Publication detail

Relation Between Safety Assessment Methods and Reliability Centered Maintenance- Impact on the Aircraft Systems Architecture

FINDA, J. HLINKA, J. WEISMAN, A.

Original Title

Relation Between Safety Assessment Methods and Reliability Centered Maintenance- Impact on the Aircraft Systems Architecture

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Since late 90's of the past century, the General Aviation (GA) aircraft systems have became much more complex and sophisticated. Especially in avionics, systems took a great step from mechanical instruments to adoption of multifunctional display units capable of single-pilot IFR operations. Therefore, it was necessary to significantly extend safety procedures and assessment methods and change maintenance practices already adapted for the category. The paper discusses problems of reliability/safety procedures application, current trends in maintenance and the way the systems architecture is affected. In addition, an increased effort in application of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in the small transport aircraft category is discussed and emphasized. Recent development of aircraft systems also affects education of aerospace engineers. Methods for safety and reliability assessment are presented in master study programmes on Institute of Aerospace Engineering (Brno University of Technology). Since the institute has extensive cooperation with the industry on this field, students receive first hand experience in safety assessment of GA aircraft systems.

Keywords

Aircraft, aviation, safety, reliability, RCM

Authors

FINDA, J.; HLINKA, J.; WEISMAN, A.

RIV year

2008

Released

2. 10. 2008

Publisher

Czech Aerospace Manufacturers Association/ALV Prague

Location

Praha

ISBN

1211-877X

Periodical

Letecký zpravodaj

Year of study

2008

Number

2

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

9

Pages to

15

Pages count

6

BibTex

@article{BUT48326,
  author="Jindřich {Finda} and Jiří {Hlinka} and Andrej {Weisman}",
  title="Relation Between Safety Assessment Methods and Reliability Centered Maintenance- Impact on the Aircraft Systems Architecture",
  journal="Letecký zpravodaj",
  year="2008",
  volume="2008",
  number="2",
  pages="9--15",
  issn="1211-877X"
}