Avionics System Safety

This lecture teaches methods for designing safety-critical systems. Focusing on the aircraft's avionics systems, it is shown that the required level of safety can only be achieved if the complex interaction of technical systems, operations and human factors is considered holistically. The lecture is characterized by a high level of practical relevance. In addition to many examples of implemented systems, selected aircraft accidents are analyzed in order to learn from them. The lecture is rounded off by two external speakers: an engineer from industry gives insights into the safety-critical processes of aircraft maintenance, and an experienced flight captain provides the operational view from the cockpit. At the end of the semester, the flight captain offers an optional block course in the full flight simulator of the FSR, in which the students carry out automated flights under normal and abnormal conditions.

Avionics Systems Safety is a 4 CP lecture, which belongs to “Wahlpflichtbereich II (Kernlehrveranstaltungen aus dem Maschinenbau)” of Master Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Klingauf gives the lecture.

  • Lecture: Friday 10:00 – 11:30h, lecture hall L3|01-A92
  • Begin of the Lecture: April 14th, 2023
  • Dates of Simulator Courses: Will be announced during the semester
  • Examination: Oral, dates and information on Moodle