Technical Seminar

On
BLACK BOX

INTERNAL GUIDE:- SUBMITTED BY:-

Mrs. B.JHANSI REDDY M.SRIDHAR

14K95A0423
 CONTENTS:

Introduction
Inside The Black Box
Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR)
Flight Data Recorders (FDR)
Technology Used For Recording And Storage
How Transmission Takes Place
Built To Survive
Testing A CSMU
Retrieving Information
Conclusion
References
 INTRODUCTION:
With any airplane crash, there are many unanswered questions as to
what brought the plane down.

Investigators turn to the airplane's flight data recorder.(FDR) and

cockpit voice recorder (CVR), also known as "black boxes," for
answers.

the FDR contained 48 parameters of flight data, and the CVR recorded
a little more than 30 minutes of conversation and other audible cockpit
noises.

HISTORY:
The first prototype FDR was produced in 1956 by Dr. David Warren
of Aeronautical Research Laboratories of Melbourne, Australia.
INSIDE THE BLACK-BOX:

COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS

FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS

COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS:
CVR is designed to track the conversations of the flight crew.

THE POSITIONS OF THE FOUR MICROPHONES:

Pilots headset
Co-pilots headset
Headset of a third crew member (if there is a third crew member)
Near the center of the cockpit, where it can pick up audio alerts and
other sounds
FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS:

The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) is designed to record the operating

data from the planes system.

Parameters Recorded By Most FDRs:

Time
Pressure altitude
Airspeed
Vertical acceleration
Magnetic heading
Control-column position
Rudder-pedal position
Control-wheel position
Horizontal stabilizer
Fuel flow
 Technology used for Recording and Storage:
1.Magnetic Tape:

2.Solid-State Technology:
Solid-state recorders are considered much more reliable than their
magnetic-tape counterparts.
Solid state uses stacked arrays of memory chips
Boards are about 1.75 inches (4.45 cm) in diameter and 1 inch (2.54
cm) tall.
 TRANSMISSION OF DATA:

Data from both the CVR and FDR is stored on stacked memory boards
inside the crash-survivable memory unit (CSMU).

All of the data collected by the airplane's sensors is sent to the flight-data
acquisition unit (FDAU) at the front of the aircraft .
BUILT TO SURVIVE (CRASH-SURVIVAL MEMORY
UNITS-CSMU)
In many airline accidents, the
only device that survive.
Basic protection elements are:-
Aluminum housing
High-temperature insulation
Stainless-steel shell
The rest of the recorders, chasis
and inner components are
mangled.
 TESTING A CSMU:
There are several tests that make up the crash survival sequence: -
Crash impact
Pin drop
Static crush
Fire test
Deep-sea submersion
Salt-water submersion
Fluid immersion
UNDERWATER LOCATOR BEACON:
Black boxes are equipped with an underwater locator beacon (ULB).
Cylinder is actually a beacon.
Beacon sends out an ultrasonic pulse
submergence sensor
RETRIEVING INFORMATION:

This portable interface can

allow investigators quick
access to the data on a black
box.
With solid-state recorders
black box data
retriever
 APPLICATIONS & ADVANTAGES:

Feedback of previous accident

Also used in automobiles for detect the reason for accident using
black box.
CONCLUSION:

With the help of black box a feedback of previous accident will

be taken and analyzed, and it will be useful for secured future air
travelling.
THANK YOU