Research Catalog

Title

Advancing aeronautical safety : a review of nasa's aviation safety-related research programs / Committee for the Review of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Programs, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Transportation Research Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Review of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Programs

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010

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Details

Additional Authors

• National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Description

xii, 76 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Aeronautics > Safety measures
• United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Aeronautics > Safety measures > Research > United States
• Aeronautics > Safety measures > Government policy > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

1. Introduction And Overview -- Study Charge, Scope, and Approach -- Organization and Content of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Research -- Report Organization -- 2. Nasa's Aviation Safety Research Prioritization -- Nasa's Aviation Safety Research Role and Mission -- Activities and Entities That Inform NASA's Safety Research -- NASA's Means of Research Prioritization -- 3. Review of Safety Research Objectives -- New Operations -- Flight In or Around Hazardous Conditions -- Loss of Control -- Durable Aircraft Structures and Systems -- On-Board System Failures and Faults -- Analyzing Complex Systems for Safety -- Safety-Related Research in the Fundamental Aeronautics Program -- Safety-Related Research in the Airspace Systems Program -- Summary Assessment -- 4. Key Findings And Recommendations -- Key Findings -- Recommendations -- APPENDIXES -- A. Statement of Task -- B. Committee Biographical Information -- C. Presentation List from the 2009 Aviation Safety Program Technical Conference -- D. Safety R&T Challenges from the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics -- E. NASA-Identified R&T Challenge from the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics -- F. Acronyms.

ISBN

• 0309157935
• 9780309157933

OCLC

• ocn658581404
• 658581404
• SCSB-5550495

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries