Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 76 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Measurement and control in aviation
Donald McLeanIntroduces the issue, outlining the contribution that the scientific disciplines of measurement and control make to the operational success of all aircraft and how these are…
Flight control system reconfiguration for “locked and centred” and “non‐neutral position” control surface failures
Z. Zouaoui, H. RamiThe research work presented in this paper deals with the design of a reconfigurable flight control system (RFCS) based on the control distribution concept (CDC). The work…
“Free lessons” in aviation safety
Andrew RoseThe aviation industry has traditionally been good at learning from its accidents: a global network of government run accident investigation organizations and the high media…
Runway incursions and prevention systems
D. McLean, I. MonroSome aircraft runway collisions are described first to illustrate some common features of a runway incursion (RI) incident. Then, using the FAA definition of runway incursion…
Passenger safety and very large transportation aircraft
Helen Muir, Lauren ThomasFuture very large transport aircraft (VLTA) represents an exciting and important development in civil aviation. The emergency evacuation of VLTAs in the event of a survivable…
The safety of shipborne helicopter operation
Simon NewmanThe helicopter has been in existence, in its present form for over 50 years and it possesses a wide variety of operational use. This paper focuses on the development of the…
Impact of aircraft performance differences on fuel consumption of aircraft in air traffic management environment
Aydan Cavcar, Mustafa CavcarPerformance differences between the aircraft types are natural and they inevitably cause problems in the air traffic system, particularly when slower aircraft types are followed…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/00022660410545483. When citing the…
Vulnerability, failure and protection of printed circuit boards in aircraft
Donald L. GibbonThis paper focuses on the importance of printed circuit boards (PCBs) as components in aircraft and how their failure, either by corrosion or in electronics, can result in…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb