Aeronautical Production and Maintenance
Objectives
At the end of this subject, the student will have acquired the knowledge, skills and competences that will enable them to:
- Know the main manufacturing processes (moulding, deformation, subtractive and additive) used in the aerospace industry;
- Understand the relationship between manufacturing processes and their parameters, the properties of the processed materials and the typical defects that can occur;
- Know the main Non-Destructive Testing methods and their applicability to the aerospace industry;
- Understand the various maintenance philosophies and approaches;
- Know the nomenclature and standardisation applicable to aircraft maintenance;
- Understand the fundamental concepts of reliability and their application to aircraft preventive maintenance;
- Be able to implement and apply fault diagnosis and correction techniques.
General characterization
Code
13145
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Pedro Samuel Gonçalves Coelho, Tiago Alexandre Narciso da Silva
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 62
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
n.a.
Bibliography
- H.A. Kinnison, T. Siddiqui (2012). Aviation Maintenance Management, 2nd Edition, McGrawHill.
- M. Hinsch (2019). Industrial Aviation Management: A Primer in European Design, Production and Maintenance Organisations, Springer Berlin.
- H. Ren, X. Chen, Y. Chen (2017). Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications, Academic Press.
- R. Keith Mobley (2014). Maintenance Engineering Handbook, 8th Edition, McGrawHill.
- P. Girdhar and C. Scheffer (2004). Practical Machinery Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance, Elsevier.
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical and laboratory classes.
Evaluation method
1 Test (or Exam) (T/E) + Group work (TG) + Individual report (R)
Test (or Exam): minimum mark 8.5val.
Individual report: should reflect on the seminars organised throughout the semester as part of the subject.
Group work: work in groups of 3 students on a topic to be defined.
Attendance at the subject: satisfied with the delivery of Group work + Individual report.
NF = 30% T + 40% TG + 30% R
or
NF = 30% E + 40% TG + 30% R
Subject matter
Part 1 - Production
- Engineering materials used in aeronautical manufacturing;
- Manufacturing processes for the aerospace industry: moulding, deformation, subtractive and additive;
- Manufacturing defects (location, morphology and size) and their effects;
- Non-destructive testing methods for inspection and quality control of aeronautical components.
Part 2 - Maintenance
- Maintenance strategies;
- Standardisation applicable to aircraft maintenance;
- Fundamental concepts of conditioned preventive maintenance;
- Maintenance centred on reliability and risk analysis;
- Fault diagnosis and correction techniques.