GRACE - a Versatile Simulator Architecture Making Simulation of Multiple Complex Aircraft Simple

Heesbeen, Bart W. W. M.; Ruigrok, R.C.J.; Fokkerweg, Anthony

doi:10.2514/6.2006-6477

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“…Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment (GRACE) is a generic flight simulator, representing a modern large two-engine fly-by-wire airliner (Heesbeen, Ruigrok, & Hoekstra, 2006). GRACE has a number of standard configurations.…”

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A Coherent Impression of the Pilots' Situation Awareness: Studying Relevant Human Factors Tools

Dijk

Merwe

Zon

2011

The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

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A flight simulator experiment was set up to study relevant human factors tools for situation awareness assessment of pilots. A specific scenario was designed in which a malfunction of the aircraft was introduced during flight: an indicated air speed discrepancy. Pilot behavior was studied while pilots tried to figure out the correct speed. Eye movement metrics alone provided an insufficient picture of pilot situation awareness, but when purposefully combined with subjective, self-rating metrics, they offered a more comprehensive look at situation awareness, covering all 3 levels of Endsley's situation awareness definition.Over the past two or three decades, the concept of situation awareness (SA) has received considerable attention from the human factors (HF) research community. Although originally a term used within (military) aviation, SA has developed as a major concern in many other domains where people operate complex, dynamic systems (e.g., maintenance, air traffic control, medical systems, and the nuclear power industry). Achieving SA is one of the most challenging aspects of these operators' jobs and is central to good decision making and performance. This stems largely from a growing concern with the effects of widespread automation and advanced information systems on the ability of humans to take in and comprehend exactly what is going on without becoming confused, overloaded, or error-prone. As a consequence, valid and meaningful measures of SA are required to help us assess the design and use of complex systems in simulations Correspondence should be sent to Henk van Dijk, Air Transport Training Simulation and Operator

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A Coherent Impression of the Pilots' Situation Awareness: Studying Relevant Human Factors Tools

Dijk

Merwe

Zon

2011

The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

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“…Flight training simulators need a high level of realism. In order to create a cockpit environment that closely matches the real live cockpit, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has developed a new flight simulator called Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment (GRACE) [6]. It makes flight simulator combine efficiently and become an ultimate research platform.…”

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Implementation of a Controlling Scheme Used in a Training System of Cockpit Instruments

Zhang

2014

AMR

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A scheme of controlling data on a training system of cockpit instruments is presented to meet the need of education and teaching for colleges. A training system of cockpit instruments is established based on this scheme. The system consists of three parts: dashboard, aircraft instruments and operate-controlling subsystem. It has been completed. The advantages such as high reliability, easily operating and low cost make this system have a broad market prospect.

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“…In prior research, [1], [2], and [3] described testing the Weather Information Management System (WIMS), as part of the FLYSAFE (www.eu-Flysafe.org) architecture, for hazardous weather and terrain in a flight simulator. Weather data was generated by a mesoscale non-hydrostatic model for a 200 km square domain about Innsbruck, Austria, where the Alps mountain range represented the hazardous terrain.…”

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Creating a realistic weather environment for motion-based piloted flight simulation

Daniels

Schaffner

Evans

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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A flight simulation environment is being enhanced to facilitate experiments that evaluate research prototypes of advanced onboard weather radar, hazard / integrity monitoring (HIM), and integrated alerting and notification (IAN) concepts in adverse weather conditions. The simulation environment uses weather data based on real weather events to support operational scenarios in a terminal area.A simulated atmospheric environment was realized by using numerical weather data sets. These were produced from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model hosted and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To align with the planned flight simulation experiment requirements, several HRRR data sets were acquired courtesy of NOAA. These data sets coincided with severe weather events at the Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Memphis, TN. In addition, representative flight tracks for approaches and departures at MEM were generated and used to develop and test simulations of (1) The simulation includes a weather radar display that provides weather and turbulence modes, derived from the modeled weather along the flight track. The radar capabilities and the pilots controls simulate current-generation commercial weather radar systems. Appropriate data-linked weather advisories (e.g., SIGMET) were derived from the HRRR weather models and provided to the pilot consistent with NextGen concepts of use for Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) data link products.The net result of this simulation development was the creation of an environment that supports investigations of new flight deck information systems, methods for incorporation of better weather information, and pilot interface and operational improvements for better aviation safety. This research is part of a larger effort at NASA to study the impact of the growing complexity of operations, information, and systems on crew decision-making and response effectiveness; and then to recommend methods for improving future designs.

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GRACE - a Versatile Simulator Architecture Making Simulation of Multiple Complex Aircraft Simple

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

A Coherent Impression of the Pilots' Situation Awareness: Studying Relevant Human Factors Tools

A Coherent Impression of the Pilots' Situation Awareness: Studying Relevant Human Factors Tools

Implementation of a Controlling Scheme Used in a Training System of Cockpit Instruments

Creating a realistic weather environment for motion-based piloted flight simulation

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