Overview of the GIMADS ID process

Author

Samson, Robert ; Golas, Mike

Author_Institution

Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, TX, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1992

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

220

Abstract

GIMADS, (Generic Integrated Maintenance Diagnostics) is an Air Force R&D program. The purpose is to devise and document a process to integrate diagnostics into new designs up front as part of the design activity. General Dynamics is the prime contractor and Bell Hellicopter is one of several subcontractors. This paper is a brief overview of five years work. The conclusions of the work show integrated diagnostics to be a process with three main elements: all needs are considered; all methods are considered; and the total system is addressed

Keywords

CAD; aerospace computing; concurrent engineering; maintenance engineering; reliability; Air Force; Bell Hellicopter; CAD; GIMADS; General Dynamics; Generic Integrated Maintenance Diagnostics; R&D program; concurrent engineering; design activity; diagnostics; integrated diagnostics; research and design; Aircraft propulsion; Engines; Helicopters; Job design; Redundancy; Research and development; Subcontracting; Test equipment; Vehicle detection; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Computer-Aided Engineering in Concurrent Engineering, 1990 and 1991., Combined Proceedings of the 1990 and 1991 Leesburg Workshops on

Conference_Location

Leesburg, VA ; Ellicott City, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RMCAE.1992.245532

Filename

245532