University of New South Wales - UNSW

At the conclusion of this courses, students will have an enhanced awareness of the fundamentals and basic concepts of simulators and synthetic devices to aviation training and development and be familiar with the scope and limitation of the resources and potentials available to them as line pilots or airline managers in the implementation of simulator applications.

Philosophy

This course addresses the broad application of simulation to the aviation industry and covers the topics of: history, fundamentals, modeling and hardware, implementation, application, educational considerations and current development trends. While the emphasis of this course is on aircraft simulation, aspects of operations and systems simulation are also discussed The perspective of this course is that of an end user, particularly from point of view of line pilots, trainers and managers.

Lecturer

Mr. Mick Stone

Location

This course runs for six weeks in Session 1 2008.

Lectures are held in: Central Lecture Block 3 at 1300-1700 on Thursdays.

Assessment

Current Technology Assignment 30%
Minor Assignment 30%
Final Examination 40%

Recommended Texts

Recommended Texts for PART A: Simulator Simulation

Rolfe, J.M. &Staples, K.J (1988) Flight Simulation. Cambridge [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press, 1997, c1988.
Garrison, P (1985) Flight Without Wings : A Flight Simulation Manual. Blue Ridge Summit, Penn.: Tab Books, 1985.
Diab, H (1992) Design and implementation of a flight simulation system. [Beirut]: American University of Beirut, c1992.
Roscoe, S.N (1980) Aviation Psychology. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1980.
Telfer, R. A (Ed) (1993) Aviation Instruction and Training. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate, c1993.
Watkins. C & Marenka S (1994) Taking Flight. New York, N.Y. : M&T Books, c1994.
Hogg, C (1992) Total Flight Simulation [details incomplete]
Farmer, E., Rooji, J.V., Riemersma, J., Jorna, P., & Moraal, J (1999) Handbook of Simulator-based Training. Aldershot : Ashgate, c1999.

Recommended Texts for PART B: Numerical Simulation

Walpole, R. and Myers, R (1993) Probability & Statistics For Engineers & Scientists, 5th edn. New York : Macmillan ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice-Hall International, 1993.
Mike, T (1995) Practical Queuing Analyses. London : McGraw-Hill, c1995.
Taha, H (2003) Operations Research : An Introduction, 7th edn. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003.

These texts are available for loan from the UNSW library or to buy from the University Bookshop. Please do not limit yourself to these books – be imaginative and use the library resources.

Learning Resources

The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.

In particular, students may wish to access the following:

Note-Taking Skills
The Basics of Essay Writing
Answering Assignment Questions
Report Writing FAQs
The Basics of Studying for Exams
Surviving Exams
Exam Skills
Plagiarism
The American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing System