Safety and Analysis

Organisation

Systems Group comprises highly skilled and experienced systems engineers. We work closely with our customers to provide comprehensive Systems Risk Management through the provision of the following services:

Safety Analysis

• Hazard identification, tracking and management
• Detailed analysis of complex equipments, systems and platforms
• Particular risk assessment
• Installation zonal analysis
• Development and documentation of safety cases

Reliability Analysis

• Reliability prediction based on parts count and stress analysis
• Reliability block diagram equipment and system representation
• Failure modes, effects and criticality analysis
• Operational and mission reliability modelling

Maintainability Analysis

• Maintenance task evaluation and analysis

Availability Analysis

• Equipment and system availability prediction
• System operational and mission availability modelling

Verification & Validation / Qualification

• Requirements capture and management
• Analysis of customer and supplier equipment design data to determine compliance with regulatory and customer generated requirements (functional, performance, design and physical).

A Broad Base of Experience

Operating as part of the GKNAES Group, Detail Modelling offers a comprehensive capability in the provision of systems support to major OEM’s and first tier suppliers.

The high level expertise that Detail Modelling provides is in support of major civil and defence related projects for both industry and government agencies, covering diverse environments and technologies from aerospace to land fighting vehicles and complex avionics systems to simple mechanical components. Some examples are:

Airbus Single Aisle, Widebody, A380 and A400M

• Fuel
• Lift augmentation
• Ice & rain protection
• Landing gear
• Specific particular risk assessments (In-Tank Ignition and Uncontained Rotor Failure)

AgustaWestland WAH64 Apache and EH101 (all variants)

• EH101-Most systems, ranging from tail rotor yaw limiter to integrated cockpit displays
• WAH64 Apache - all systems (full aircraft loss model)

BAE SYSTEMS Harrier GR7

• All systems (full aircraft loss model)

Boeing 787

• Landing gear truck actuator

BAE SYSTEMS Nimrod MRA4

• Guidance and control
• Cockpit displays
• Oxygen
• Flaps
• Ice and rain protection
• Hydraulics
• Bomb door actuation
• Landing gear

NATO Submarine Rescue System

• ARM support

Alvis Vehicles Warrior, MRAV, FCLV Programmes

• Risk / safety management