Concurrent engineering R&M CAE perspective

Good progress has been made in the reliability and maintenance computer aided engineering arena but much effort is still required. The user industry, specifically the R&M community, must define the requirements for missing capabilities that satisfy R&M needs. The requirements for each tool must be sufficiently unified to establish viable commercial CAE product needs that will attract CAE vendors´ interest in development. Alternatively, industries themselves can band together to have the tools developed. The CAE industry is providing some great capabilities and making good progress. It is up to us, the R&M community, to make sure that our needs are addressed in these automation advances. The purpose of this paper is to provide a quick overview of three areas of interest to reliability and maintainability: concurrent engineering; R&M CAE Status; and R&M CAE needs