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Cockpit Engineering (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Cockpit Engineering (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Cockpit Engineering provides an understandable introduction to
cockpit systems and a reference to current concepts and research.
The emphasis throughout is on the cockpit as a totality, and the
book is accordingly comprehensive. The first chapter is an overview
of how the modern cockpit has evolved to protect the crew and
enable them to do their job. The importance of psychological and
physiological factors is made clear in the following two chapters
that summarise the expectable abilities of aircrew and the hazards
of the airborne environment. The fourth chapter describes the
stages employed in the design of a modern crewstation and the
complications that have been induced by automated avionic systems.
The subsequent chapters review the component systems and the
technologies that are utilized. Descriptions of equipment for
external vision - primarily the windscreen, canopy and night-vision
systems - are followed by pneumatic, inertial and
electro-mechanical instruments and the considerations entailed in
laying out a suite of displays and arranging night-lighting.
Separate chapters cover display technology, head-up displays,
helmet-mounted displays, controls (including novel controls that
respond directly to speech and the activity of the head, eye and
brain), auditory displays, emergency escape, and the complex layers
of clothing and headgear. The last chapter gives the author's
speculative views on ideas and research that could profoundly alter
the form of the crewstation and the role of the crew. Although the
focus of the book is on combat aircraft, which present the greatest
engineering and ergonomic challenges, Cockpit Engineering is
written for professional engineers and scientists involved in
aerospace research, manufacture and procurement; and for aircrew,
both civil and military - particularly during training. It will
also be of great interest to university students specialising in
aerospace, mechanical and electronic engineering, and to
professional engineers and scientists in the marine, automotive and
related industries.
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