How Effective are Experimental Methods
Experimental beakers [17]
The ultimate goal of the thesis is to plan and test a new experimental method based on the findings of this discussion. If the new experimental method is to be successful it must if possible improve upon standard lab scale test methods. Therefore this section will critically review the standard experimental methods used based upon findings in the literature review, and possibly using experiments to test the current experimental method (however this will only happen if it is proven significant benefits can be gained and the experiments can be done within financial restrictions). Details of the experiment to be done can be found in the experimental section, this section is just to critically discuss methods already used. In order to analyse the experimental method used several questions have to be answered in the discussion:
- Do methods accurately consider conditions of an aircraft, if it doesn't does this matter?
- Is the test method fair and representative to different types of systems?
- Is it economical, if not how can it be improved?
- Does the test provide adequate information about the systems?
- Does it check if it damages an aircraft?
- Does the test consider the potential types of fire aboard an aircraft, in both mechanical and non-mechanical areas?
- Do the tests consider various different types of aircraft; does it matter if they don't?
- Are there any faults in the method?
- How can the experimental methods be improved