Commentary on Section 264 of ITAA 1936: commissioner may require information and evidence
Dabner, Justin
2007-01-01
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This thesis will describe the works had been done by the author in the Flying Crane
aircraft group design project and the new design of a novel swing arm mechanism
which can be applied in the trailing edge high lift devices for this aircraft concept.
Flying Crane aircraft is a new generation commercial airliner concept as the result of
group design project conducted by China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) and
Cranfield University. At the end of the group design project, parameters such as take-off
and landing distance, trailing edge flap type and deflection in take-off and landing
configuration of the Flying Crane concept have been determined. These parameters are
design input of the novel trailing edge high lift device mechanism for this aircraft
concept.
The idea of this innovative mechanism comes from the research achievem...
The purpose of this paper is to report the findings with a case study on why activity based costing lacks impact in the UK manufacturing industry. Activity based costing was performed on selected MT range subsystems of an electrical power generator to compare with the current UNN UK’s conven-tional costing system. The results have found that the current costing system works well for the MT products and thus change of costing system is not necessary for these products. The activity based costing system can be partially implemented in UNN UK for areas requiring detailed costing infor-mation such as new renewable products. Based on the result of the case study, this paper also high-lights the strategies need to be considered in order to adopt activity based costing within a typical manufacturing environment.
The potential application of advanced forms of aircraft
control to civil operation appears to be capable of being split
into two areas. First, those aircraft which are very large,
whose rotary inertia tends to reduce the effectiveness of
conventional controls. Second, those aircraft whose
specification dictates that the aeroplane be flown at very low
speed. Again conventional controls become inefficient due to
decreased aerodynamic efficiency.
The second category of aircraft has been considered in
the form of an STOL aircraft. The control problems of an STOL
aircraft with a 2000 ft runway capability (Ref.10) have been
examined. It has been found that the aircraft is unstable
and could require autostabilisation. None of the conventional
controls were satisfactory and each required augmentation.
The single strip crosswind requirement pen...
Lean thinking is claimed to be as important to services as it has been to manufacturing. However, there is yet a lack of empirical research examining the possibility of applying lean thinking in Product-Service System (PSS). This paper aims to bridge this gap by focusing on the challenges of applying lean thinking in PSS. To achieve this aim, twenty interviews were conducted with participants that have a good experience in lean implementation. Those participants are working in UK manufacturing companies that implement PSS. Also, a comprehensive review of the published literature was executed to achieve a depth understanding of the various challenges already identified by other researchers. The findings highlight a number of challenges that emerge during the application of lean thinking in PSS, among them: understanding of lean, limit...
Aircraft manufacturers are experiencing a fierce competition worldwide.
Improving productivity, increasing throughput and reducing costs are
influencing aircraft manufacturer’s future development. In order to improve
competitiveness and provide sufficient and high quality products, it should
reduce operations of aircraft assembly,majority of which are still in manual
process, which limit production output. In contrast, these processes can be
automated to replace manual operations. Much more attention should be
placed on automated application.
This project aims to propose a methodology to develop the automated
assembly based on robotics and use this methodology to develop a new
concept of Automated Leading Edge Assembly. The research selects an
automated assembly process for further evaluation and brackets assembled
on the front spar of...
The Great War shell scandal of 1915 was as much to do with a lack of skilled workers as it was to do with the early inability of the Munitions Industry to manufacture the war materials required by the war. The number of skilled workers had never been large and volunteering for the Army on a large scale had drastically reduced that pool. Attempts to avoid ‘dilution’, or the use of un-skilled and semi-skilled workers, particularly women, in the munitions industry in the early months of the Great War failed. The Volunteer Scheme was an initial disaster for the newly created Ministry of Munitions. Recalling skilled men from the Army failed in equal measure. The only way for the Ministry to plug the skills gap, was to bring in semi and un-skilled workers. In 1916/17 Technical Institutes like Loughborough and Aston began to run short t...
Floodplains in the United Kingdom have evolved from natural landscapes to artificially
modified ecosystems through managing lateral and vertical floodplain connectivity
leading to synergy or trade-offs in ecosystem service delivery. Research methods have
been limited in understanding the processes by which ecosystem service values are
formed and the data required to support ecosystem service assessment. Developing a
methodology while complex and challenging is necessary in order to take the
ecosystem approach forward to support decision making for policy makers, planners
and stakeholders. The aim of this research was to develop a method to assess the
delivery of ecosystem services in response to changes in floodplain connectivity and
evaluate the performance. A case study floodplain was selected at Tempsford,
downstream of the River Iv...
The research was conducted in the light of a training programme which will train a total
of 150 engineers of AVIC I in Cranfield University during a period of 3 years.
Cost has become an essential driver to aircraft design, as well as performances due to
either the limited defence budget or competitive airline market. Consequently, knowing
the possible cost prior to making actual expenditure will help managers to make proper
decisions and allocate resources efficiently, and designers to optimize their work.
Existing aircraft cost estimating models are outdated and mainly based on a database
including both military and civil aircraft with various missions. This research
concentrated on commercial jet aircraft and was to develop a suitable acquisition cost
estimating methodology for conceptual design from a commercial aircraft
manufactur...
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system implementation is a major investment when the technology is used in manufacturing companies. This paper provides an analysis of the requirements for the integration of PLM systems with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems incorporating the design aspects of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) within the product development process. PLM implementation deals with various existing product data and information generated over years both from CAD and ERP systems. Data integration is very challenging and has important impact on future decisions while creating new processes. The information management plays very important role not only in PLM implementation but also in the way this will be used in future production. Therefore it is very important to analyse how product information i...
This research study has been developed through a cross sectorial benchmarking survey and represents the development of a descriptive framework from a management strategy perspective. The survey is based on face to face interviews and a questionnaire about obsolescence and availability in defence and non defence sectors. The high research elements reported are related to the set of obsolescence factors and unavailability drivers identified, the availability modelling methodologies studied, and the categorization of obsolescence management strategies from suppliers to customer perspective reported. The main results presented in this research are the evolution of the state of the art of the availability modelling techniques, the justification of the lack of availability predictive tools based on a list of typical commercial tools applied...
