Title :
Improving R&M CAE up front for downstream logistics concerns
Abstract :
The author depicts a planned sortie requirement for a front line fighter. He shows how things become more complicated when one considers maintenance delays and attrition. A lot of companies are recognizing that a product that is easier to manufacture and has fewer test failures in the factory is more reliable and easier to maintain in the field. Mechanisms include rule-based design and object-oriented design. Object-oriented design has the potential to take take mundane complexity out of the engineer´s path to improve things. As an example, the author considers a connector-selection aid that recommends a connector based on a description of the application
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aircraft; concurrent engineering; maintenance engineering; military computing; reliability; CAE; attrition; computer aided engineering; concurrent engineering; connector-selection aid; front line fighter; logistics; maintenance; maintenance delays; object-oriented design; reliability; rule-based design; Computer aided engineering; Connectors; Delay; Design engineering; Logistics; Maintenance engineering; Manufacturing; Production facilities; Reliability engineering; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Computer-Aided Engineering in Concurrent Engineering, 1990 and 1991., Combined Proceedings of the 1990 and 1991 Leesburg Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Leesburg, VA ; Ellicott City, MD
DOI :
10.1109/RMCAE.1992.245522
