Maintenance evaluation-a missing link?

Author

Browning, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Raytheon Co., Goleta, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

24-26 Jan 1989

Firstpage

409

Lastpage

414

Abstract

A discussion is presented of the maintainability/maintenance characteristics of a US Air Force electronic countermeasures (ECM) aircraft pod. The task was threefold: define and analyze the pod failure modes and their maintenance characteristics; determine the methodology and statistics associated with fault selection and recommend how many and which items/modes to fault; and provide a fault consequence analysis and develop fault simulation tools to force specific performance degradations for test purposes, without causing equipment damage or subjecting personnel to safety hazards. The methods used for each of these tasks are described, and the results are presented and assessed

Keywords

electronic countermeasures; failure analysis; fault location; maintenance engineering; statistics; ECM; US Air Force electronic countermeasures; aircraft pod; failure modes; fault consequence analysis; fault selection; fault simulation tools; maintainability; maintenance characteristics; methodology; performance degradations; statistics; test purposes; Aerospace electronics; Analytical models; Degradation; Electronic countermeasures; Failure analysis; Military aircraft; Performance analysis; Personnel; Statistical analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1989. Proceedings., Annual

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARMS.1989.49636

Filename

49636