Simulation of Activities of Helicopter Flight Crews in Emergency Situations
https://doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2019-17-4-260-271
Abstract
Flight safety assurance problems solving focuses on aviation systems of different size as the objects of the study. Flight safety theory addresses such subjects of the study as operation of a specific aviation system «crew– aircraft» (C–A), detection and evaluation of hazards, as well as their localization or elimination.
Protective features of «crew–aircraft» aviation system should provide resistance to occurrence of abnormal cases. Aviation practices show that the protective features of the system are not always able to prevent development of danger, and a catastrophe becomes the most likely outcome of a flight.
When encountering such abnormal cases, the crew must use rescue equipment in order to reduce severity of the aviation accident and to prevent their own death. The article presents the results of network modelling of the pilot’s activity algorithm and of determining the probability of timely forced escape from of a helicopter with a rescue parachute.
The objective of the study is to assess effectiveness of protective features of C–A system in helicopters with the aim to reduce severity of aircraft accidents. To test the hypothesis about the possibility of using rescue equipment by helicopter crews, probabilistic statistical as well as experimental and calculation research methods were used.
Protective features of «crew–aircraft» aviation system should provide resistance to occurrence of abnormal cases. Aviation practices show that the protective features of the system are not always able to prevent development of danger, and a catastrophe becomes the most likely outcome of a flight.
When encountering such abnormal cases, the crew must use rescue equipment in order to reduce severity of the aviation accident and to prevent their own death. The article presents the results of network modelling of the pilot’s activity algorithm and of determining the probability of timely forced escape from of a helicopter with a rescue parachute.
The objective of the study is to assess effectiveness of protective features of C–A system in helicopters with the aim to reduce severity of aircraft accidents. To test the hypothesis about the possibility of using rescue equipment by helicopter crews, probabilistic statistical as well as experimental and calculation research methods were used.
Keywords
transport,
aviation,
helicopters,
emergency,
rescue equipment,
parachute system,
probability,
algorithm
About the Authors
A. A. Safonov
Military Training and Scientific Center of the Air Force «Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Safonov, Anatoliy A. – Ph.D. (Eng), head of research laboratory of psychological and pedagogical support of flight personnel training
Syzran
V. A. Dzhaksbaev
Military Training and Scientific Center of the Air Force «Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dzhaksbaev, Vyacheslav A. – Ph.D. (Eng), head of the department of aerodynamics and flight dynamics
Syzran
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Safonov A.A., Dzhaksbaev V.A. Simulation of Activities of Helicopter Flight Crews in Emergency Situations. World of Transport and Transportation. 2019;17(4):260-271. https://doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2019-17-4-260-271
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