Preliminary Analysis of the J-52 Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program

Abstract

Increasing budgetary constraints have required program managers within the Naval Air Systems Command to justify their programs as never before. This thesis presents a preliminary analysis of the J-52 aircraft engine Component Improvement Program (CIP). The objectives of the research were to scrutinize the association of the CIP with promised improvements and benefits pertaining to the J-52 engine and to determine the obstacles that existing data bases present when an attempt is made to calculate the success or failure of a component modification. A history of the J-52 engine is provided along with a broad look at various engine performance parameter trends for the period 1984- 1990. Ten Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) are then examined. Analysis shows that while only one of the ten ECP related fixes can be directly correlated to a tangible increase in engine performance, the overall trends have been promising.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257640

Entities

People

  • Randall S. Butler

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combustion
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Engine Components
  • Engineers
  • Fuel Nozzles
  • Maintenance
  • Reliability
  • Turbines
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design