A little over a year ago NIOSH published a document titled, “Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities due to Heart Attacks and Other Sudden Cardiovascular Events.” The document presented the “lessons learned” from over 175 on-duty fire fighter fatalities due to sudden cardiac death. Specifically, the document described the magnitude of the problem, provided some background on the personal and occupat...

In this paper we present the results of a study within the CRUISE Network of Excellence. Within CRUISE we have simulated a simple scenario for Wireless Sensor Networks with three different simulation tools: NS-2, OMNeT++ and OPNET. The scenario investigated is that of a fire fighter entering a building and deploying sensor nodes in different rooms. Data collected from the sensor nodes is transm...

Nonlinear propagation of noise measured during static run-up measurements of a military jet aircraft is considered. Measurements made of the noise radiation from the F35AA Joint Strike Fighter indicate levels commensurate with finite-amplitude sound propagation, both through a Gol’dberg number analysis and numerical modeling. Comparisons with a nonlinear propagation model based on the generaliz...

It has long been considered crucial to develop decision support systems that aid fighter pilots achieve their goals. Such systems often require automation of tasks formerly performed manually by the pilots, in situations characterized by huge amounts of (possibly uncertain and incomplete) sensor data and contextual information, time-pressure and dynamically changing tasks. Thus, careful investi...

The objective of this research is to investigate smart actuator technology for an adaptive neck brace to assist pilots during high g+ maneuvers. Analysis and experiments were conducted to develop a simplified analytical model of the neck, determine the effectiveness of using a brace to prevent neck injury under high acceleration loads, identify actuator technology capable of actuating the mecha...

The DLR Future Fighter Demonstrator (FFD) is a highly agile, two-seated aircraft with twin-engines equipped, reheat and design flight speed extending into the supersonic regime (up to Ma=2.0). Based on given conceptual design, presented work focuses aeroelastic modeling, including structures, masses aerodynamics. Using models, comprehensive loads analysis 688 maneuver load cases, covering whole...

Salah satu kemampuan dasar wahana terbang type fixedwing adalah dapat lepas landas pada area yang terbatas, cepat mencapai lokasi diinginkan secara aman, akurat lintasan dan kembali ke base untuk mendarat dengan selamat. Misi khusus seperti pertolongan pertahanan membutuhkan mampu akurat, tetapi performa tersebut juga konsumsi energi besar. Untuk mendapatkan cepat, namun efisien, didesain model...