23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.6.1

EXPANDED ACCOMMODATION ANALYSIS AND RAPID PROTOTYPINGTECHNIQUE FOR THE DESIGN OF A CREW STATION COCKPIT

E. R. Winkler (1), L. Onyebueke (2), O. Ameye (2)
(1) Boeing, USA; (2) Tennessee State University, USA

Keywords: cockpit, accommodation, rapid prototyping, principal component, and design

This paper presents a PC based mathematical and rapid prototyping technique for anthropometric accommodation in the design of crew station cockpits using the principle of simulation based design. The developed technique is capable of analyzing anthropometric data using multivariate (Principal Component Analysis) approach to describe the body size variability existing in a given flying population. The technique evaluates the percentage accommodation of a given population in a cockpit using specific manikin cases as boundary conditions.

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