Essays about: "aviation risk"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the words aviation risk.

1. 6. How reliance on resilient performance 'hides' or even contributes to system brittleness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Gitte Furdal Damm; [2021]
   Keywords : Resilience; Resilience Engineering; Safety; Risk; Work; Aviation; Aviation Safety; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Aviation is known to be safe, partly due to highly specialized pilots who undergo extensive training to fulfill and maintain their function at the sharp end. More demands are placed on the pilots as complexity continues to grow in aviation. READ MORE

3. 7. Flight Safety from a Reality-based Systems Approach

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Tomas Johansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Flight safety; systems safety; qualitative interview; inductive thematic analysis; Flygsäkerhet; systemsäkerhet; kvalitativ intervju; induktiv tematisk analys;

   Abstract : Traditionella metoder för Safety Management har bidragit till en exceptionellt hög flygsäkerhet. Händelser inom flygindustrin och ökande systemkomplexitet har dock aktualiserat att systemteori kan ge kompletterande perspektiv och bidra till flygsäkerhet. READ MORE

4. 8. Flying Wing Drone Impact Study

   University essay from KTH/Flygdynamik

   Author : Sara Nilsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Flying wing drone; Regulations; Risk assessmen; Mathematical modeling; Material properties; Flygande vinge; regelverk; riskbedömning; matematisk modellering; materialegenskaper;

   Abstract : The Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) is exploring how small, remotely launched drones can help in making the rescue work safer and more efficient. The planned drone to be used for such purposes is a 1 kg, 1 m wide, foam constructed, flying wing drone. READ MORE

5. 9. Stepping Down Fatigued or Not: What Makes Flight Crews Decide to Step Down From Duty.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Vincent Steinmetz; [2020]
   Keywords : Fatigue; Variability; Aviation; FRMS; Fatigue Risk Management; Flightcrew; Decision making; NDM; RPD; Complexity; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With the emergence of industrialisation, the work-life balance has become a point of discussion in many industries, among which the aviation industry. Distortions in the work-life balance became especially apparent when 24/7 economies evolved, and industries made a transition to facilitate and serve these economies. READ MORE

6. 10. The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration Preconditioning on High-Altitude-Induced Venous Gas Emboli

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Tommaso Tuci; [2020]
   Keywords : Whole-Body Vibration; Vibration; High-Altitude Aviation; Venous Gas Emboli; VGE; Decompression sickness; DCS;

   Abstract : Decompression sickness (DCS) is a risk associated with high-altitude aviation and diving. During these activities, decompression may lead to supersaturation of inert gas dissolved in bodily tissues and subsequently activate bubble formation in various bodily tissues, including in venous blood, known as venous gas emboli (VGE). READ MORE