• Coloured Petri net-based traffic collision avoidance system encounter model for the analysis of potential induced collisions 

      Tang, Jun; Piera, Miquel Angel; Guasch Petit, Antonio (2016-03-03)
      Article
      Accés obert
      The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is a world-wide accepted lastresort means of reducing the probability and frequency of mid-air collisions between aircraft. Unfortunately, it is widely known that in ...
    • Diseño de un sistema de detección de accidentes 

      Penchev Tanev, Plamen (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07-13)
      Treball Final de Grau
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      This paper explains the procedure carried out to achieve a prototype of an accident detection system. The system consists in a smartphone application and a hardware installed into the vehicle. In order to start the design, ...
    • Dose calculations in aircrafts after Fukushima nuclear power plant accident – Preliminary study for aviation operations 

      Vargas Drechsler, Arturo; Arnold, Delia; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sievers, Klaus; Maurer, Christian (Elsevier, 2019-09-01)
      Article
      Accés obert
      There is little information to decision support in air traffic management in case of nuclear releases into the atmosphere. In this paper, the dose estimation due to both, external exposure (i.e. cloud immersion, deposition ...
    • The Impact of Cognitive Fatigue on Airline Pilots Performance 

      Quental, Nuno; Rocha, Joao; Reis Silva, Jorge Miguel; Menezes, Lídia; Santos, Jorge (Omnia Science, 2021-06)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Purpose: Air transport is a highly regulated branch of aviation, but it continues to show occurrences where human error is present. Fatigue is now recognized as a hazard which degrades human performance and can put flight ...