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Ing. Martin Novák, Ph.D.

2020, New Trends in Aviation Development 2020, The XV. International Scientific Conference - PROCEEDINGS, Prague, Czechoslovakia Section IEEE), p. 127-130), ISBN 978-1-7281-7324-5

The aim of this article is a better organization of an aircraft maintenance equipment in the hangar stand of the Line Maintenance of the Czech Airline Technics company. The theoretical part of the article is about introduction of a situation and a description of used methods. The practical part is about the better organization itself and it arose from a requirement to propose an order for the current unorganized placement of the equipment. Effective organization of the workplace is proposed with regards to set criteria which were processed with the use of a coordinate method and multi-criteria decision making. The coordinate method finds ideal placement for the equipment presented in the hangar. It takes into consideration the places of use as well as other places affecting the placement. The multi-criteria decision making is used to evaluate the benefit of each equipment. With the consideration of the 5S method principles, the output of the article is a practical implementation of the described process of the better organization of the equipment in the newly built hangar S at the Václav Havel Airport, Prague, Czech Republic. The implementation achieved standardization of the inner organization, setting of rules and solving tasks needed for getting the new hangar into operation.

2019, 2019 New Trends in Aviation Development (NTAD), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)), p. 135-138), ISBN 9781728140780

Assesment of materials used in aircraft interiors

2019, 2019 Konference - 25 let Fakulty dopravní, Praha, České vysoké učení technické v Praze), p. 16-18), ISBN 978-80-01-06545-7

Bezpilotní létající systém Ústavu letecké dopravy byl projekt, jehož cílem bylo postavit a dále testovat i jinak využívat UAS (Unmanned Aerial System). Projekt byl rozdělen na několik částí. V první části projektu bylo úkolem vybrat pozorovací a přenosové vybavení jako jsou kamery, termovizní kamera, zařízení pro bezdrátový přenos video signálu aj. Při výběru vhodných zařízení byla použita metoda vícekriteriálního rozhodování pomocí rozhodovacích tabulek. V další části projektu bylo řešeno upevnění kamery s možností natáčení do 2 směrů. Třetí část projektu řešila umístění, upevnění a zprovoznění vybraných zařízení na UA (Unmanned Aircraft). Poloha jednotlivých zařízení na UA byla vybrána po zvážení několika parametrů, jako jsou zachování funkčnosti zařízení nebo vliv na vyvážení. Na závěr článku jsou popsána možná využití ústavního UAS.

2019, TRANSPORT MEANS 2019 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23rd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, Kaunas, Kaunas University of Technology), p. 959-962), ISSN 1822-296X

The goal of this article is to introduce an expediency analysis of unmanned aircraft systems that has been created at the Department of Air Transport CTU in Prague FTS by its employees. A principle of the expediency analysis is to determine if a usage of the unmanned system is suitable for a certain activity. The unmanned system is compared both with the usage of a piloted aircraft and without usage of any flying machine. The unmanned aircraft system is compared from the safety, environmental (including sociological) and financial points of view. The first part is about a current situation in a field of the unmanned aircraft systems and three mentioned points of view. The next part describes most important research methods that have been used for an analysis creation. The third part of the article describes the expediency analysis itself and its creation. There are validation of the analysis and its overall evaluation in the final part of this article.

2019, 2019 Konference - 25 let Fakulty dopravní, Praha, České vysoké učení technické v Praze), p. 63-65), ISBN 978-80-01-06545-7

Cílem předkládaného článku je seznámit čtenáře s kalibrací elektronických palubních zapisovačů. Kalibrace probíhá na Ústavu letecké dopravy Fakulty dopravní. Tyto zapisovače slouží jako záznamové zařízení, které zaznamenává průběh letu. V první části článku je stručně vysvětlen pojem palubní (letový) zapisovač. Dále je popsán samotný postup kalibrace. Poslední část článku se věnuje pověřeným laboratořím, které mohou kalibraci palubních zapisovačů provádět.

2018, New Trends in Process Control and Production management, London, CRC Press), p. 119-124), ISBN 978-1-138-05885-9

Article describes innovations in business models driven by high competitive markets. It unfolds the reasons behind Hybrid Business Model uprising and describes periods of air transportation evolution which triggered changes in business models of air transport providers. It is focused on segment structure and air transport de-mand changes. Article introduces transformation of business models on case studies and outlines possible future predictions.

2018, TRANSPORT MEANS 2018 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22nd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, Kaunas, Kaunas University of Technology), p. 803-806), ISSN 1822-296X

The aim of the article is to introduce a medical analysis of injuries caused by propulsion units installed in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and assess whether the current classification of the UAVs by the Czech legislation is appropriate from the safety point of view. Correspondingly, such evaluation is done also with respect to legislation of the European Union. Since the experiment methods and initial evaluation were discussed in a preceding paper, the article summarizes its most important findings in the introduction part. Afterwards, the medical injury analysis and a brief description of treatment procedure are provided focusing on to what extent the injuries are serious and what treatment is necessary in case a person has been wounded by UAV's propulsion units. Finally, the current as well as future proposals of the UAVs classification are evaluated. Finally, an authors' proposal of the classification is presented with regard to the experiment results and the EASA standards.

2018, New Trends in Process Control and Production management, London, CRC Press), p. 377-381), ISBN 978-1-138-05885-9

Current logistics is dynamic and it requires using of modern technologies. It is ensured that packages are delivered in time and for a price that is as low as possible thanks to these technologies. Unmanned aerial vehicles are the modern technology that is capable to fulfil these requirements. This article deals with possibilities of using the unmanned vehicles at the modern logistics focusing on a choosing of suitable type of the unmanned vehicle. The first part of the article summarizes a current state of using the unmanned vehicles at the logistics. Suitable types of the vehicles are chosen in the next part of the article. The choice of the suitable type depends on several factors. The last part of the article is about a model situation and its economic assessment. The package transport by the unmanned vehicle is compared with a common way of the transport using a surface transport.

2018, Acta Avionica, 20 (1), p. 57-61), ISSN 1339-9853

This article is about Master’s thesis that focuses on more detailed use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of agriculture and livestock breeding. It deals with the definition and use of unmanned vehicles in general, with its history, their advantages and disadvantages using SWOT analysis for preventing threats in the future. Then it looks at the legislative aspects and the legal norms, especially it includes a description of the main document containing the unmanned flying rules, Appendix X of the state regulation L2. It proposes to change the existing rules defined in legislation within the Czech Republic which aims to facilitate the rules of flying in a professional way. The part dealing with the risks and limits arising from the use of unmanned vehicles in agriculture defines its importance and role in performing operations in agriculture and in general. In addition, it includes possible solutions for reducing risks in the industry. The other part focuses on various reasons why to use a special unmanned aerial vehicle specifically for given target and area. Composition of a model example with livestock at farm and already selected unmanned vehicles are also problematic issues. The conclusion summaries the described, analysed and achieved points and goals mentioned at the beginning of the Master’s thesis.

2017, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Military Technologies (ICMT), Brno, Ministerstvo obrany, Univerzita obrany), p. 500-506), ISBN 978-1-5386-1988-9

At present, several studies exist describing the relevance of human factor in air transport with main focus on pilots and flight safety. Within such studies, monitoring of physiological functions is used. There are lot of physiological parameters and methods of their assessment; however, they are mostly based on principles originating from clinical practice. Yet, sensitivity and specificity of these methods with regard to assessment of aviation professionals - pilots is unknown. Therefore, this paper is oriented towards description of the most common methods for physiological parameters assessment. The paper also describes evaluation methods, which are on experimental level in terms of physiological data evaluation, namely recurrent quantification analysis. Within the research carried out, sample group of pilots was subjected to measurement for evaluation of their psychophysiological condition and performance. Selected evaluation methods were applied on the collected data and importance of those parameters and methods, which provided best classification for level of psychophysiological stress, was evaluated by means of statistical analyses. The results indicate that the most important physiological parameter for psychophysiological condition assessment of pilots is heart electrical activity where the possibility to perform signal processing whilst preserving its importance is provided by linear methods in the time and frequency domain, or alternatively by non-linear methods utilizing recurrent quantification analysis.

2017, TRANSPORT MEANS 2017 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, Kaunas, Technical University), p. 631-635), ISSN 1822-296X

A current development of unmanned aerial vehicles has caused that the vehicles gradually find themselves in a field of courier services. This article is focused on defining of a suitable structure for the unmanned aerial vehicles used for the courier services. The first part of the article is about summarizing a current state of this topic. Basic requirements for a consignment transportation are defined in the first part too. These requirements are characteristic of a consignment, transport distance, delivery place and addressee identification. The next part of this article focuses on describing structures of the vehicles (airframe) that are suitable for the courier services and it focuses on describing types of power units. The final part is about presupposed operational requirements to unmanned aerial vehicles operations. These requirements can be for autonomous flight, safety or requirements for a structure of transport boxes.

2017, TRANSPORT MEANS 2017 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, Kaunas, Technical University), p. 597-600), ISSN 1822-296X

Paper dissertates about upcoming impacts of changes in EU legislative in area of IFR flying. Changes proposed by EASA committee aims to change approach for instrumental flying. Change of paradigm aims into improving theoretical training and to make instrumental training more achievable by general aviation pilots. Upcoming changes will introduce new instrumental rating as well as changes in the existing ratings. Paper is mostly based on NPA 2016-03 and NPA 2016-14.

2017, MAD - Magazine of Aviation Development, 5 (4), p. 20-23), ISSN 1805-7578

This paper is about bonding meters, their principles, specifications and usage of bonding meters in aviation. The bonding meter is essentially a milliohm meter. It is used for measuring small values of resistance. The word “bonding” means that conductive parts of aircraft are bonded together by a conductive connection. The bonding meter tests, if the conductive connections are really conductive. This paper is, in its essence, a study how to use bonding meter and its usage. The usage is focused on the aviation. The first part of the paper describes bonding meter´s purpose and its specifications. There are several types of the bonding meters and every type has different specifications. The next part describes bonding meter´s usage, its application and measuring principles. The bonding meters can be used by different ways so it is good to explain the most used principles. The last part of this paper summarizes all mentioned knowledge and shows authors opinion to a development of the bonding measurements.