Structural Area Inspection Frequency Evaluation (SAIFE) Volume 1. Executive Summary

Abstract

To assist in the evaluation of proposed structural inspection programs for commercial jet transport aircraft, a logic was developed to simulate structural defects, failures, and inspections. This logic was incorporated in a computer program entitled Structural Area Inspection Frequency Evaluation (SAIFE). With the objective of quantifying the evaluation process currently used to establish and modify inspection intervals, SAIFE accounts for the following factors: (1) aircraft design analysis; (2) fatigue testing; (3) production, service, and corrosion defects; (4) probability of crack or corrosion detection; and (5) aircraft modification economics. Volume 1 presents the SAIFE logic and documents the methodology for the decision-making processes in the simulation logic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059730

Entities

People

  • Carter J. Dinkeloo
  • Martin S. Moran

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Engineers
  • Fail Safe
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fatigue Life
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Fuselages
  • Intervals
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.