Automated design for maintainability

Author

Reinhart, Hugh ; Pecht, Michael

Author_Institution

CALCE Center for Electron. Packaging, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

21-25 May 1990

Firstpage

1227

Abstract

A set of computerized techniques which can be used during the system design process to predict and utilize maintainability system parameters associated with repair times, manpower requirements, availability, and false alarm rates, are examined. Included is a description of a software module which applies the statistical techniques set out in MIL-HDBK-472 Procedure V. The module provides a standard database of the elemental maintenance task times set out in RADC-TR-84-165 and the ability to create user-specific elemental task databases which can be used to compile knowledge of maintenance times gained through experience with similar systems already in operation. Hierarchical modeling techniques make it possible for maintainability parameters to be calculated for the entire system, or any level of subsystem desired, without reentering failure mode and repair data

Keywords

CAD; database management systems; hierarchical systems; maintenance engineering; military computing; military systems; statistical analysis; MIL-HDBK-472 Procedure V; RADC-TR-84-165; automated design; availability; failure; false alarm rates; hierarchical modelling; maintainability; manpower requirements; repair; software module; standard database; statistical techniques; user-specific elemental task databases; Costs; Databases; Delay; Educational institutions; Electronics packaging; Military standards; Process design; Software maintenance; Software standards; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1990.112946

Filename

112946