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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 96 - Hilton Head - October 2005
Agenda Location	9 SUBCOMMITTEE B - MISSILES AND SPACE VEHICLES 9.3 Airbus Fly-by-Wire: a total approach to dependability
Title	Airbus Fly-by-Wire: a total approach to dependability
Presenter	Pascal Traverse
Affiliation	Airbus
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Abstract	This presentation deals with the digital electrical flight control system of the Airbus airplanes. This system is built to very stringent dependability requirements both in terms of safety (the systems must not output erroneous signals) and availability. System safety and availability principles are presented with an emphasis on their evolution and on future challenges, around four different kinds of dependability threats. • Failures caused by physical faults such as electrical short-circuit, or mechanical rupture • Design and manufacturing error • Particular risks such as engine rotor burst • Mishap at Man-Machine Interface Reference: by Pascal TRAVERSE, Isabelle LACAZE and Jean SOUYRIS, IFIP “World Computer Conference”, in Toulouse, August 2004