Chapter 2

Basic Concepts

Abstract

This chapter presents a few basic concepts and vocabulary which often be used in reliability, maintenance, safety, and airworthiness engineering.

Keywords

accident
fatal injury
serious injury
substantial damage
risk management
airworthiness
nondestructive evaluation

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