This paper summarises the current state of the art and future intentions for deconfliction of civil aircraft. The paper then describes the relationship between Pilot and Controller to ensure the safe navigation of all aircraft operating in the same airspace. The paper focuses on 4D profile prediction and its use for what is known in Civil Aviation as Medium Term Conflict Detection/Alert. The pa...

the aim of this manuscript is to study the implication of aluminium-oxide nanofluid for an amphibious vehicle engine (viable on land and under water) cooling system both analytically and experimentally. to achieve this, a one-dimensional model of the engine cooling system (radiator) is considered through a computational fluid code in which the mass flow rate for a range of the coolant temperatu...

This paper presents the autonomous micro aerial vehicle pilot, a new autopilot platform weighing 6.25 g and measuring 11.3 cm2, specifically designed for use on micro/miniature aerial vehicle mobile sensing platforms. An overview of the hardware, firmware, ground station, and validation testing used to demonstrate this autopilot as a viable research instrument for atmospheric thermodynamic sens...

Effects of aeroservoelasticity on the manual control of large civil aircraft are investigated through a pilot modelling approach based on the modified optimal control model. A synopsis of modelling techniques is presented, followed by the description of the adopted technique. A simulation environment suitable for investigating pilot-vehicle dynamics in the longitudinal axis has been developed. ...

Command and control for AUVs has been an area of active research over the past years. Inspired by the command structure in real ships and submarines, we have developed a command and control system which operates through the interaction of multiple software agents. The software agents take on roles such as Captain, Executive Officer, Navigator, Pilot, etc. to achieve specified missions. The comm...

The paper starts from the problem of PIO (Pilot-In-the-loop Oscillations), a major problem in aircraft handling and control, where the idea of the feedback as hidden technology is basic. The real phenomenon called PIO is modeled by a feedback structure where the pilot acts as one of the components of the loop and has to be modeled accordingly. PIO are in fact self-sustained oscillations and usu...

Pilot-Induced Oscillation (PIO) is an unwanted, inadvertent phenomenon that has the ability to damage the aircraft completely. This paper suggests a novel control method that can damp PIO after predicting its occurrence. The specific point of this control algorithm is that it contains a preprocessor that will not let the controller be activated unless in the case of probable PIOs, so pilot comm...

Modern society is built on good roads and efficient transportation systems. Road safety has become the primary development issue within road infrastructures. Safety and mobility can, however, be jeopardized by poor highway design and construction or by operating procedures which allow unsafe driving conditions e.g. construction work zones, incident management or response to emergencies caused b...