Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
City
Dayton
Abstract
We describe a program of research and development to combat problems of in-flight spatial disorientation. One component is a computational model predicting the onset of the leans, the graveyard spiral, the Coriolis, and the somatogyral illusion, based on a vestibular model and inputs from the aircraft and control states. This model is validated in a flight simulation experiment. A second component we describe is the application of the model off line, embodied in a visualization and analysis tool for SD mishap investigation. A third component uses the model on-line, in flight to trigger visual, auditory, and tactile countermeasures to restore spatial orientation. The effectiveness of these countermeasures is demonstrated in two experiments.
Repository Citation
Wickens, C. D.,
Small, R. L.,
Fisher, A. M.,
Keller, J. W.,
& Socash, C. M.
(2007). On Line and Off-Line Tools for Preventing and Analyzing Vestibular Spatial Disorientation Mishaps: A Summary of the Alion-MA&D / Air Force Research Program. 2007 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 748-751.
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