This report documents the data and findings of a research study conducted to (1) collect an inventory of flightpath management (FPM) cognitive skills and examples of flightpath management knowledge for Part 121 operations and (2) investigate how susceptible FPM cognitive skills and knowledge are to degradation. A human-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
2024-09-12
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Aeromedical Safety Brochures
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Aeromedical Safety Brochures are prepared for general aviation pilots, commercial pilots and physicians. The brochures acquaint the aviation community with the physiological challenges of the aviation environment and relevant safety concerns.
This document provides guidance in the form of recommendations and requirements applicable to acoustic data collection, recording, and analysis instrumentation systems for use by applicants for aircraft noise certification under the authority of Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, part 36.
The Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), developed by the FAA, is used to analyze the environmental impact of airport activities on air quality and noise near airports. AEDT incorporates AERMOD to estimate concentrations resulting from aircraft emissions, which possess horizontal momentum as well as buoyancy. The current version (v23132) of A
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
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2024-09-01
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This report covers the period October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. The Center was established by the authority of FAA solicitation 13-C-AJFE-Solicitation. During that time the ASCENT team launched a new website, which can be viewed at ascent.aero. The next meeting(s) will be held during the months of April and May 2023.
One of the challenges in developing 100% sustainable aviation fuels is the effect of synthetic blend components on the dielectric constant. Modern aircraft often employ capacitance-based gauging systems that rely on the dielectric constant of the fuel onboard to determine fuel quantity. Aircraft manufacturers have expressed concern over inaccuracie
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There is growing interest in cardiometabolic outcomes associated with nighttime noise, given that noise can disturb sleep and sleep disturbance can increase cardiometabolic risk such as hypertension. However, there is little empirical research evaluating the association between nighttime aircraft noise and hypertension risk. In this study, we expan
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The dielectric constant of aviation turbine fuel is leveraged by aircraft fuel quantity indicator systems (FQISs) using the Clausius–Mossotti relation, which assumes no significant dipole moments. For fossil-derived jet fuel containing relatively consistent fractions of polar aromatic molecules, this is appropriate. However, the interest in sustain
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This paper documents portions of a study that examined current flight deck human factors issues associated with Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) departure procedures (DPs), with a focus on issues relevant to a proposed Air Traffic Control (ATC) operational concept called Multiple Airport Route Separation (MARS). MARS aims to improve the flow of a
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In recent years, an increase in the amount of information that is available on advanced flight decks has raised concerns about potential problems such as data overload, a failure to notice important changes/events due to masking, and prohibitive information access costs. To better understand the (effects of the) changing information landscape on mo
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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