Health effects in aircraft cabin environment

Objective

HEACE aims to achieve a better understanding of the health and comfort impact of the workplace inside aircraft on both crew and passengers. This understanding will be translated into improvements, to be promoted by defining appropriate schemes, measures, guidelines and tools for aircraft design. Physical environmental parameters (noise, vibration, air flow, temperature, lighting etc.) are measured in-flight and in specially prepared mock-ups and correlated with psychological, physiological and sociological and performance data from test subjects. The multidimensional state of comfort perception with respect to health, well-being and consequently performance of cabin crew and flight crew is evaluated and a human response model derived, based on both statistical analysis and artificial neural network structures.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-4. - Key Action New Perspectives in Aeronautics

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG

Address

Carl Von Ossietzky Stra¯e 9-11
26111 Oldenburg
Germany

Participants (5)

BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Bucknalls Lane, Garston
WD25 9XX Watford

CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA

Italy

Address

Via Maiorise
81043 Capua

INSTITUT FUER TECHNISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK GMBH

Germany

Address

Carl-von-ossietzky-strasse 9-11
26129 Oldenburg

PARAGON LTD.

Greece

Address

104,Karaouli Dimitriou Street 13, Galatsi
11146 Athenes

University of Patras

Greece

Address

Rion
26500 Patras