Title :
Maintenance evaluation-a missing link?
Author :
Browning, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Co., Goleta, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1989. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/ARMS.1989.49636
