Author: haroonkhan
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Airworthiness Certification
Overview After type certification, other issues must be dealt with on the way to issuance of an airworthiness certificate. In this section, the following subjects are covered: Changes to Type Design The holder of a Type Certificate (TC) may make changes to the TC, the procedures for which will depend on whether those changes are major or minor.…
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics is generally not considered an airplane system, but it is nevertheless a key design discipline in systems engineering. Airplanes are designed and built to make money for their owners. All aspects of design stem directly or indirectly from this primary goal. The most direct parameters are payload carried, range flown, fuel burned, and flight…
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Introduction
The looks at the practical fundamentals of systems engineering as related to aircraft design. The major topics covered are: aerodynamics; airworthiness certification; design considerations/testing; design for safety; electrical and mechanical installations; electrical power systems; electromagnetic effects; flight crew systems interface; maintainability; regulatory requirements for aircraft certification; software; type certification; vibration, temperature and humidity; and loads…
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Configuration Management (CM)
CM Definition Configuration management (CM) is defined as the SE technical and administrative discipline applied over the lifecycle of a product. The five principles of CM are: CM planning and execution, configuration identification, configuration change and variance control, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification. CM Planning and Execution Broad CM planning and management are the…
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Supplier Management
Supplier Management Introduction Systems engineering (SE) is a key participant in managing suppliers. Clear and accurate requirements are necessary for successful supplier performance, as is the ability of those suppliers to direct their own suppliers. Key suppliers will be involved in the full requirements process of analysis, allocation, and flow down. This will include requirements…
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Risk Management and Its Process
Introduction This section defines the processes of conducting risk management activities for a real project. The objectives of the plan are to increase the possibility of positive risks, or opportunities, and decrease the negative risks. Risk, issue, and opportunity management is a continuous process to address events posing a threat to or enhancing the realization…
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Trade Studies and Knowledge Management for Capability Building
Trade Study Purpose and Example of a Case Study Trade study helps to evaluate products from different suppliers and it will support lawsuits from the suppliers who did not win the bids and sue the OEM later. Therefore, trade study serves the P3 strategy on the product side. This section provides the introduction to a…
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Organizational Structure
As Kelly [4] pointed out in Strategy and Structure, all successful organizations develop both a short-run and a long-run strategy (markets, finance, image, and human resources). Their continued success, however, depends on creating a structure (job design, person-job fit, staffing programs, organizational systems, and management of change and conflict) that successfully matches this strategy. The common organizational…
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P3 Management Strategy
A team-based (People, Product, Process—P3) approach is a streamlined, integrated, concurrent approach to designing products and their related processes (see Fig. 6.1.1). The unique strength of this approach is speed to market. Furthermore, the product teams that have adopted this approach became more responsive to the needs of the customers. All these qualities are essential to…
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Introduction
The first examines the People, Product, Process (P3) approach, which is a streamlined, integrated, concurrent approach to designing products and their related processes. Implementing this team-based approach required a paradigm shift from traditional operations, calling for policy definition, resources, training, and team formation. The advantages of the team-based approach examined in this are many, including…