Tim Mehling
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Tim Mehling has a total of 3 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Manfred Hajek
Technical University of Munich, 85748 Munich, Germany
1 shared publication - Milan Vrdoljak
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucica 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
1 shared publication - Omkar Halbe
Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 23 August 2022
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
- Vol. 38 (5) , 18-33
Flight Guidance Concepts to Mitigate Flight Control System Degradation in Urban Air Mobility Scenarios
Continued safe flight under all foreseeable scenarios will be crucial to assure airworthiness and build trust in future vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) urban air mobility (UAM) concepts. Successful pilot intervention will be especially important for handling emergency procedures. This paper demonstrates the use of human-centric flight guidance concepts to mitigate the effects of non-catastrophic failures in future VTOL UAM aircraft. Specifically, a single failure in the lateral steering function of an automatic flight control system is considered. A new waypoint guidance law is proposed to generate the required roll command to manually steer the aircraft toward a predefined safe landing zone. Two display concepts are proposed to aid the manual execution of the roll steering command: a head-down display (HDD), and a head-mounted display (HMD). The guidance law and the display concepts were integrated into a high-fidelity, wide field-of-view rotorcraft simulation environment. Human-in-the-loop experiments were performed with non-pilot test subjects. The effectiveness of the guidance law and display concepts along with the associated piloting performance and human factor impacts were assessed. The results indicated that all test subjects were able to reach a close vicinity of the final waypoint. The HMD induced lower workload whereas the HDD resulted in better tracking performance.
- 23 August 2022
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
- Vol. 38 (5) , 18-33
Flight Guidance Concepts to Mitigate Flight Control System Degradation in Urban Air Mobility Scenarios
Continued safe flight under all foreseeable scenarios will be crucial to assure airworthiness and build trust in future vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) urban air mobility (UAM) concepts. Successful pilot intervention will be especially important for handling emergency procedures. This paper demonstrates the use of human-centric flight guidance concepts to mitigate the effects of non-catastrophic failures in future VTOL UAM aircraft. Specifically, a single failure in the lateral steering function of an automatic flight control system is considered. A new waypoint guidance law is proposed to generate the required roll command to manually steer the aircraft toward a predefined safe landing zone. Two display concepts are proposed to aid the manual execution of the roll steering command: a head-down display (HDD), and a head-mounted display (HMD). The guidance law and the display concepts were integrated into a high-fidelity, wide field-of-view rotorcraft simulation environment. Human-in-the-loop experiments were performed with non-pilot test subjects. The effectiveness of the guidance law and display concepts along with the associated piloting performance and human factor impacts were assessed. The results indicated that all test subjects were able to reach a close vicinity of the final waypoint. The HMD induced lower workload whereas the HDD resulted in better tracking performance.