Project 01 Heated Airport Pavements
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Airport agencies spend millions of dollars to remove ice and snow from airport pavement surfaces to achieve accessible, safe,...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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This paper reports on the procedures of mix design preparation, production, placement, and performance evaluation of the first...Updated Oct 09, 2021
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The overall objective of this paper is to investigate the types and proportions of nano-carbon based conductive materials...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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This research was inspired by the need to optimize the mix design of electrically conductive concrete (ECON) for field...Updated Oct 09, 2021
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The objective of this study was to synthesize, characterize and evaluate the nanomaterials-based superhydrophobic (super...Updated Oct 09, 2021
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Ice and snow on airport pavements can contribute to flight cancellations and delays. Traditional deicing methods that involve...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Superhydrophobic surfaces that mimic surfaces found in nature, such as the lotus leaf, are an attractive research topic in...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 02 Rotorcraft ASIAS
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From 2008 to 2021, 48 helicopter accidents have involved Vortex Ring State (VRS) encounters in the United States. Vortex Ring...Updated Jan 10, 2025
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Helicopter safety literature generally focuses on identifying the causes and contributing factors for fatal accidents. It...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Although the estimated yearly rate of helicopter accidents has been decreasing over the past decade, it has now reached a...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has highlighted the importance of flight data monitoring as a tool to improve...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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In the course to improve the safety of helicopter operations, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has stressed the...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Approach and landing are among the most challenging and dangerous tasks required of helicopter pilots. Helicopter accident...Updated Jan 12, 2025
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Knowledge discovery or data mining techniques are widely used for anomaly detection in the commercial aviation domain to...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Data mining techniques are widely used for anomaly detection in the commercial fixed-wing aviation domain to retrospectively...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Historically, rotorcraft have featured higher accident and incident rates compared to fixed-wing air carrier and general...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Various reports from entities such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board...Updated Jan 10, 2025
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From 2008 to 2021, 48 helicopter accidents have involved Vortex Ring State (VRS) encounters in the United States. For dangerous...Updated Jan 12, 2025
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Approach and landing are among the most challenging and dangerous tasks required of helicopter pilots. Helicopter accident...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 05 Safety Analysis for General Aviation
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Inflight loss of control (LOC-I) continues to be a significant cause of General Aviation (GA) fixed-wing aircraft accidents....Updated Jan 12, 2025
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General Aviation (GA) accounts for the vast majority of aviation accidents in the United States every year. As a result of the...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Aircraft flight safety has been a main issue in General Aviation (GA) area. It is important to generate an accurate aerodynamic...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Energy management and energy state awareness are important concepts in aircraft safetyanalysis. Many loss-of-control accidents...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Flight data monitoring (FDM) is believed to be effective for mitigating risks of aviation accidents by the International Civil...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Identifying phases of flight in General Aviation can help in identifying safety events, which are events which may result in the...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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In order to study to the performance of general aviation aircraft with respect to various safety exceedances, an accurate...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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General Aviation (GA) accidents constitute most of aviation related accidents. Flight data analysis has helped reduce the...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Utilizing Energy Metrics and Clustering Techniques to Identify Anomalous General Aviation OperationsAmong operations in the General Aviation community, one of the most important objectives is to improve safety across all flight...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 06 Runway Centerline Deviation
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Using LiDAR sensors for tracking and monitoring an operating aircraft is a new application. In this paper, we present data...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Improving sensor performance, combined with better affordability, provides better object space observability, resulting in new...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Secure airport operations are an important part of the aviation safety, as about 20 percent of collisions between aircrafts and...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 25 General Aviation 2030: GA Exploratory Analysis
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The primary intent of the PEGASAS Project 25: General Aviation 2030—GA Exploratory Analysis team was to generate what the team...Updated Dec 12, 2021
Project 26 Drop In Aviation Fuels Fire Safety
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Alternative fuels are being certified to be used in aircraft. However, the fire-safety properties of these fuels are unknown....Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Liquid transportation fuels in the middle distillate range contain thousands of hydrocarbons making the predictions and...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 27 Heated Pavements Phase Change Materials
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Incorporating phase change materials (PCMs) into concrete pavements has been suggested as a means to improve anti-icing...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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This paper investigates the potential use of phase change materials (PCM) in concrete pavements to store heat, which can be used...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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This paper discusses the use of phase change materials (PCM) in concrete pavement as a method to store energy which can be used...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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We employ a numerical methodology to predict the freeze-thaw performance of cementitious composites containing lightweight...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 30 Scenario Based Training for Rotorcraft
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We develop an approach to identify high-risk sequences of events (or occurrence chains) in General Aviation (GA) accidents using...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Historically, rotorcraft have featured higher accident and incident rates compared to fixed-wing air carrier and general...Updated Oct 12, 2021
Project 32 Rotorcraft Wire Strike
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Rotorcraft are commonly required to fly at low altitudes and this places them at a high risk of striking various types of...Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Wire strikes have been one of the most common sources of helicopter accidents in the past seven years. The sizes of poles and...Updated Jan 10, 2025
Project 33 Augmented Weather Information Project (AWIP)
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Augmented reality (AR) learning experiences were designed for general aviation (GA) weather training to enhance students...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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The purpose of this study was to increase General Aviation (GA) pilot reports (PIREPs) through reducing errors, trust issues,...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Aviation meteorological surface observations are a used to explore enhancement of advisory information for pilots as part of...Updated Jan 12, 2025
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This work evaluates augmented reality (AR) training materials for general aviation (GA) weather training. Reviews of GA weather...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 34 Helicopter Operations Weather Information
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Helicopters typically operate at lower altitudes than fixed-wing aircraft and can take-off and land away from airports. Thus,...Updated Nov 14, 2021
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Helicopter pilots face unique challenges with regard to adverse weather when compared to fixed-wing pilots. Rotorcraft typically...Updated Nov 14, 2021
Project 35 Enhanced Hands-Minimized Weather Interfaces for Pilots
Project 36 Weather Information Representativeness and Uncertainty Resolution for Low Altitude Operations
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General aviation (GA) pilots use different types of weather information when assessing weather conditions during pre-flight...Updated Jan 12, 2025