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ASH-029 |
System Engineering for Commercial Aircraft,
Scott Jackson
1997. 208 pp.
Available in English.
Summary: The key principle of systems engineering, a process now
becoming widely applied in the commercial aircraft industry, is that an
aircraft should be considered as a whole and not as a collection of parts.
Another principle is that the requirements for the aircraft and its
subsystems emanate from a logical set of organized functions and from
economic or customer-oriented requirements as well as the regulatory
requirements for certification. The resulting process promises to
synthesize and validate the design of aircraft which are higher in
quality, better meet customer requirements, and are most economical to
operate. This book provides the reader with the information to apply the
systems engineering process to the design of new aircraft, derivative
aircraft, and to change(based designs. It explains the principles of
systems engineering in understandable terms, but does not attempt to
educate the reader in the details of the process. Incorporating the latest
thinking by the FAA and the JAA to utilize the systems engineering in the
aircraft certification process, the author shows how current guidelines
for certification of systems with software are in agreement with its main
principles. These in turn can be applied at three levels: the aviation
system, the aircraft as a whole, and the aircraft subsystem levels. By
providing guidelines for managing a commercial aircraft development using
the principles of systems engineering, the book will enable engineers and
managers to see the work they do in a new light. Whether developing a new
aircraft from scratch or simply modifying a subsystem, they will be
assisted to see their product from a functional point of view and thus to
develop new vehicles which are better, cheaper, and safer than before. Contents:
Introduction; Commercial aircraft; Functional analysis; Requirements
analysis; Constraints and specialty requirements; Interfaces; Synthesis;
Top-level synthesis; Subsystem synthesis; Certification, safety and
software; Verification; Systems engineering management and control; Final
comments. Scott Jackson is Senior Specialist in Systems Engineering, The
Boeing Company. |
US$ 84.95
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ASH-025 |
Passenger Protection Technology in Aircraft Accident Fires,
Neville Birch
1987. 160 pp. Available in English.
Summary: ". . . an
important and timely work for anyone involved in aircraft safety." --
Fire International. "The book thus offers real solutions and
addresses important issues of concern to many organizations including
airlines and manufacturers, airport authorities and specialist safety
equipment manufacturers." -- Aircraft Engineering. This book seeks to
improve the effectiveness of facilities and equipment within the aircraft
(or available to it) by the application of practical principles. |
US$ 94.95
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ASH-024 |
Cockpit Monitoring And Alerting Systems,
Paul M. Satchell
1993. 194 pp. Available in English.
Summary: "Paul
Satchell has provided an extremely useful and important book for aviation
enthusiasts and all those involved in information technology-related
industries that depend in the monitoring of highly complex systems. This
book is an excellent, well-documented read. It balances theoretical
insight with evidence from recent human-related accidents. This book is
relevant to students and professionals in aviation and aerospace
industries, as well as those engaged in human factors monitoring of
computer-controlled systems, such as road and rail transportation, air
traffic control, nuclear power plants, and other large highly automated
process and manufacturing installations." Reviewed by K. Victor
Ujimoto, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute , Vol. 39, No. 3,
September 1993. This important volume focuses on one of the central issues
in the high-tech "glass cockpit" -- the problem of
person-machine task optimization. Sustaining attention during long-term
monitoring is a vital concern for both pilots and CRM specialists. In this
book, Dr. Satchell provides an understanding of the human contribution to
the problem of machine-monitoring in cockpits and offers an alternative
view of the mechanisms underlying human factors accidents. Beginning with
a discussion of automation, peripheralization, and error, Dr. Satchell
outlines the origins, objectives, and effectiveness of CRM. He goes on to
discuss stress, arousal, and vigilance in detail. After an examination of
human alerting systems, Dr. Satchell offers an ideal alerting systems and
explores the direction of monitoring management. The book uses a
multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the vigilance problem in
cockpits. Drawing from accident analysis, aviation psychology, human
factors research, neurophysiology, vigilance research, clinical neurology,
and human resource management, Dr. Satchell provides a thorough and
well-balanced investigation of an area of primary importance in aviation. Contents:
Figures and tables; Preface; Introduction; Part A - Monitoring Problems
and Processes: Automation, peripheralisation and error; CRM as a response
to peripheralisation; Stress and arousal in cockpits; Vigilance mechanism;
Automation, peripheralisation, vigilance and stress. Part B - Monitoring,
Measurement and Alerting Systems: Vigilance measurement Human alerting
systems; The ideal alerting system. Part C - Monitoring Management:
Monitoring management, interim and future changes; Changes. References;
Index. Paul M. Satchell is the Director of the Gordon Craig Research
Laboratory, The University of Sydney and has appointments at Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital. |
US$
89.95 |
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ASH-038 |
Coping
with Computers in the Cockpit, Edited by Sidney Dekker and Erik
Hollnagel. 1999. 272 pages,
Summary: Increasing
cockpit automation in commercial fleets across the world has had a
profound impact on the cognitive work that is carried out on the flight
deck. Pilots have largely been transformed into supervisory controllers,
or managers. Consequently, operational and training requirements have
changed, and the potential for human error and system breakdown has
shifted. How do--or how can--airlines, regulators, educators and
manufacturers cope with these and other consequences of advanced aircraft
automation? Coping with Computers in the Cockpit covers current efforts
from all corners of the aviation industry (operators, trainers, designers,
regulators, researchers) that struggle to absorb the consequences of
automation safely and effectively. Additionally, because it deals with
recent developments in automation and human factors in a leading edge
domain, the book is relevant for other professions that have to do with
human performance in highly technical systems as well. This includes air
traffic control, critical care medicine, nuclear power, shipping, space
and process control industries. Contents: Prolegomena: Computers in
the cockpit: practical problems cloaked as progress, Sidney Dekker and
Erik Hollnagel; Automation and its impact on human cognition, Sidney
Dekker and David Woods; Being There: Automation And Interaction Design:
From function allocation to function congruence, Erik Hollnagel;
Visualising automation behaviour, Martin Howard; Automation and situation
awareness - pushing the research: frontier, Sidney Dekker and Judith
Orasanu; Getting It To Work: Certification Of Automation: Filling the gaps
in the human factors certification net, Gideon Singer; Human factors of
automation: the regulator's challenge, Hazel Courteney; Extracting data
from the future - assessment and certification of envisioned systems,
Sidney Dekker and David Woods; Learning To Live with Automation: Modern
flight training - managing automation or learning to fly? Johan Rigner and
Sidney Dekker; Introducing FMS aircraft into airline operations, Tom
Chidester; Automation and advanced crew resource management, Thomas
Seamster; Automation policy or philosophy? Management of automation in the
operational reality, Orjan Goteman; Bibliography; Index. Sidney Dekker and
Erik Hollnagel, Linköping University, Sweden. |
US$
74.95
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ASH-065 |
Innovation and Automation,
Paul Satchell
1998, 240 pages
Summary: Organizational
competitiveness requires innovation and automation, and current approaches
to both hamper creativity. The increasing coexistence of innovation and
automation is resulting in each impacting the other in ways that can be
detrimental to both. Innovation and Automation links these forces of
change positively by shifting the focus on human-machine interactions from
the current, technology-centered approach, to one where sharing is evolved
and creativity is no longer suppressed. It provides a unique way of
understanding innovation in organizations by using an environmental
interaction approach to understanding creativity and its translation into
innovatory behavior. The current dampening of creativity in organizations
is made meaningful by explaining organizational behavior in terms of
rituals. The author succinctly assembles the current evidence that the
prevailing technology-centered approach to automation is in part
responsible for the inability of humans to be creative in work situations.
Many of the behavioral constraints necessary for this type of automation
paralyze the translation of creativity into innovatory behavior. In
producing an antidote to the technology-centered approach, he moves beyond
current human-centered thinking to an approach where humans and machines
share by using the same processes that underlie the sharing between
humans. This sharing-centered approach to automation is explained and
illustrated. Throughout the book the current state of human-machine
interactions is illustrated with descriptive examples from aviation,
medicine and from organizations. The book also discusses three pictures of
future human-machine interactions of the flightdeck, in primary care
medical practice, and in boardrooms of major organizations. The main
readership includes all who are interested in innovation and
organizational development, especially in the technology based industries
and services such as health care, transportation, manufacturing and
information systems; it provides essential new ideas for senior
executives, strategic consultants, specialists in organizational behavior
and human resources, members of regulatory agencies and toher government
facilities, and academics and researchers. Contents: Figures;
Examples; Preface and acknowledements; Introduction; Humans and machines
I; Competitiveness, innovation and creativity; Innovation and
competitiveness;Innovation issues and processes; Creativity issues and
attributes; Creativity and ritual in organizations; Automation;
Technology-centred and human-centred automation; Humans and machines II;
Current automation consequences; Sharing with machines; Sharing automation
and innovative behaviour; Current technology, creativity and rituals; A
new approach to human-machine sharing; Sharing-centred automation and
innovation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. Paul Satchell, Director of
Sattress Pty Ltd, Australia. He is also author of Cockpit Monitoring and
Alerting Systems (1993). |
US$
79.95 hardback |
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