This paper explores domain arguments—arguments about why techniques, processes, and designs possess properties as believed by their domain experts. An elicitation technique for their recovery from domain documents is presented. This is followed by demonstrated application of the technique to several domain artifacts from aviation engineering. The elicited arguments are presented and analyzed fo...

In aviation maintenance and inspection; work documents are critical to safety, as they act as both production control devices and job aids for mechanics and inspectors. Based on an analysis of the current state of documentation in aviation maintenance, there was a clear need to help document designers/writers utilize good human factors practice. Design guidelines were developed and tested (Pate...

We introduce cause identification, a new problem involving classification of incident reports in the aviation domain. Specifically, given a set of pre-defined causes, a cause identification system seeks to identify all and only those causes that can explain why the aviation incident described in a given report occurred. The difficulty of cause identification stems in part from the fact that it ...

The most important rule that does not change in the aviation industry, which naturally faces many dangers compared to other sectors, is safety. It often possible compensate for insecurity causes devastating effects terms of its consequences. This situation has made concept safety one emphasized concepts throughout history aviation. main purpose operations minimize risks cannot be eliminated but...

BaroVNAV is seen by the aviation industry as a major feature of the navigation infrastructure to support RNAV, RNP approaches and possibly precision approaches in the future. During discussions which occurred during the Navigation Systems Panel meeting, Montreal October 2005, the perspective of navigation systems experts on the limited integrity of BaroVNAV with respect to other vertical naviga...

Diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has historically lagged behind that which is found in other vocational paths. Aviation has also suffered poor diversity with virtually no participation among professional pilots. With both the literature specifying the benefits of diversity in the aviation workplace and potential shortages of pilots looming, it...

With the continuous development and progress of science technology, aviation has also begun to become an important field related public life. Aviation is no longer only national defense, but entered Once aircraft a problem, it will bring devastating damage, so necessary eliminate danger as much possible reduce potential accident. The piston engine oil system impact on safety type aircraft. Stud...

Depletion of fossil fuels and environmental considerations have led engineers and scientists to anticipate the need to develop a clean, renewable and sustainable energy system. In general, they agree that in such a system hydrogen will be used as an energy carrier. One of the areas in which hydrogen will be replacing fossil fuels is air transportation, an area that has been under research for s...

System errors, both mechanical and human in nature, can have a grave effect on aircrew judgement in flight. The effects of these errors can be massively compounded during emergency situations. Crew Resource Management (CRM) is an important process aircrews can utilize to minimize risks and enhance assessments. The employment of this technique can be validated by aviation mishaps over the last t...