Visual performance evaluation of helicopter pilots in vibrating cockpit

Aykut Tamer; Andrea Zanoni; Alessandro Cocco; Pierangelo Masarati

doi:10.1115/DETC2019-97525

Visual performance evaluation of helicopter pilots in vibrating cockpit

Aykut Tamer, Andrea Zanoni, Alessandro Cocco, Pierangelo Masarati

Politecnico di Milano

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Abstract

Rotorcraft are known to suffer from relatively high levels of vibration as compared to their fixed-wing counterpart, due to exposure to significant vibratory load levels. Pilots usually operate in a vibrating cockpit, and hence can suffer from degradation of their instrument reading performance. Therefore, the expected level of degradation in visual performance should be estimated when there is room for design changes. The present work demonstrates the evaluation of visual vibration degradation of helicopter pilots using a modular analysis environment. Core elements are an aeroelastic helicopter model, a seat-cushion model, a detailed human biodynamics multibody model, and a simplified model of ocular dynamics, which are assembled into an overall model. The contribution of each component is examined using a figure of merit that includes both eye and instrument panel vibration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	15th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control
Publisher	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791859261
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-97525
Publication status	Published - 25 Nov 2019
Event	ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2019 - Anaheim, USA United States Duration: 18 Aug 2019 → 21 Aug 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume	6

Conference

Conference	ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2019
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	Anaheim
Period	18/08/19 → 21/08/19

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Funding Information:
The present work received partial support from Leonardo Helicopter Division. The authors particularly acknowledge LHD for providing part of the data used in the analysis.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 ASME.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Science Applications
Modelling and Simulation

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Tamer, A., Zanoni, A., Cocco, A., & Masarati, P. (2019). Visual performance evaluation of helicopter pilots in vibrating cockpit. In 15th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 6). The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-97525

Visual performance evaluation of helicopter pilots in vibrating cockpit. / Tamer, Aykut; Zanoni, Andrea; Cocco, Alessandro et al.
15th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2019. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 6).

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Tamer, A, Zanoni, A, Cocco, A & Masarati, P 2019, Visual performance evaluation of helicopter pilots in vibrating cockpit. in 15th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 6, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2019, Anaheim, USA United States, 18/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-97525

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