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Reliability database for unmanned aerial vehicles based on morphological analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

P. Gonçalves ,
J. Sobral  and
L. Ferreira
P. Gonçalves*
Affiliation:
Portuguese Air Force Academy Research Centre (CIAFA), Academia da Força Aérea Granja do Marquês, Pêro Pinheiro, Portugal
J. Sobral
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, ISEL (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa), Lisboa, Portugal Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
L. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal
*
pagoncalves@academiafa.edu.pt
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Abstract

The certification process plays an important role in aircraft safety and operation, assuring a high degree of confidence in accomplishing their objectives. Unfortunately, in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), there is not enough information to enable an acceptable decision-making process regarding compliance with certification requirements. To overcome this limitation, a methodology was developed based on morphological analysis principle, taking advantage of the knowledge and behaviour of similar items and affecting them with the necessary corrective factor in accordance to the differences in design, operation and environment. The objective is to establish an initial maintenance program as an important requirement to operate any kind of aircraft. This paper presents the methodology and the obtained results for a UAV under development concerning the establishment of a maintenance program regarding its certification process.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 120 , Issue 1230 , August 2016 , pp. 1262 - 1274
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2016 

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