List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Acknowledgments |
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Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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Symbols |
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Preface |
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1 Introduction |
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1.1 Definition of a System |
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1.2 Definition of Systems Engineering |
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1.3 Historical Background |
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1.4 Overview of this Book |
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1.5 Roadmap for Applying Systems Engineering to Commercial Aircraft |
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2 Commercial Aircraft |
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2.1 The Commercial Aircraft Industry |
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2.2 Levels of SE Application |
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2.3 Aircraft Architecture |
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2.4 Advanced Technologies on Aircraft |
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2.5 Aircraft Manufacturing Processes |
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2.6 Trends in Commercial Aviation |
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3 Functional Analysis |
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3.1 The SE Life-Cycle Functions |
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3.2 Aircraft System-Level Functions |
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3.3 Aircraft-Level Functions |
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3.4 Functional Aspects of Safety |
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4 Requirements and Needs |
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4.1 Requirements Definition |
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4.3 Requirements Development |
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4.5 Requirements Allocation to System Elements |
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4.7 The Principle of Top-Down Allocation |
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4.8 Requirements Trade-Offs |
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4.9 Requirements Categories for Certification |
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4.10 Requirement Validation |
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4.11 Avoiding Requirement Creep |
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5 Constraints and Specialty Requirements |
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5.1 Regulatory Requirements |
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5.10 Emitted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) |
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5.13 Flexibility and Expansion |
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6 Interfaces |
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6.1 Functional Interfaces |
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6.5 Operational Interfaces |
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6.7 The Interface Control Drawing (ICD) |
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6.8 Development Fixtures (DFs) |
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6.10 Interface Requirements |
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6.11 Interface Verification |
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7 Synthesis |
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7.1 Aircraft Architecture |
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7.4 Quality Function Deployment (QFD) |
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7.6 Introduction of New Technologies |
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8 Top-Level Synthesis |
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8.2 Top-Level Aircraft Sizing |
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8.3 Other Top-Level Requirements |
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8.5 Top-Level Constraints |
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9 Subsystem Synthesis |
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9.1 Environmental Segment |
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9.7 Auxiliary Segment (ATA 49) |
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9.9 Allocation to Software |
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9.10 Subsystem Constraints |
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10 Certification, Safety, and Software |
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10.3 Software Development and Certification |
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10.4 Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) |
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10.5 Fatality Rate History |
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11 Verification and Validation |
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11.1 The Verification Matrix |
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11.2 Traditional SE Verification |
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11.3 Verification of Regulatory Requirements |
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11.4 Verification of Customer Requirements |
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11.5 Verification Sequence |
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12 Systems Engineering Management and Control |
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12.1 Management Responsibilities |
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12.2 The Chief Systems Engineer (CSE) |
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12.3 Integrated Product Development (IPD) |
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12.6 Automated Requirements Tools |
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12.7 Technical Performance Measurement (TPM) |
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12.10 Configuration Management |
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12.11 Integration Planning |
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13 Adapting Systems Engineering to the Commercial Aircraft Domain |
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13.1 Adapting the Process |
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13.2 Adapting the SE Process to the Existing Organization |
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14 Large-Scale System Integration |
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14.1 The System of Systems View |
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14.3 Complexity and How It Increases Risks |
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14.4 Managing the Risks of a Large-Scale System (LSS) |
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14.5 Other Large-Scale System (LSS) Principles to Apply to Commercial Aircraft |
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15 Risk Management |
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15.1 Overview of Risk Management |
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15.2 Types of Consequences |
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15.3 Root Causes of Risks |
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15.4 Risk Mitigation Steps |
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15.7 The Risk Management Process |
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15.8 Risk Management Tools |
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15.10 Challenges for Risk Management |
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16 Resilience of the Aircraft System |
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16.1 The History of Resilience |
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16.2 The Definition of Resilience |
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16.3 Is Resilience Measureable? |
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16.4 Design Rules and Example Solutions |
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16.6 A Final Word on Interdependency |
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Final Comments |
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Appendix 1 The Mathematics of Reliability Allocation |
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Appendix 2 Example Commercial Specification Outline |
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251 | (8) |
Appendix 3 Systems Engineering Automated Tools |
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259 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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