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1.1 Review of Fuel Systems Issues |
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1.2 The Fuel System Design and Development Process |
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1.3 Fuel System Examples and Future Technologies |
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2 Fuel System Design Drivers |
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2.2 Identification and Mitigation of Safety Risks |
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3.1 Tank Geometry and Location Issues for Commercial Aircraft |
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3.2 Operational Considerations |
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3.4 Military Aircraft Fuel Storage Issues |
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3.5 Maintenance Considerations |
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4 Fuel System Functions of Commercial Aircraft |
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4.1 Refueling and Defueling |
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4.5 Fuel Quantity Gauging |
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4.6 Fuel Management and Control |
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5 Fuel System Functions of Military Aircraft and Helicopters |
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5.1 Refueling and Defueling |
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5.5 Fuel Measurement and Management Systems in Military Applications |
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5.6 Helicopter Fuel Systems |
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6 Fluid Mechanical Equipment |
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6.1 Ground Refueling and Defueling Equipment |
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6.2 Fuel Tank Venting and Pressurization Equipment |
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6.3 Aerial Refueling Equipment |
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7 Fuel Measurement and Management Equipment |
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7.1 Fuel Gauging Sensor Technology |
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8.1 The Refinement Process |
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8.2 Fuel Specification Properties of Interest |
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8.3 Operational Considerations |
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9 Intrinsic Safety, Electro Magnetics and Electrostatics |
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9.3 EMI/HIRF |
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10.1 Early Military Inerting Systems |
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10.2 Current Technology Inerting Systems |
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10.3 Design Considerations for Open Vent Systems |
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10.4 Operational Issues with Permeable Membrane Inerting Systems |
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11 Design Development and Certification |
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11.1 Evolution of the Design and Development Process |
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11.2 System Design and Development – a Disciplined Methodology |
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11.5 Installation Considerations |
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11.6 Modeling and Simulation |
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11.8 Fuel System Icing Tests |
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12 Fuel System Design Examples |
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12.1 The Bombardier Global Express™ |
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12.2 Embraer 170/190 Regional Jet |
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12.3 The Boeing 777 Wide-Bodied Airliner |
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12.4 The Airbus A380 Wide-Bodied Airliner |
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12.5 The Anglo-French Concorde |
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13 New and Future Technologies |
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13.1 Fuel Measurement and Management |
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13.2 Fluid Mechanical Equipment Technology |
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13.3 Aerial Refueling Operations |
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