Late Morning Concurrent Sessions: Innovations in Aviation Technologies: Presentation: Relative Material Loss: A Methodology for Assessing Island Airport Steel Marine Bulkheads

A July 2015 report from the Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) states “U.S. airports are long overdue for [a] major structural improvement projects. Most U.S. airports are aging, … and because of budgetary restrictions, they’re not aging well.”(Garcia and Clampet, 2015). The average US age is 40 years old with the youngest (Denver International) recently turning 20 years old. As airports continue to age, airport commissioners will struggle to find creative ways to either fund airport replacements or extend the service life of existing airport facilities (commonly referred to as service life extension projects or SLEP). Due to budgetary constraints, the call for more SLEP projects is expected to increase, driving industries to require more in depth inspection and baseline documentation methodologies (Melchers, 2015). This is especially true for the airport industry where steel marine structures such as cellular cofferdam and steel pile bulkheads are being used for island airport construction and expansion (Myscienceacademy, 2013). The use of these structural marine systems is expected to rise as more airports are constructed off shore to resolve regional urban encroachment and space limitations problems around existing airport facilities. The slide presentation will focus on a methodology called Relative Material Loss (RML) which is a maintenance inspection technique proposed for approximating material loss on in-service island airport marine bulkheads such as cellular cofferdam and sheet pile systems. The modelling technique suggests that by defining numerous relative loss (RL) equations across various structural boundaries and into various defined homogeneously environments, material thinning on both sides of the steel material can be approximated which adds value to determining service life (Ernsting, et al., 2010). When incorporated with scholarly probabilistic corrosion modeling (Melchers, 2015), RML offers a promising frame work for further problem constraint and improving structural assessment knowledge. References Garcia, M., & Clampet, J. (2015, July 29), What Will It Take to Bring U.S. Airports Into the Future? Only $4. Retrieved from www.skift.com. http://skift.com/2015/07/29/what-will-it-take-to-bring-u-s-airports-into-the-future-only-4/ Melchers, R. E. (2015). Using models to interpret data for monitoring and life prediction of deteriorating infrastructure systems. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 11(1), 63-72. Myscienceacademy. (2013, September 12), 11 Incredible Island Airports. Retrieved from myscienceacademy.org. http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/09/12/11-incredible-island-airports/ Ernsting, R. A., Mazzuchi, T. A., & Sarkani, S. (2010). Relative material Loss—A methodology for approximating material loss on structural plating separating dissimilar marine environments. Paper presented at the Ports 2010. 12th Triannual International Conference. Building on the Past, Respecting the Future

Optimization of Lean and Agile Supply Chain Management Practices in the Aviation Industry

Organizations that provide products and/or services must be able to execute fast, adaptive supply and (fluctuating) demand practices. From producers to consumers, and every stakeholder involved throughout the supply chain network processes, a collaborative relationship promotes sharing information that is beneficial to all. This long-term relationship then flourishes and in return stimulates the growth, health, and stability of the supply chain. Understanding the organizational processes and requirements is a complex endeavor. However, with technological advances and with the right type of data collected, it is possible to optimize entire supply chain networks. This research study, seeks to provide an insight into theoretical supply and demand optimization methods and help identify optimal selection of variables and types of data needed to analyze lean and agile methodology approaches in order to show how to blend a lean, continuous, flow approach, with agile, flexible, fluctuations in customer demands, for consistent tactical and operational outcomes across supply chain networks in the aviation industry

An Optimal Airline Revenue Management Seat Pricing Plan Model

The goal of an airline is to sell tickets at the highest fare possible, thus yielding maximum profit for the stakeholders. As airline seat pricing is divided into different fare classes, a revenue management system is created and maintained to identify opportunity costs where the airline may sell an optimum number of available seats in both discounted fare and full fare classes. Ideally, under perfect conditions, the airline will sell all available seats at full capacity for each leg of a trip. Under non-ideal conditions for the airline, not all available seats may sell at either full fare or discounted fare prices, thus resulting in potential revenue loses. This study will present an optimal model of an airline revenue management seat pricing plan to maximize revenue for each leg of a trip. The recommended discounted fare and full fare seats in the economy class will be calculated under a desired optimal full capacity seating plan

Modernizing the Supply Chain of Airbus by Integrating RFID and Blockchain Processes

Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, has been gaining momentum within the aviation industry for improving efficiencies in the supply chain. RFID technology is not new, with many manufacturers outside of aviation being more responsive as early adopters to the technology. Currently, many of the full-scale implementation organizations from late adopters, have strategically integrated RFID technology into the manufacturing supply chain to tag parts and for airports/airlines to track baggage and passengers throughout their airport journey. Literature remains rather sparse in the implementation and success factors within the aviation supply chain as a number of businesses have kept much of the details discreet to differentiate themselves from the competitors. In this case study, we have examined the state of the early adopters in aviation to implement RFID technology into their supply chain for tracking parts, identifying information, logistics media, and other process improvements in component maintenance management. Airbus, who was the first in the aviation industry to adopt RFID will be examined. The paper examines the increasing numbers of airports/airlines use of RFID to track baggage and passengers with technology. Using information from published secondary data, we review the early adopters of RFID in aircraft manufacturing who are employing RFID to the improve supply chain and how airports/airlines usage of RFID has transcend to passenger tracking to improve airport operational efficiency and to increase passenger satisfaction. By identifying key trends in the aviation supply chain and the value-added in manufacturing and passenger experiences, this paper presents areas in need of further empirical research in order to understand the key success factors with RFID implementation in aviation

Aerospace Renaissance – Ripe for Research to Impact the Industry

The Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership (CAAL) was founded in 2008 to capture, create, and share relevant information on leadership in the aviation and aerospace industry. The AIR is developed and published in collaboration with the Aerospace Industries Association and includes: • Information on the status of aerospace manufacturing in the United States and state of the economy • An in-depth review of sales across the various sectors of the industry, employment trends, key international trade statistics, financial information on the industry & major aerospace firms, trends to watch, and a forecast for the future based on a review of what the major aerospace firms are predictin

Modernizing the Supply Chain of Airbus by Integrating RFID and Blockchain Processes

Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, has been gaining momentum within the aviation industry for improving efficiencies in the supply chain. RFID technology is not new, with many manufacturers outside of aviation being more responsive as early adopters to the technology. Currently, many of the full-scale implementation organizations from late adopters, have strategically integrated RFID technology into the manufacturing supply chain to tag parts and for airports/airlines to track baggage and passengers throughout their airport journey. Literature remains rather sparse in the implementation and success factors within the aviation supply chain as a number of businesses have kept much of the details discreet to differentiate themselves from the competitors. In this case study, we have examined the state of the early adopters in aviation to implement RFID technology into their supply chain for tracking parts, identifying information, logistics media, and other process improvements in component maintenance management. Airbus, who was the first in the aviation industry to adopt RFID will be examined. The paper examines the increasing numbers of airports/airlines use of RFID to track baggage and passengers with technology. Using information from published secondary data, we review the early adopters of RFID in aircraft manufacturing who are employing RFID to the improve supply chain and how airports/airlines usage of RFID has transcend to passenger tracking to improve airport operational efficiency and to increase passenger satisfaction. By identifying key trends in the aviation supply chain and the value-added in manufacturing and passenger experiences, this paper presents areas in need of further empirical research in order to understand the key success factors with RFID implementation in aviation