An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes
An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 030904880X

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Effective software is essential to the success and safety of the Space Shuttle, including its crew and its payloads. The on-board software continually monitors and controls critical systems throughout a Space Shuttle flight. At NASA's request, the committee convened to review the agency's flight software development processes and to recommend a number of ways those processes could be improved. This book, the result of the committee's study, evaluates the safety, oversight, and management functions that are implemented currently in the Space Shuttle program to ensure that the software is of the highest quality possible. Numerous recommendations are made regarding safety and management procedures, and a rationale is offered for continuing the Independent Verification and Validation effort that was instituted after the Challenger Accident.

Flight Stability and Automatic Control
Flight Stability and Automatic Control

Author: Robert C. Nelson

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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This edition of this this flight stability and controls guide features an unintimidating math level, full coverage of terminology, and expanded discussions of classical to modern control theory and autopilot designs. Extensive examples, problems, and historical notes, make this concise book a vital addition to the engineer's library.

Aviation Safety and Pilot Control
Aviation Safety and Pilot Control

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-03-28

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0309056888

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Adverse aircraft-pilot coupling (APC) events include a broad set of undesirable and sometimes hazardous phenomena that originate in anomalous interactions between pilots and aircraft. As civil and military aircraft technologies advance, interactions between pilots and aircraft are becoming more complex. Recent accidents and other incidents have been attributed to adverse APC in military aircraft. In addition, APC has been implicated in some civilian incidents. This book evaluates the current state of knowledge about adverse APC and processes that may be used to eliminate it from military and commercial aircraft. It was written for technical, government, and administrative decisionmakers and their technical and administrative support staffs; key technical managers in the aircraft manufacturing and operational industries; stability and control engineers; aircraft flight control system designers; research specialists in flight control, flying qualities, human factors; and technically knowledgeable lay readers.

Fifty Years of Flight Research
Fifty Years of Flight Research

Author: David F. Fisher

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13:

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A bibliography of Technical Reports from Dryden Research Center, 1946-1996. Dryden was a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) facility from to 1946-1958, when NACA became NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This bibliography encompasses both NACA and NASA publications. Illustrated with diagrams and photos. Black and white version.

Active Control Systems--review, Evaluation and Projections
Active Control Systems--review, Evaluation and Projections

Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. Flight Mechanics Panel. Symposium

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13:

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The papers considered comprehensive range of topics including: Active Control Technology applications; optimisation of systems architecture for both reliability and cost; control low design, development and test; the application of handling qualities criteria and the operational demonstration ofsystem reliability.