LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
The course provides students with basic knowledge of the area of dependability (reliability and maintainability) of aircraft. This includes information about modern methods and procedures for safety assessment (reliability analyses, etc) and information about international standards and airworthiness requirements.
AIMS
The main course objective is to give students an introduction to procedures and methods used to ensure safety and dependability of an aircraft (and other industrial products).
LECTURE
26 hours, optionally
SYLLABUS
1.Concept of dependability (reliability and maintainability) assurance in aerospace engineering.
2.Terms and definitions in dependability.
3.Mathematics used in dependability. Basics of systems dependability.
4.Inherent dependability of products. Dependability (with focus on reliability) of non-repaired systems.
5.FMEA/FMECA.
6.Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD).
7.Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
8.Dependability of repaired systems. State Space Method (SSM).
9.Reliability analyses and airworthiness certification.
10.Software reliability. Introduction to the reliability of space devices.
11.Evaluation of reliability tests and operational data.
12.Evaluation of reliability tests and operational data.
13. Software tools in dependability.
EXERCISE
13 hours, compulsory
SYLLABUS
1-2.Application of probability principles for the purpose of component reliability calculation.
3-5.Inherent reliability calculations for complex systems.
6.Application of FMEA/FMECA.
7-8.Application of reliability block diagrams (RBD) and fault trees (FTA).
9-11.Certification analysis of a representative aircraft system.
12-13.Evaluation of reliability tests and operational data.
