Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change

Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1. Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passengers (occasionally fatally), costing airlines tens of millions of dollars and causing structural damage to planes1, 2, 3. Clear-air turbulence is especially difficult to avoid, because it cannot be seen by pilots or detected by satellites or on-board radar4, 5. Clear-air turbulence is linked to atmospheric jet streams6, 7, which are projected to be strengthened by anthropogenic climate change8. However, the response of clear-air turbulence to projected climate change has not previously been studied. Here we show using climate model simulations that clear-air turbulence changes significantly within the transatlantic flight corridor when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is doubled. At cruise altitudes within 50–75° N and 10–60° W in winter, most clear-air turbulence measures show a 10–40% increase in the median strength of turbulence and a 40–170% increase in the frequency of occurrence of moderate-or-greater turbulence. Our results suggest that climate change will lead to bumpier transatlantic flights by the middle of this century. Journey times may lengthen and fuel consumption and emissions may increase. Aviation is partly responsible for changing the climate9, but our findings show for the first time how climate change could affect aviation.

A simple framework for assessing the trade-off between the climate impact of aviation carbon dioxide emissions and contrails for a single flight

Persistent contrails are an important climate impact of aviation which could potentially be reduced by re-routing aircraft to avoid contrailing; however this generally increases both the flight length and its corresponding CO emissions. Here, we provide a simple framework to assess the trade-off between the climate impact of CO emissions and contrails for a single flight, in terms of the absolute global warming potential and absolute global temperature potential metrics for time horizons of 20, 50 and 100 years. We use the framework to illustrate the maximum extra distance (with no altitude changes) that can be added to a flight and still reduce its overall climate impact. Small aircraft can fly up to four times further to avoid contrailing than large aircraft. The results have a strong dependence on the applied metric and time horizon. Applying a conservative estimate of the uncertainty in the contrail radiative forcing and climate efficacy leads to a factor of 20 difference in the maximum extra distance that could be flown to avoid a contrail. The impact of re-routing on other climatically-important aviation emissions could also be considered in this framework.

Naval instruction : a comparative research study

Naval training communities use a systems approach to training. This study considers the question "what is effectiveness in naval training?" Instructor courses of five navies were observed and naval instructors surveyed. Conclusions and recommednations are drawn from the data. It is proposed that most problems of effectiveness identified can be overcome without investment in technology or significant system changes.

Report of Captain A. B. Thomas, naval commandant on the Victorian Navy : from 1883 to 1886, together with regulations for permanent naval forces and naval brigade

Details the operations of the Victorian Navy for the period 1883 to 1886, including information on ships, training, stores, list of officers on the active and unattached list, list of ships including their armament, and the regulations under which the navy ran.

Evaluation of tender solutions for aviation training using discrete event simulation and best performance criteria

This paper describes a novel discrete event simulation (DES) methodology for the evaluation of aviation training tenders where performance is measured against “best performance” criteria. The objective was to assess and compare multiple aviation training schedules and their resource allocation plans against predetermined training objectives. This research originated from the need to evaluate tender proposals for the Australian Defence Aviation Training School that is currently undergoing aviation training consolidation and helicopter rationalization. We show how DES is an ideal platform for evaluating resource plans and schedules, and discuss metric selection to objectively encapsulate performance and permit an unbiased comparison. DES allows feasibility studies for each tender proposal to assure they satisfy system and policy constraints. Consequently, to create an objective and fair environment to compare tendered solutions, what-if scenarios have been strategically examined to consider improved implementations of the proposed solutions.

A multi-level approach to planning and scheduling resources for aviation training

This paper describes a multi-level system dynamics (SD) / discrete event simulation (DES) approach for assessing planning and scheduling problems within an aviation training continuum. The aviation training continuum is a complex system, consisting of multiple aviation schools interacting through interschool student and instructor flows that are affected by external triggers such as resource availability and the weather.
SD was used to model the overall training continuum at a macro level to ascertain relationships between system entities. SD also assisted in developing a shared understanding of the training continuum, which involves constructing the definitions of the training requirements, resources and policy objectives. An end-to-end model of the continuum is easy to relate to, while dynamic visualisation of system behaviour provides a method for exploration of the model.
DES was used for micro level exploration of an individual school within the training continuum to capture the physical aspects of the system including resource capacity requirements, bottlenecks and student waiting times. It was also used to model stochastic events such as weather and student availability. DES has the advantage of being able to represent system variability and accurately reflect the limitations imposed on a system by resource constraints.
Through sharing results between the models, we demonstrate a multi-level approach to the analysis of the overall continuum. The SD model provides the school’s targeted demand to the DES model. The detailed DES model is able to assess schedules in the presence of resource constraints and variability and provide the expected capacity of a school to the high level SD model, subjected to constraints such as instructor availability or budgeted number of training systems. The SD model allows stakeholders to assess how policy and planning affect the continuum, both in the short and the long term.
The development of this approach permits moving the analysis of the continuum between SD and DES models as appropriate for given system entities, scales and tasks. The resultant model outcomes are propagated between the continuum and the detailed DES model, iteratively generating an assessment of the entire set of plans and schedule across the continuum. Combining data and information between SD and DES models and techniques assures relevance to the stakeholder needs and effective problem scoping and scaling that can also evolve with dynamic architecture and policy requirements.
An example case study shows the combined use of the two models and how they are used to evaluate a typical scenario where increased demand is placed on the training continuum. The multi-level approach provides a high level indication of training requirements to the model of the new training school, where the detailed model indicates the resources required to achieve those particular student levels.

O seguro garantia no contexto da nova realidade da construção naval brasileira

Vivemos um momento de grande crescimento da construção naval no mundo, que é impulsionado pelo crescimento do comércio entre as nações, em um mundo cada vez mais globalizado. O mesmo se repete no Brasil. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é propor uma metodologia para o cálculo objetivo do valor a ser garantido ao cliente da indústria naval, de modo a criar os incentivos econômicos corretos para os artífices da relação principal-agente. Inicialmente descreverei a Tecnologia da Construção Naval e os problemas econômicos que encontramos, passando a seguir a expor o Mercado Naval, estando aí incluídos o lado consumidor e os produtores de navios, sendo eles nacionais ou internacionais. Finalmente passaremos ao detalhamento da solução de seguro proposta, com a formalização do tipo de seguro, nível de cobertura e monitoramento. Para tal utilizaremos a metodologia de Vector-Autorregression combinada a uma simulação de Monte Carlo. Os resultados encontrados são checados e apontamos os caminhos para aperfeiçoar a metodologia e possíveis usos alternativos para ela.

Analysis of the restructuring of the Russian defence industry (by the example of aviation industry and knaapo) and the creation of United Aviation Construction Corporation

The present study is focused on the analysis of the three main governmental measures occurred in 2000-2006 in Russian defense industry: the creation of the holding structures, the establishing of the state monopoly in arms export, and creation of the United Aviation Construction Corporation (Ob¿edinennaya Aviastroitel¿naya Corporatziya), which was initiated by the President and Government of Russian Federation in 2006. The last project assumes the consolidation and joining of all producers of civil and military aviation into one united corporation in order to save the technological and productive potential of the sector after serious crisis in 1990-s. On the other hand, this project can be considered as one of the measures to establish state control and hierarchy in the defense industry. The current project tries to analyze the necessity and the possible impacts of restructuring processes. In order to perform such analysis, I need to observe the evolution of the sector, which involves the description of the restructuring and reforming of the industry since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The current situation in aviation sector was shaped by number of reforms performed by Government of Russian Federation, which I describe in phases: conversion, privatization, decentralization, followed by evident desire of the state to establish control over some companies. Later on, I am trying to understand the reasons lying behind all reforms of 2000-2006 and the integration of the industry. I also try to predict which impacts on the companies it will have. The last part presents the main conclusions of the paper.

Comportamento estratégico para uma concorrência globalizada eficaz : a construção naval brasileira

Examina a construção naval brasileira sob enfoque de conceitos de estratégia globalizada. Aborda as forças competitivas que atuam sobre a indústria, influenciando e determinando seu comportamento econômico. Aponta estilos organizacionais apropriados para conduzir a indústria de construção naval brasileira de forma satisfatória na concorrência globalizada

Origens do desequilíbrio na indústria brasileira de construção naval

Este trabalho se propõe a analisar o setor de construção naval no Brasil, identificando os fatores que determinaram sua expansão e as condicionantes políticas e econômicas da crise que se estabeleceu na década de 80. Partindo do princípio que a crise nacional ã, antes de mais nada, um desdobramento da crise que afeta o setor a nível mundial, parte expressiva deste trabalho é dedicada à análise dos fenômenos que determinaram a evolução mundial da indústria de construção naval

Estudo de variáveis organizacionais e psicológicas relacionadas a acidentes de trabalho em uma indústria de construção naval

O objetivo principal deste trabalho consiste na exploração de parâmetros de variáveis organizacionais e psico-sociais relacionadas aos acidentes de trabalho de uma indústria de construção naval do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, através da aplicação de modelos matemáticos inspirados na Teoria das filas. A primeira parte compreende uma revisão das principais pesquisas 8 estudos relacionando diversas variáveis psicológicas, sociais sociológicas, fisiológicas físicas e organizacionais a ocorrência de acidentas de trabalho. A segunda parte do trabalho consiste na análise de 9.657 acidentes ocorri dos em uma indústria de construção naval no ano de 1974 quando são evidenciados os parâmetros que regem as distribuições do numero de acidentes sofridos por operário e do intervalo entre acidentes consecutivos são ainda propostas as equações que deveriam ser empregadas para a previsão das duas variáveis dependentes consideradas. Ao final são apresentadas algumas sugestões e conclusões onde a mais importante refere-se à invariância dos parâmetros quando se consideram diferentes características pessoais dos sujeitos. Tal fato é interpretado como produto do grau de periculosidade muito e levado da organização que esconde ria as influências das variáveis pessoais na ocorrência de acidentes de trabalho.