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Reliability
How to deal with redundancies when conducting Reliability Prediction Analysis
A Reliability Prediction Analysis (RPA) is a bottom-up methodology used by reliability engineers during the design phase in order to detect and eliminate reliability weaknesses in components, to allow comparison among...
Best practices for an effective FRACAS implementation
FRACAS (Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System) is one of the most extended methodologies for reliability analysis in the aerospace industry. FRACAS provides a structured process for the calculation...
Safety
What are the dirty dozen factors that may lead to catastrophic consequences in aviation?
In recent years, the emergence in mass culture of the phrase "human factors related" indicates that accidents are often not due to a single cause, but almost always to a chain of events triggered by several factors. In...
Cybersecurity requirements for airborne systems
In the past years, the aircraft systems and components have increased the data connections between them. These connections are delicate links susceptible to security threats. This is the major reason EASA started to...
10 steps to achieving Specific Operations Risk Assessment
Safety is a key parameter in design which shall be considered since the very beginning of any Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) design development in order to obtain authorisation to fly. Unexpected losses of communication...
How is safety engineering integrated in the design process of aerospace products?
System and safety engineers: best friends forever The purpose of a safety engineer is to ensure that aerospace engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety according, not only to regulations, but also to...
How to break circular logic loops in Fault Tree Analysis
The usage of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is predominant as a means of compliance to verify quantitative safety objectives in the aerospace industry as, for instance, those stablished in FAR/CS 2X.1309, and mandatory to...
3 safety-related pitfalls to avoid in the race for certification
Companies that are certifying a new product or a modification need to comply with the requirements set by the aviation authorities (EASA, FAA). The safety engineers have to assess the potential failures to ensure the...
Maintainability
Call for partnership in predictive maintenance research project
Exploit the full value of aerospace field dataDo you work with aerospace systems and collect large quantities of data? Do you manage fleets’ reliability and failure reports? Would you like to exploit the full value of...
Neuronal networks and AI to reshape maintenance operations in the aerospace sector
Optimized and less costly maintenance plans The aerospace industry, as well as any industry heavily invested in mechanical and electronic machinery, works with the assumption that any system will eventually fail....
The presence of human error in aviation maintenance
Identifiable parts in maintenance operationsEvery operator of a Maintenance and Repair Organization has been trained perform tasks involving part tagging, part traceability and part classification respecting...
Implementation of a Predictive Maintenance Method based on Deep Learning for Aviation
In this article, we explain the development of a Predictive Maintenance Deep Learning methodology based on Big Data. The term “Big data” is widely spread these days in technological industries such as aerospace.
General Engineering
REACH and RoHS implementation within the EU framework
INTRODUCTIONChemicals are an essential component of our daily lives, but some of them can severely damage our health and the environment. There is an increase in health problems that can be partially explained by the...
How to prepare your company for a Quality certification
Most companies aim to provide a high level of quality in the services and products they offer daily, as this is aligned with the organization values. However, receiving a certification from an external agency is one...