ANK315 Aircraft Maintenance

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Objective: The main purpose of the subject is to present the process of developing and evaluating maintenance programs and to make students aware of the risk of damage in the process of operation, the possibility of preventing damage and / or mitigating their effects. The additional objective is to characterize the system of civil aviation as global (ICAO and National Aviation Authorities) … with the indication of legal and institutional conditions in meeting airworthiness and safety requirements. These conditions shape the documentation, which directly influences the development/evaluation of maintenance programs.
Contents (lecture’s programme):  Maintenance regulations. Dependences between design and maintenance philosophies from safety and cost-effectiveness point of view. Aircraft and airspace as elements in exploitations systems. Maintenance systems. Modeling of operation&maintenance process and effectiveness of exploitation system. Reliability, availability, durability, safety and security problems and their assessment . Maintenance of aging aircraft and novel aircraft. Reliability and maintenance characterization. Diagnostic methods: non destructive testing (NDT) and health monitoring (SHM, EHM, HUMS). Flight safety.   
Abilities: After completing this course the students will have skills to improve maintenance from safety and cost-effectiveness points of view
Prerequisites: No

- Assessment method

- Contents summer semester 2016/2017

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