RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS.
Abstract
The paper discusses the subsonic service experience, the application of this experience to the design of the Mach 2.7 SST, and the establishment of definitive reliability and maintainability goals for each SST subsystem. These goals were established, based on Boeing's analysis of the airline experience, with appropriate factors applied to account for the differences in supersonic and subsonic flight profiles, flight and ground environments, and subsystem configurations. The SST landing gear and hydraulic subsystems were selected to illustrate the manner in which reliability and maintainability requirements, compatible with the continuing changes in airline maintenance concepts, have been incorporated into the SST design. In addition, the manner by which these design improvements were analyzed with respect to their effect on dispatch and block-to-block reliability and maintenance man-hours and task times is reviewed. The paper also briefly discusses how the reliability, maintainability, safety, and human engineering programs are integrated with the current SST design effort to provide Boeing, the FAA, and airline management with visibility and assurance that the program goals will be met. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0664370
Entities
Organizations
- Boeing Commercial Airplanes