Browsing Flight Transportation Laboratory Reports by Subject "Airplanes"

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    • An adaptive Final Approach Spacing Advisory system : modeling, analysis and simulation 

      Chi, Zhihang (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1991], 1991)
      As airline industry grows and air traffic increases drastically, terminal airspace around busy airports is becoming more and more crowded. To accommodate the soaring demand for use of airports, a plausible and profitable ...

    • Aircraft requirements for low/medium density markets 

      Ausrotas, Raymond A.; Dodge, Steven Malcolm.; Faulkner, Henry B.; Glendinning, I.; Hays, Anthony P.; e.a. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973, 1973)
      Introduction: In 1971, the joint Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administrations, Civil Aviation Research and Development Policy Study (CARD) Report, identified the problems of providing air ...

    • Airline O-D control using network displacement concepts 

      Wei, Yuanyuan ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1996], 1996)
      In the airline industry, it is customary for carriers to offer a wide range of fares for any given seat in the same cabin on the same flight. In order to maximize the total network revenue, the airline practices so-called ...

    • Analysis of aircraft fleets of U.S. major airlines since deregulation 

      Ferrer José (Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, c1992, c1992)
      The purpose of this thesis is to relate the U.S. Major airlines changing use of aircraft to aviation policy and technology since deregulation of the U.S. airline industry enacted in 1978. First, a study of the airline fleet ...

    • Analysis of the altitude tracking performance of aircraft-autopilot systems in the presence of atmospheric disturbances 

      Sturdy, James Luckett; Hansman, Robert John. ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1988], 1988)
      The dynamic response of aircraft-autopilot systems to atmospheric disturbances was investigated by analyzing linearized models of aircraft dynamics and altitude hold autopilots. Four jet aircraft (Boeing 737-100, McDonald ...

    • Competitive impacts of yield management system components : forecasting and sell-up models 

      Skwarek, Daniel Kew ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1996], 1996)
      The focus of revenue management research efforts has historically been on the development of seat optimizers which find revenue maximizing booking limits by fare class in a nested fare class structure. Significantly less ...

    • An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions 

      Kirby, Mark Samuel; Hansman, Robert John (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986], 1986)
      Real-time measurements of ice growth during artificial and natural icing conditions were conducted using an ultrasonic pulse-echo technique. This technique allows ice thickness to be measured with an accuracy of ł0.5 mm; ...

    • Final approach guidance using an altimeter-aided Loran-C display system 

      Dogan, Norry ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986], 1986)
      Introduction: The goal of this thesis is to test the flyability of a display system that uses a King Radio KEAO-346 altimeter and Micrologic ML-3000 LORAN-C receiver for final approach guidance and to model the dynamics ...

    • Flight tests of a digital data acquisition system for analysis of ultrasonic pulse-echo signals used to measure ice accretion 

      Ryan, Justin Mark; Hansman, Robert John. (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986], 1986)
      A number of signal processing algorithms were developed for analyzing ultrasonic signals used to measure aircraft ice accretion in flight. A high speed digital signal acquisition system was designed and constructed to ...

    • Ground controlled precision landing delivery in the presence of radar disturbances 

      Durocher, Cort Louis (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1977], 1977)
      Introduction: The purpose of Air Traffic Control is to ensure separation of aircraft in the most efficient manner possible. The need for efficiency is becoming more important as air traffic continues to increase at a high ...

    • The interaction of radio frequency electromagnetic fields with atmospheric water droplets and application to aircraft ice prevention 

      Hansman, Robert John (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Technology Laboratory, 1982, 1982)
      In this work the physics of advanced microwave anti-icing systems, which pre-heat impinging supercooled water droplets prior to impact, is studied by means of a computer simulation and is found to be feasible. In order to ...

    • Modelling risk in ATC operations with ground intervention 

      Simpson, R. W.; Ausrotas, Raymond A. (Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, c1991, c1991)
      Preface: It was part of a continuing series of research work aimed at creating models for estimating Collision Risk for ATC operations which can be used by the Federal Aviation Administration and ICAO to establish safe ...

    • Presentations from the 1992 MIT/industry cooperative research program annual meeting 

      Williamson, Elizabeth Louise.; Svrcek, Tom.; Simpson, R. W.; Waldman, Gary L.; Mathaisel, Dennis F. X.; e.a. ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1992], 1992)

    • Presentations from the 1994 MIT/industry cooperative research program annual meeting 

      Achtmann, Eric D.; Belobaba, Peter.; Tan, Jin C.; Fedida, Fabien.; Farkas Andrs̀; e.a. ([Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1994], 1994)

    • Presentations from the 1995 MIT/industry cooperative research program annual meeting. 

      Wong, Keewah Gary.; Belobaba, Peter.; Farkas Andrs̀; Mathaisel, Dennis F. X; Wilson, John L.; e.a. ([Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)

    • A programmable pilot oriented display system for GA aircraft 

      Littlefield, James A. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1982], 1982)
      This report presents a complete description of a digital flight data processing platform designed to support a range of airborne or flight simulator based experiments requiring the acquisition, processing, and display of ...

    • A proposed system for aviation noise measurement and control 

      Simpson, R. W.; Hays, Anthony P. (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory [1973], 1973)
      This report reviews previous work on various measures for aviation noise, and proposes a completely new system for aviation noise measurement and control compatible with real time, operational noise monitoring hardware. ...

    • Some measures of aircraft performance on the airport surface 

      Swedish, William J. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1972], 1972)
      During the month of January, a survey was conducted at Boston and Atlanta Airports to obtain input data for an interactive computer simulation of runway and taxiway traffic being developed by Lincoln Laboratory. Data was ...

    • Toward the definition and measurement of the mental workload of transport pilots 

      Sheridan, Thomas B.; Simpson, R. W. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1979], 1979)
      This report describes work performed in the first year of a continuing research project aimed at developing useful methods for measuring the workload of pilots operating aircraft in the ATC system. Good methods of measuring ...