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A human factors methodology tailor-made for aeronautical design aimed to maintenance routines

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This paper presents a methodological tool which provides to the aeronautical designer a vision for considering the human factors in the aircraft design, focused on maintainability. The main goal of this guideline tool is to orient the engineers to design a product that makes the maintenance tasks easier for people. The guideline comprises a set of tables to drive the engineers for a better evaluation of the design aimed to human factors during the maintenance. It aims at improvements in the technical services to make the maintenance easier with an ergonomic condition. A case study is presented to validate the advantages and benefits achieved when the proposed tool is used.

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    G. F. Barbosa, E. B. Tiburtino & J. Carvalho

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Barbosa, G.F., Tiburtino, E.B. & Carvalho, J. A human factors methodology tailor-made for aeronautical design aimed to maintenance routines. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 39, 497–507 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-015-0382-9

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