CH-54 Operational Statistics

Abstract

The purpose of the CH-54 Operational Statistics program was to validate the CH-54 helicopter in the Army's tactical aircraft reliability and maintainability model and to analyze the results obtained from the factorially designed arrangement of simulation runs on sensitivity, credibility, and sufficiency. Changes in utilization, failure rate, NORS waiting time, TBO concepts, major inspection durations, and repair/replacement time distributions were studied. Effects on operational availability, intrinsic availability, unscheduled elapsed maintenance downtime (including and excluding NORS time), and mission accomplishment were evaluated. A baseline model was established by making successive simulation interations and refinements until all output statistics tested fell within the allowable statistical range of the expected CH-54B R and M characteristics and operational conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA021692

Entities

People

  • Robert W. Caseria

Organizations

  • United Technologies Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Downtime
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Maintenance
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.