Survival Analysis Utilizing Historical Failure Data to Assess Condition Based Maintenance Viability for Air Force Vehicles

Abstract

To maintain a strategic advantage against near-peer competitors across the logistics enterprise, the Air Force must continue to pursue operational efficiencies to ensure mission effectiveness. Military ground vehicles are a prime target to explore Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) strategies for improving maintenance and logistics practices. This research explores the viability of the CBM concept for Air Force vehicles by running a series of survival analyses utilizing historical failure data from two flightline assets. Results will show that based on the failure data for refueler alternators and extended reach deicer joysticks, evidence of a predictive failure timeline exists that could support employment of a CBM initiative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 2022
Accession Number
AD1178953

Entities

People

  • Randon S Davis

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Availability
  • Computer Programming
  • Condition Based Maintenance
  • Department Of Defense
  • Downtime
  • Engineering
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Robotics and Automation.