Publication detail

Case History of Aircrafts Failures and their Role in Improving Safety

ŠVEJCAR, J. PÍŠTĚK, A.

Original Title

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper concerns the investigation of causes of the failure of structural components of small civil aircraft, inclusive of ultra-light aircraft and gliders. The case studies were selected such that they cover, as far as possible, the most frequent causes of failure of aircraft and their components, in other words design errors, fabrication imperfection, unanticipated service conditions and inadequate maintenance, as well as the most frequent failure mechanisms, i.e. fatigue and overloading. The aim was to point out not only the causes of failures, which frequently result in great material losses and even loss of life, but also ways of forestalling them.

Keywords

Aircraft failures, Case studies, fatigue

Authors

ŠVEJCAR, J.; PÍŠTĚK, A.

RIV year

2006

Released

1. 1. 2006

Publisher

EMAS Publishing,FESI Ltd

Location

Gordons Bay,South Africa

ISBN

0-9543454-9-5

Book

Failures 2006-Risk,Economy and Safety,Failure Minimisation and Analysis

Edition

R K PENNY

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Pages from

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BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT20606,
  author="Jiří {Švejcar} and Antonín {Píštěk}",
  title="Case History of Aircrafts Failures and their Role in Improving Safety",
  booktitle="Failures 2006-Risk,Economy and Safety,Failure Minimisation and Analysis",
  year="2006",
  series="R K PENNY",
  number="1",
  pages="53--68",
  publisher="EMAS Publishing,FESI Ltd",
  address="Gordons Bay,South Africa",
  isbn="0-9543454-9-5"
}