Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications

Abstract

Aircraft maintenance is one of the critical operational tasks to sustain continued airworthiness. It also contributes a significant proportion of the total life-cycle cost of an aircraft. Based on the introduction to fundamental reliability theories, this book presents some solutions to the issues of integrated logistic and maintenance management. By overcoming the shortage of MSG-3 structural analysis in maintenance practices, this book offers flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particularly those with composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, the back-propagation network (BPN) method, and FTA technique, a new approach is created with an acceptable learning curve and a flexible ...