvolvimento do projeto proposto, ao aplicá-lo em software de simulação de voo, é possível igualmente entender as suas características de voo e projetar o seu ambiente sintético de treino, como um dispositivo de treino de simulação de voo (FSTD). Neste trabalho, um protótipo não tripulado do URBLOG é primeiramente projetado no software de desenho assistido (CAD) por computador Blender® e posteriormente implementado no software de simulação de voo Lockheed Martin Prepar3D®, onde é criado o seu modelo de voo refletindo o seu principal objetivo e características do veículo. É projetado um cockpit virtual bem como o seu FSTD, podendo estes ser integrados numa estação de piloto remoto (RPS) do sistema de aeronave pilotada remotamente (RPAS) onde o URBLOG se inclui. Este desenvolvimento é focado no ponto de vista do operador bem como os fatores humanos aplicáveis ao design de cockpits e das estações de piloto remoto (RPS). Um programa básico de treino é produzido de modo a treinar os operadores do veículo não tripulado nesse ambiente sintético e validar as suas funcionalidades. Para validar e verificar também esse programa, é criado um teste onde a componente humana, por via de vários utilizadores de teste, é incluída nesse mesmo ambiente sintético, simulando uma possível operação do URBLOG.