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      <title>Evaluating personnel evacuation risks under fire scenario of Airbus wide-body aircraft: A simulation study</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Airliner accidents are often accompanied by incidental aircraft fires, causing huge casualties and incalculable economic losses. The research on airliner fire and its emergency evacuation is the focus and difficulty of aviation safety research, but it is difficult to carry out the research through experiments, and the use of computer simulation is an effective method. This paper comprehensively studies the dynamic development of the cabin fire and the corresponding cabin evacuation when the wide-body airliner Airbus A350-900 is forced to land in two states: horizontal and forward. The spatial distribution of the remaining evacuation time at each seat is used to analyze and judge the safety evacuation risk of the airliner cabin. Finally, two evacuation optimization design ideas based on partition guidance and seat layout are proposed to improve the spatial distribution of the overall evacuation risk of passengers in the cabin and provide some reference suggestions for strengthening fire prevention in the design, manufacture, and use of airliner. Some targeted countermeasures are put forward for the emergency evacuation of passengers in the cabin in a fire situation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EMA Aileron COVADIS Development</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the frame of the COVADIS project (flight control with distributed intelligence and systems integration) supported by the DPAC and where Airbus and Sagem are partners, an electromechanical actuator (EMA) developed and produced by Sagem (SAFRAN group) flew for the first time in January 2011 as an aileron primary flight control of the Airbus A320 flight test Aircraft. With this new type of actuator, in the scope of the preparation of the future Airbus Aircraft, the perspectives of using EMA technologies for the flight control systems is an important potential enabler in the more electrical aircraft. The paper deals with the development phase of this actuator from the definition phase up to the flight tests campaign. It is focused on : COVADIS project context (flight control with distributed intelligence and systems integration), The challenges of the definition phase, Test results presentation (ground and flight).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Future Concept of Operations: The Airbus ADS-B Perspective</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper describes the Airbus plans to use ADS-B in the future concept of operations in both the European SESAR and the US NEXTGEN concepts of operations. It details the different steps that are currently considered by Airbus roadmap to deploy ADS-B services and functions. In particular, the following points are described: The way all the above points have been tackled by Airbus as far as cockpit philosophy, HMI and HF principles are concerned is also described in this paper. The basic assumptions that have been made with regards to the automation of these new types of operations are explained. To this end, the new interfaces, the new tasks pilot will have to carry out are also discussed through the depiction of some operational scenarios.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Enhanced Risk Reduction Methodology for Complex Problem Resolution in High Value, Low Volume Manufacturing Scenarios</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper reports on a methodology for risk reduction, developed and tested at a brand new aerospace manufacturing facility, producing high value aero-structures. The facility was formed as part of a ‘Risk Sharing Partnership’ between Airbus and GKN for production of the Airbus A350 ‘Fixed Trailing Edge’ (FTE). Whilst operating in New Product Introduction (NPI), the challenge for GKN was to increase production volume for each successive year of operations. At the time of writing, the facility was producing FTE structures at a rate of 4 per month i.e. Rate 4, and attempting to transition to Rate 6. The ultimate aim was to produce FTE structures at Rate 13 within an 8 year period whilst concurrently engineering the product and improving its processes. For schedule adherence, elimination of process failures was critical and often manifested at the final stage of assembly (integration cell). The ‘integration cell’ comprised of turnkey solutions where, on attempting to increase to scheduled rate, failures increased impacting on cycle times. Most failure types encountered were considered complex, since their permutations were often unknown i.e. caused through varying interactions between hardware, software and staff. To explore the problem further, a conventional Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was conducted but proved subjective, since the standard template was restricted to ordinal and qualitative outputs. A process FMEA (PFMEA) was then developed to account for the risks posed through safety, quality, cost, delivery and people (SQCDP). Utilising SQCDP criteria enabled a means of quantitative analysis for capturing optimal RPN values. Further, whilst the enhanced PFMEA proved effective, the method was limited for in-depth determination of root cause, apparent from the permutations of failure observed. The literature provided options, where the properties of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) were deemed most suitable for identifying critical path, common cause and probability of failure on demand. Combining enhanced PFMEA with FTA provided a holistic means for quantitative risk prioritisation, plus in-depth determination of root cause when faced with complexity. From the root cause analysis, a set of functional requirements were derived that detailed how the solution would perform in practice. The methodology was then effectively completed once the solution had been implemented, validated and verified delivering improved Value Stream performance over the life cycle of the aircraft programme. Two cases are provided where the outputs have delivered marked reductions in process cycle time and predictability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Estimating the market potential for long-haul narrowbody aircraft using origin-destination demand and flight schedules data</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Air transport has constantly evolved over the past decades. Main drivers affecting the shape of supply were new, e.g. low cost, business models, and new aircraft technologies, like the emergence of jet airliners in the 1950s/1960s. One of the most recent and potentially highly disrupting developments was the announcement by Airbus in 2015 and 2018 to launch new long-range (LR) and extra long-range (XLR) versions of its largest narrowbody aircraft, A321neo. With this step, Airbus is tapping into a market which is covered insufficiently by existing aircraft types. The new Airbus A321 versions will be used to replace the aging fleet of Boeing 757 aircraft, but will also offer airlines the opportunity to serve thin long-haul routes. Airlines may offer a higher number of frequencies than with today’s widebody aircraft or introduce completely new non-stop services, where existing types are either limited in range or have too many seats. The authors estimate the market potential for long-haul narrowbody aircraft with a model using Sabre’s Market Intelligence origin-destination demand and Innovata’s flight schedules data. Furthermore, the implications of the new long-range narrowbody aircraft for airline business models will be discussed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:31:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Next narrowbody timing hinges on MAX comeback : views differ on timing of next new narrowbody; aircraft size will increase to cover 180-240-seat segment</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:10:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Beluga syndrome : Airbus builds only one poorly selling freighter; lack of portfolio offering leaves Boeing with monopoly for large freighters</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Airbus Corporate Jets offers missile-defense system</title>
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      <title>Power posturing : GE makes overtures to Airbus on GEnx variant for future products; engine-maker pushes for new applications as GEnx deliveries reach 2,000</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:23:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Airbus at 50</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Foreword : chief executive Guillaume Faury on Airbus's impact on the industry over 50 years -- Start of a beautiful friendship : what the French and German founders of the consortium might have made of Airbus today -- Flying into the future : how the company emerged into the airline business in the 1970s and stayed the course -- Cockpit : the pilot's office has changed considerably since the arrival of the A300B1 in 1972 -- Power of persuasion : meet Christian Scherer, who is following in the footsteps of super salesman John Leahy -- Engineering success : Tom Williams looks back on his long career as the manufacturer's most senior British leader -- Airbus A300B cutaway : our drawing from 1972 reveals how the original airliner was designed and constructed -- Breaking the mould : five things Airbus contributed to the world off aviation--and five that did not quite succeed -- Force multiplier : despite being overshadowed by the airliner business, Airbus's defence arm is fighting back -- Europe's experiment : three decades after the creation of Airbus came EADS, a bold attempt at consolidation -- Evolving revolution : Eurocopter's launch in 1992 merged the rotorcraft assets of France and Germany -- Beneath the skin : from our archives, give types that received the cutaway treatment from Flight International -- Reaching for the stars : Airbus has been, and will remain, a leading player in Europe's efforts to conquer space -- Hold the front page : a collage depicting how Airbus types have featured on the cover of Flight International since the appearance of the A300B in 1972.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Life after the A380 : Airbus will be looking beyond its cancelled superjumbo programme at Le Bourget this year, concentrating instead on other long-haul options to counter the competition from Boeing</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Material changes drive efficiency : Airbus is pushing the limits of carbonfibre technology in a bid to reduce weight and improve aerodynamics for the wings on its next-generation narrowbodies</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Airbus to offer an enhanced vision system on HUD : EFVS could expand carrier operations; China targets widespread use in 2025</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Airbus fought its own pitch battle against rogue air data : European experience reflects key difference over 737 Max's design and service length</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Airbus introduces HUD symbology on primary flight display : flightpath vector and energy chevrons added to improve situational awareness; Airbus considering synthetic vision as future standard</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
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