Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications. A volume in Aerospace Engineering

__Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications__ presents flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particular in composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, and the back-propagation network (BPN) method and FTA technique, a new approach was created to assist users in determining inspection intervals for new aircraft structures, especially in composite structures. This book also discusses the influence of Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) on scheduled maintenance. An integrated logic diagram establishes how to incorporate SHM into the current MSG-3 structural analysis that is based on four maintenance scenarios with gradual increasing maturity levels of SHM. The inspection intervals and the repair thresholds are adjusted according to different combinations of SHM tasks and scheduled maintenance. This book provides a practical means for aircraft manufacturers and operators to consider the feasibility of SHM by examining labor work reduction, structural reliability variation, and maintenance cost savings.

Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications presents flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particular in composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, and the back-propagation network (BPN) method and FTA technique, a new approach was created to assist users in determining inspection intervals for new aircraft structures, especially in composite structures.

This book also discusses the influence of Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) on scheduled maintenance. An integrated logic diagram establishes how to incorporate SHM into the current MSG-3 structural analysis that is based on four maintenance scenarios with gradual increasing maturity levels of SHM. The inspection intervals and the repair thresholds are adjusted according to different combinations of SHM tasks and scheduled maintenance.

This book provides a practical means for aircraft manufacturers and operators to consider the feasibility of SHM by examining labor work reduction, structural reliability variation, and maintenance cost savings.

• Presents the first resource available on airframe maintenance optimization
• Includes the most advanced methods and technologies of maintenance engineering analysis, including first application of composite structure maintenance engineering analysis integrated with SHM
• Provides the latest research results of composite structure maintenance and health monitoring systems

This book presents flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particular in composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, and the back-propagation network (BPN) method and FTA technique, a new approach was created to assist users in determining inspection intervals for new aircraft structures, especially in composite structures. This book also discusses the influence of Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) on scheduled maintenance. An integrated logic diagram establishes how to incorporate SHM into the current MSG-3 structural analysis that is based on four maintenance scenarios with gradual increasing maturity levels of SHM. The inspection intervals and the repair thresholds are adjusted according to different combinations of SHM tasks and scheduled maintenance. This book provides a practical means for aircraft manufacturers and operators to consider the feasibility of SHM by examining labor work reduction, structural reliability variation, and maintenance cost savings.588Print version record Content: Front matter,Copyright,About the Authors,Preface,Abbreviations,AbstractEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-18 Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts, Pages 19-36 Chapter 3 - Aircraft Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Design, Pages 37-78 Chapter 4 - RCM and Integrated Logistic Support, Pages 79-97 Chapter 5 - Intelligent Structural Rating System Based on Back-Propagation Network, Pages 99-113 Chapter 6 - Fault Tree Analysis for Composite Structural Damage, Pages 115-131 Chapter 7 - Inspection Interval Optimization for Aircraft Composite Structures Considering Dent Damage, Pages 133-152 Chapter 8 - Repair Tolerance for Composite Structures Using Probabilistic Methodologies, Pages 153-171 Chapter 9 - Structural Health Monitoring and Influence on Current Maintenance, Pages 173-184 Chapter 10 - Maintenance Control and Management Optimization, Pages 185-205 Chapter 11 - The Methodologies of Reliability and Maintainability in the A380 Program, Pages 207-222 References, Pages 223-227 Index, Pages 229-236