Developing the Avionics Integrity Program durability test process

Author

Lindsley, Michelle LaBrosse

fYear

1989

fDate

22-26 May 1989

Firstpage

990

Abstract

Durability as a measurable, testable figure of merit for electronics was initiated by the US Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division Avionics Integrity Program in the mid-1980s. The durability test is used to verify that the electronic system can operate without failure throughout its intended lifetime under time-varying environmental stresses. The design duty cycle, the basis of the durability test profile, incorporates the life-cycle environmental exposure of a particular electronic system with its designed operation configurations. A case study is presented on developing the design duty cycle and durability test profile for a communications black box on a modern fighter aircraft

Keywords

aerospace testing; aircraft communication; aircraft instrumentation; electronic equipment testing; environmental testing; reliability; communications black box; design duty cycle; durability test profile; electronic system; fighter aircraft; figure of merit; time-varying environmental stresses; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace engineering; Electronic equipment testing; Fatigue; Force measurement; Life testing; Manufacturing; Military aircraft; Stress; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1989. NAECON 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1989.40332

Filename

40332