This study documents a baseline of casual and contributing factors to flight deck task management deficiencies and vulnerabilities in flightpath monitoring, and air traffic interactions which affect flightpath management. Sixty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with participant backgrounds ranging from captains, first officers, check pi
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The FAA sponsored the Volpe Center to identify, acquire, and test a replacement sensor for its existing visibility standard, the Tasker 500 transmissometer. The Volpe Center identified the Vaisala LT31 as a viable candidate; purchased an LT31 and installed it side-by-side with a Tasker 500 transmissometer and other weather sensors; and collected an
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This paper presents an artificial intelligence based analysis for fast development of jet fuel chemical kinetic mechanisms through optimal constraining of parameters. The need to generate chemical kinetic mechanisms rapidly with less uncertainty is a critical requirement to efficiently assess newly introduced sustainable aviation fuels. To overcome
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The push toward sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is intensifying in response to global decarbonization efforts. This review discusses the development and assessment of probabilistic fuel property prediction methods in use today and vital for the formulation of these next-generation SAFs. We discuss the rigorous quality assurance specifications nec
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This project examines flight deck human factors considerations for Performance Based Navigation (PBN) departure procedures (DPs), focusing on issues relevant to the Multiple Airport Route Separation (MARS) concept. MARS will expand the use of PBN routes in the terminal area to improve the flow of traffic in busy areas with multiple airports. We col
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When digestates from anaerobic digestion of crop residues are added to soil, a considerable body of information indicates that soil organic carbon (SOC) levels are comparable to those when crop residues are left in the field. This occurs although the amount of digestate added to soil is diminished by digestion and implies that digestion increases t
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The fundamental challenge facing today's aviation industry is to achieve net zero climate impacts while simultaneously sustaining growth and global connectivity. Aviation's impact on surface air quality, which is comparable to aviation's climate impact when monetized, further heightens this challenge. Prior studies have proposed solutions that aim
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Whether the feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) originates from agriculture or from waste streams, life cycle CO2 emissions per unit enthalpy are lower for SAF than they are for petroleum distillates primarily because of differences on the front end such as fostered growth of crops or decreased demand for resources or acreage to manage wa
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Modes from global resolvent analyses have been shown to accurately model the frequencies and spatial structure of the dominant coherent structures in several turbulent flows. However, resolvent-mode forcing models must be developed to predict the amplitude of the structures or other flow statistics, including the radiated noise. The present researc
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The purpose of this study was to determine if the addition of extended reality (XR) to an existing training program provided to new hire flight attendants improved training effectiveness in terms of cabin door procedures. Methods. This retrospective cohort study used preexisting flight attendant training data provided by a collaborating organizatio
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Rotor broadband noise is typically analyzed over time scales encompassing multiple rotor periods. However, modulation of broadband noise levels with the blade passage frequency has been shown to be significant for human perception of wind turbine and helicopter noise. Time-varying broadband noise has not been extensively studied for aircraft with m
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The recent interest in the development of supersonic transport raises concerns about an increase in community noise around airports. As noise certification standards for supersonic transport other than Concorde have not yet been developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization, there is a need for a physics-based scaling rule for superson
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Understanding the production of non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM), which is composed primarily of soot, is critical not only for reducing emissions but also for improving engine performance. While there has been significant prior work studying the fundamentals of soot formation, there is significantly less work that investigates soot formation
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Aircraft noise exposure is linked to cardiovascular disease risk. One understudied candidate pathway is obesity. This study investigates the association between aircraft noise and obesity among female participants in two prospective Nurses’ Health Study (NHS and NHSII) cohorts.
Biofuels’ induced land-use change (ILUC) emissions have been widely studied over the past 15 years. Many studies have addressed uncertainties associated with these estimates. These studies have broadly examined uncertainties associated with the choice of economic models, their assumptions and parameters, and a few bio-physical variables. However, u
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In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) is approved to predict the impacts of aircraft noise and emissions. AEDT’s critical role in regulatory compliance and evaluating the environmental impacts of aviation requires asking how accurate are its noise predictions. Previous studies suggest that AEDT
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Aviation incidents and accidents have often been linked to inadequate monitoring of flight deck information. Still, to date, limited data and guidance exist on how pilots should, and how they actually do allocate their attention to various flight deck displays. This project aims to help fill this gap with the goal to inform design and training inte
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Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) supported a series of engine stand tests led by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (FAA/CAMI) as part of a congressionally mandated aircraft air quality study. Experiments were conducted at the Kansas National Gas Machinery Laboratory (NGML) from May 16th to 19
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The Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act requires improved integration of human factors in the Federal Aviation Administration’s regulatory processes and material. This paper reviews research that could contribute to the data and processes that would be useful to the FAA in Aircraft Evaluation Division (AED) tasks. The more specif
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
2024-02-01
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