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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Flight simulators"”.
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Developing effective management flight simulators
… The delay simulator is an effective management flight simulator for assisting in teaching the concept of delays in supply chains and other complex systems. The simulator's usability factored into its effectiveness. Extensive user feedback and testing were carried out to yield a simple, intuitive …
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Design of optimal motion for flight simulators
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1983.
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Computerized beer distribution game management flight simulators : a review
The Beer Game has been used to demonstrate the bullwhip effect often observed in supply chains, i.e. the amplification of demand variance upstream in the supply chain in multiple echelon systems. In recent years, computerized Beer Games have been developed at a number of schools to facilitate or …
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Improving understanding of alternative fuel vehicle market dynamics using interactive simulations
Interactive management flight simulators are becoming increasingly common as a tool for teaching key concepts in management and related fields. Advocates of flight simulators suggest that the active engagement of students with experimentation and game play may even lead to enhanced systems thinking …
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A method for determining and reducing transport delays in the flight simulation environment
… several points in the signal path for piloted flight simulators. Measurements were made in both the frequency and time domain. A new method for collecting data from video transitions was designed and tested. The accuracy and ease of use of the new method was compared to the previous data …
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Distance Learning for Instrument Flight: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Mentor
<p>PC-based flight simulators are sometimes used as an alternative to traditional forms of instrument training. This type of training typically requires an instructor to be present with the student in order to facilitate training. Flight instructors play many important roles in aviation training, …
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The Effect of Cockpit Noise on Aircraft Pilot Psychomotor Performance
… groups was measured in an advanced simulator flight-tracking task for 60 minutes with no rest periods. The results confirmed that noise does have an effect on pilot performance in the cockpit. Results also supported the contention that advanced flight simulators create meaningful aircraft …
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Satellite Data Communications Link Requirements for a Proposed Flight Simulation System
… Aeronautical University (ERAU) and other flight training facilities. The proposed research was conducted following a descriptive method of collecting information, generating and analyzing data, and listing the results for the proposed link requirements. The current fiber-optic …
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A study of real-time lighting effects.
… is important for simulating the real world. Flight simulators and training systems need to be able to accurately simulate adverse conditions such as fog and snow. This work explores different real-time lighting effects such as bloom, airlight, shadows in participating media, and soft shadows. …
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Computational Prediction of Stall Aerodynamics and Evaluation of Ground Effect for a Generic Transport Aircraft
Flight safety of modern transport aviation depends to a large extent on the skills of the pilot in dealing with manual aircraft control in critical Flight situations.According to Boeing's document " Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Air-plane Accidents, Worldwide Operations (1959-2016)" about …
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Foundations for the Coupled Inflow and Structural Dynamics of Multi-rotor Helicopters
… can be modeled in real time for applications to flight simulators. In order to study the dynamic behavior of these systems, the present work will introduce a dynamic inflow model that computes the flow on and above each rotor disk for two interacting rotors. The model must be constructed as such …
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Development of a pilot-in-the-loop flight simulator using NASA's transport class model
… thesis presents the development of an immersive flight simulator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign using NASA's Transport Class Model. Flight simulators are a common and useful tool for control system design as well as verification and validation, and are used extensively …
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System Identification of a Nonlinear Flight Dynamics Model for a Small, Fixed-Wing UAV
… thesis describes the development of a nonlinear flight dynamics model for a small, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Models developed for UAVs can be used for many applications including risk analysis, controls system design and flight simulators. Several challenges exist for system …
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Cognitive Training Transfer Using A Personal Computer-based Game:a Close Quarters Battle Case Study
… replication in training systems such as flight simulators. Since games are designed and marketed for entertainment and not designed for training of tasks, questions exist about the effectiveness of games as a training system in achieving the desired transfer of skills to the actual …
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Virtual environments for medical training : graphic and haptic simulation of tool-tissue interactions
… skills. It has been recognized that, similar to flight simulators for pilots, virtual reality (VR) based surgical simulators promise a safer and more comprehensive way to train manual skills of medical personnel in general and surgeons in particular. One of the major challenges in the development …
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Contributions to Ship-Airwake-Rotor Coupling Characterization Using Controlled Forcing
… coupled effects of the ship airwake, rotor wake, flight dynamics, and pilot response. A central aspect of the DI is the aerodynamic interaction between the ship airwake and the rotor wake, which degrades handling qualities and increases pilot workload, yet the underlying mechanisms governing …
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Procedural generation of features for volumetric terrains using a rule-based approach.
… graphics simulations, including computer games, flight simulators and environments in feature films. Volumetric representations of 3D terrains can create rich features that are either impossible or very difficult to construct in other forms of terrain generation techniques, such as overhangs, …
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Identification Of System Design Features That Affect Sickness In Virtual Environments
… used to display the simulated environment. While simulators and VR devices may offer advantages such as low cost training, numerous studies on the effects to humans of exposure to different VEs indicate that motion sickness-like symptoms are often produced during or after exposure to the simulated …
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Zukunftsorientierte Entwicklung und Bewertung eines integrierten fensterlosen Cockpitsystems
… an das Enhanced Collimated Visual and Flight Information System (ECoVisFIS) genannte Cockpitsystem beruhen auf der Future Integrated Passenger Aircraft Cockpit (FIPAC) Konzeptbasis. Diese Basis stellt eine Grundlage der vorliegenden Arbeit dar und skizziert Anforderungen an ein modernes …
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