Evaluation of Cockpit Design: Applications and Algorithms - Softcover

Şenol, Mehmet Burak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848443139 ISBN 13: 9783848443130

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Evaluation of cockpit design is the main theme of this book. The flight deck is the ultimate human–machine interface application. It uses human senses of touch and sight in a safety-critical situation. Cockpit displays and the controls are sophisticated human machine interface applications. Display systems, present at cockpits are complex environments causing excessive mental workload and the consequences of errors can be catastrophic. Human errors can only be prevented by user-friendly cockpit design. In this book, reach compatibilities to controls in the cockpit are evaluated and then suitable positions of indicators at front display panel are examined to obtain a user-friendly cockpit design. Human anthropometry is the most significant factor while evaluating cockpit reach compatibilities to controls; so all critical operational reach parameters of pilots are examined. The anthropometric study revealed vision problems and showed that the height of display panel is inappropriate for most pilots. Accordingly, suitable positions of the indicators on pedestal are evaluated and determined by using different techniques from human factors point of view.

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About the Author

MSc: Studied Cockpit Design at Middle East Technical University. Manager at an Aircraft Factory in Turkey. He is awarded with a scholarship from Turkish National Science Foundation for PhD research at Wayne State University-MI to study optimization methodologies for manned & unmanned aviation vehicle's interface design.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848443139
• ISBN 13: 9783848443130
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112