Helicopter Life Substantiation: Review of Some USA and UK Initiatives.

Abstract

Military operators normally undertake programs to substantiate the fatigue lives of life-limited components in their major helicopter fleets. During recent visits to military helicopter representatives in the USA and the UK, the author discussed the motivation and the technical approach adopted by these operators for helicopter component life substantiation. Issues and programs of particular relevance to the Australian Defence Force are examined in this document.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA290045

Entities

People

  • K. F. Fraser

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Australia
  • Computer Programs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fatigue Life
  • Flight Loads
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Recording Systems
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design